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Mick Goodrick

Mick Goodrick is a renown guitarist and educator, has recorded and performed internationally for the past 40 years with other world famous musicians such as Gary Burton, Pat Metheny, Charlie Haden, John Scofield, Jack DeJohnette, Paul Motian, Dewey Redman, John Abercrombie, Dave Liebman, Joe Diorio and Steve Swallow, to name a few. Mick is renowned for both his harmonic command of the guitar and his prowess as an influential teacher. He is author of the book known among players as the “guitarist's bible” entitled, The Advancing Guitarist (Hal Leonard Publications). He is author of the three volume series, Mr. Goodchord's Almanac of Guitar Voice-Leading for the Year 2001 and Beyond, co-author with his business partner Mitch Haupers of the rhythm-training book entitled, Factorial Rhythm: For All Instruments, now in its second edition, and composer/arranger/author of four new books awaiting production through Mr. Goodchord Publications, including a book of solo compositions for fingerstyle guitar.


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Album Review

Jack DeJohnette: Sorcery

Read "Sorcery" reviewed by Rob Garratt


Which Jack DeJohnette is best known? The subtle sticksmith at the heart of Keith Jarrett's Standards Trio, perhaps? Probably the heavyweight hitter driving electric-era Miles Davis' '70s sonic brew. Maybe the percussive upstart propelling Charles Lloyd to crossover flower-power fame? Or even the fearless bandleader behind the ever-thrilling Special Edition band ... At age 81, DeJohnette can (still) fairly claim to be the most in-demand jazz drummer on the planet. But even the most studious acolyte ...

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Jack DeJohnette: Sorcery

Read "Sorcery" reviewed by Scott Gudell


Jack DeJohnette gets around. The Chicago born drummer was drawn to R&B and bebop in the late 1950s and eventually toyed with a more avant-garde jazz sound when he spent some time with the esoteric Sun Ra. It seems like DeJohnette played in the big leagues almost from the beginning since, by the time he moved to New York City in the mid-1960s, he was teaming up with other monsters of jazz such as Keith Jarrett and Charles Lloyd. Several ...

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Master Guitarists Wolfgang Muthspiel and Mick Goodrick Interviewed at AAJ...And More!

Master Guitarists Wolfgang Muthspiel and Mick Goodrick Interviewed at AAJ...And More!

Source: All About Jazz

When guitarists Wolfgang Muthspiel and Mick Goodrick walked up to the stage on January 30th, 2008, they were not only preparing to record a live album for Muthspiel's Material Records label, they were celebrating a musical and personal relationship that stretches back more than two decades. First meeting at the New England Conservatory, where Muthspiel studied under the Goodrick's tutelage, these two iconic players have continued to work together as duo partners over the years, with 2010's Live at the ...

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Mick Goodrick/Wolfgang Muthspiel Duo Release "Live at the Jazz Standard"

Mick Goodrick/Wolfgang Muthspiel Duo Release "Live at the Jazz Standard"

Source: Michael Ricci

"Mick Goodrick and Wolfgang Muthspiel have given us a map of the world on the guitar. The guitar fretboard is vexing terrain. Unlike the piano fingerboard, which proceeds with relentless logic from the lowest note on the left to the highest on the right, the fretboard has a geometry all its own.

Exploring the possibilities of the guitar involves endless stumbling into cul-de-sacs; combinations and series of notes easily realized on the piano simply can't be done, but there are ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Sorcery

Craft Recordings
2023

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American Waltz

Ziggle Zaggle Music
2009

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In Passing

ECM Records
2001

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Rare Birds

CMP Records
1993

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Arrival

CMP Records
1992

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Biorhythms

CMP Records
1990

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