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The Vinny Golia Quintet

2026 New Releases, Part 1

by Jon Greenbaum
August 1, 2026

These kinds of lists are like a mirror; our aesthetic preferences reflect back to us who we are. This list is saying I-don't-care-much-for-walking-bass-or-the-accepted-conventions-of-the-jazz-tradition. I don't want to accept that truth. I want to love The Tradition. And in my defense of my fealty to straight ahead jazz I will say that I just got ...

The Vinny Golia Quintet: One, Three, Two

by John Kelman
April 6, 2005

Sometimes adversity can engender the most remarkable responses. Woodwind multi-instrumentalist Vinny Golia and his quintet had landed in Belgium the morning of September 11th, 2001, having taken off from New York a few hours before the terrible tragedy of the World Trade Center/Pentagon attacks, only then to discover what had happened. When the promoters gave the ...

Nation Of Laws

By The Vinny Golia Quintet

Label: Nine Winds Records
Released: 1999

The Vinny Golia Quintet: Nation Of Laws

by Glenn Astarita
June 1, 1999

Multi-reedman, composer and educator Vinny Golia has attained almost legendary status in modern jazz circles, especially on the West Coast. Nation Of Laws serves as a fine example of Golia’s creative vision, astute technical gifts and thoroughly ass-kicking approach to jazz. Here, along with fellow West Coast luminaries, Golia and company pack a mighty punch as ...