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Awards
Grammy Award • Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album: Life in the Bubble (2014)
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Jeremy Cohen: Raymond Scott Reimagined
by Walter Atkins
Raymond Scott Reimagined is an engaging collaborative project with Quartet San Francisco, Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band and the Grammy winning acapella group Take 6 on two tracks. The album is a thoughtful and stylish interpretation of Raymond Scott's legacy. It is also interspersed with audio tidbits featuring Scott's singular musical approaches. The album kicks off with the enticing Powerhouse," familiar to anyone who has watched a Warner Bros Looney Tunes cartoon. Toy Trumpet" is a tasty composition ...
read moreGordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band at The Hollywood Bowl Jazz Festival
by Manny Hebron
Summer is officially here which means the Hollywood Bowl plays host to elite artists from all music genres. The Hollywood Bowl also celebrates its centenary having opened in 1922. The annual festival, formerly the Playboy Jazz Festival, celebrated its 42nd year at the Bowl the weekend of June 25-26, 2022. With Arsenio Hall hosting both Saturday and Sunday, this year's lineup featured several Grammy-winning musicians including composer/arranger Gordon Goodwin who performed music from his five-decade career with his ...
read moreGordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band: The Reset
by Jack Bowers
Gordon Goodwin's dynamic Big Phat Band rumbles back onto the scene with The Reset, a somewhat less-than-big-phat album whose dual purpose, according to Goodwin, is to express hope and gratitude in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic and to honor one of Goodwin's mentors, the late Sammy Nestico. Goodwin calls the album an EP, whose twenty-eight minute playing time places it in roughly the same ballpark as a vinyl LP from the good old days before digital recording and streaming. ...
read moreSTLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Four from Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
It's been a while since we've highlighted any big band clips for this weekly feature, and so today let's take a look at some videos of pianist, saxophonist and arranger/composer Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band, who are coming to town to play next Saturday, April 17 at the Touhill Performing Arts Center as part of the Greater St. Louis Jazz Festival.Formed in 2000 and based in Los Angeles, the 17-piece ...
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Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band Cooks at the Bakery
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All About Jazz
Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band at The Jazz Bakery Tuesday May 27th
Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band, an 18-piece jazz ensemble, celebrates and personifies the best of the big band tradition with a very contemporary and original sound. Through the writing genius of Gordon Goodwin, SRO audiences have enjoyed one of the most craftsman-like hard swinging large jazz ensembles comprised of L.A.'s finest musicians. Gordon's witty and insightful arrangements propel the listener on a journey through a myriad of styles: ...
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Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band at the Jazz Bakery
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All About Jazz
Big Phat Band at The Jazz Bakery May 27th
Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band, an 18-piece jazz ensemble, celebrates and personifies the best of the big band tradition with a very contemporary and original sound. Through the writing genius of Gordon Goodwin, SRO audiences have enjoyed one of the most craftsman-like hard swinging large jazz ensembles comprised of L.A.'s finest musicians. Gordon's witty and insightful arrangements propel the listener on a journey through a myriad of styles: latin, blues, swing, ...
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Be Featured on Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band's Next Record
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All About Jazz
Grammy winning artist Gordon Goodwin and the Big Phat Band are showing just how much they love their fans by inviting them to perform on their next album by way of a talent search called The Big Phat Jam (www.bigphatjam.com). The talent search, launching March 19, will feature fans competing with other contestants for eight weeks to see who has the best jazz improvisational skills. Additionally, a special vocal category will give fans an opportunity to sing with the band. ...
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The latest disc from Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band
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All About Jazz
The latest disc from Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band, The Phat Pack, showcases more of the hot licks that fans have come to know and love. In addition to the playful jazz of such tracks as Whodunnit?" and Attack of the Killer Tomatoes", the Big Phat Band teams up with guest vocalist Dianne Reeves, fresh from winning a Grammy for her work on the soundtrack to the Oscar winning film Good Night and Good Luck." In true Rat Pack" fashion, ...
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Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band Releases "The Phat Pack"
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All About Jazz
GORDON GOODWIN'S BIG PHAT BAND RETURNS WITH THE PHAT PACK A TOAST TO THE SWINGING VEGAS CREW AND MORE
In Stores June 13th (immergent)
On a mission to bring the music, persona and effortless cool of the Rat Pack and big band eras back to the modern world, The Big Phat Band releases The Phat Pack on June 13th (immergent), their tip of the hat to a sound that refuses to go out of style. We in the ...
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“I was immediately taken by Gordon’s contemporary musical viewpoint, the dynamics of his “Big Phat Band,” its bevy of superb soloists, and the exhilaration of its sound.” - Quincy Jones
Gordon is an arranger of absolutely no limit of musical styles and composer of some of the best compositions ever. He is a man of exquisite musical taste. I am truly blessed to have him in my life.” —Johnny Mathis
Music
Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson
Cutey and the Dragon
From: Raymond Scott ReimaginedBy Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band
Toy Trumpet
From: Raymond Scott ReimaginedBy Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band
The Reset
From: The ResetBy Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band