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Brad Goode

Born: October 10, 1963

A multi-instrumentalist and composer who performs on trumpet, bass and drums, Brad Goode is recognized as a unique stylist with a highly creative approach to improvisation. He has recorded on dozens of jazz albums, including 18 as a leader for the Delmark, Sunlight, SteepleChase and Origin labels. He is a dedicated educator, with many of his students enjoying successful music careers.

Brad began playing violin at age 4, switching to rock guitar at age 8. He later earned a BM degree in classical trumpet at the University of Kentucky, and an MM degree in bass at DePaul University. His trumpet teachers include Vincent DiMartino, Byron Baxter, Clark Terry, Chris Gekker and William Adam. He studied bass with Larry Gray, Donald "Rafael" Garrett, Carroll Crouch, and Eddie DeHaas.

The Unknown

By Brad Goode

Label: Origin Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Decathexis; Pain; The Windmills of Your Mind; Pentacles; COVID Nightmare; Jóia; Khufu's Horizon; The Unknown; At Seventeen; Shiprock.

Madd For Tadd

Active since: 2017

When Kent J. Engelhardt, Ph.D. was rewarded a YSU Research Professorship for the 2016-2017 school year, he had no idea that his project would garner the attention it is now receiving.  Engelhardt’s project, “Tadd Dameron: The Magic Touch” is a recreation of the music on Tadd Dameron’s last album as a leader recorded in 1962.  Engelhardt transcribed and notated ten Dameron compositions including “On A Misty Night,” “Fontainbleau,” “Just Plain Talkin’,” “Our Delight,” “Dial B For Beauty,” “Look, Stop And Listen,” “Bevan’s Birthday,” and “Swift As The Wind,” as well as collabortions with lyricist Bernie Hanighen titled “You’re A Joy” and with lyricist Carl Sigman titled “If You Could See Me Now.”  Tadd Dameron was born on February 21, 1917 in Cleveland, Ohio, and is known as a composer, arranger, bandleader, and pianist.  In addition to composing for his own groups, Dameron wrote for Jimmie Lunceford, Count Basie, Coleman Hawkins, Benny Goodman, Sarah Vaughn, Dizzy Gillespie, and Ted Heath

Brad Goode: The Unknown

by Dan McClenaghan
February 12, 2023

One of the joys attached to reviewing music is the exposure to artists who otherwise might not show up on the radar. For every Pat Metheny there are a hundred highly-creative, lower-profile, hugely-talented guitarists plucking the strings; for every Brad Mehldau plying the trade ten dozen marvelous, relatively unknown pianists show up in the mailbox or ...

Decathexis

May 31, 2023

Album: The Unknown
By Brad Goode
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2023
Duration: 04:53

A Prayer for Lester Bowie

Label: Greenleaf Music
Released: 2021
Track listing: Full Immersion; Subtraf; Woman in Shadows; Popit; A Prayer For Lester Bowie; Dizzy Atmosphere; Soldier and the CEO; V-Reel.

Polytonal Dance Party

By Brad Goode

Label: Origin Records
Released: 2019

Brad Goode: That's Right!

by Nicholas F. Mondello
February 13, 2019

The first collaboration between trumpeter Brad Goode and saxophonist Ernie Watts is a case study in superior musicianship and improvisation. It also illustrates how two frontline performers and their supporting band can achieve excellence as a creative ensemble. The kickoff, “Half Moon," an original from pianist Adrean Farrugia, is reminiscent of the popular ...

Brad Goode, Brad Turner and More New Releases

by Bob Osborne
January 3, 2019

This week we feature excellent new albums by Brad Goode, Brad Turner, Gregory Rivkin and Samuel Blais alongside some other new releases and archive picks. Playlist Brad Goode Quintet “Half Moon" from That's Right (Origin Records) 00:00 Brad Turner “Ups and Downs" from Pacific (Cellar Live) 09:34 Gregory Rivkin “Portrait of Elvin" from ...

That's Right!

By Brad Goode

Label: Origin Records
Released: 2018
Track listing: Half Moon; Regret; Perplexity; Blues in the Night; A Sense of Fairness; Letter from Home; We Three; Who Parked the Car?; I Want to Talk About You; Jug Ain't Gone.