Mick Goodrick

Artist: Mick Goodrick

Similar Artists:

Mike Stern, Pat Metheny, John McLaughlin, John Scofield, Jerry Hahn, Sam T. Brown, John Abercrombie

Followers:

John Scofield

Performed Songs By:

Jerry Bergonzi, Claudio Fasoli

Worked With:

Gary Burton, Steve Swallow, Manfred Eicher, Harvie Swartz, Jack DeJohnette, Raimondo Meli Lupi

Born: June 09, 1945, Sharon, PA
Active: '70s, '80s, '90s
Genres: Jazz
Instrument: Guitar
Representative Albums: "In Pas(s)ing", "Biorhythms
Representative Songs: "I Hear a Rhapsody", "Feebles, Fables and Ferns", "Summer Band Camp

Biography

One of many significant guitarists to be featured at one time or another with vibraphonist Gary Burton's groups (including Larry Coryell, John Scofield, and Pat Metheny), Mick Goodrick has not achieved the fame of the others due to his focusing on a career as a jazz educator. However, Goodrick has long had his own distinctive sound. He started on guitar when he was 12, was inspired to play jazz during Stan Kenton's summer camps, and in 1967, he graduated from Berklee College. He was soon teaching at Berklee before spending a period with Burton (1973-1976) recording extensively with the vibist. Since then, Goodrick has mostly been a teacher in the Boston area, most notably at the New England Conservatory, although he did tour with Charlie Haden's Liberation Orchestra in 1985 and worked for a period with Jack DeJohnette's Special Edition in the late '80s. Mick Goodrick has recorded as a leader much too infrequently: an ECM date in 1978 and sessions in the 1990s for CMP, Novus, and Ram. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

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Mick Goodrick (b. Sharon, PA, June 9, 1945) is an American post bop jazz guitarist and educator most noteworthy for his work with vibraphonist Gary Burton's band from 1973 to 1976, where for part of that time he was playing alongside guitarist Pat Metheny. Pat has actually cited Goodrick as an influence.

Goodrick is a 1967 graduate of Berklee College of Music, where he also was an educator for a few years prior to joining Gary Burton. He began studying guitar when he was 11, being inspired to play jazz while attending Stan Kenton summer camps. After working with vibraphonist Gary Burton, he began teaching at New England Conservatory and at Berklee College of Music where he still works today. His most recent recordings have been for Greg Hopkins, Gary Chaffee and Steve Swallow.

Over the course of his career, Goodrick has had many notable students including: Mike Stern, John Scofield, Avner Strauss, Rale Micic and Bill Frisell. His first book, The Advancing Guitarist, is an instruction manual for guitarists of all styles. Goodrick has also written a series of books addressing the intricacies of harmonic voice-leading.

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In Pas(s)ing (1978; ECM)
Cities (1993; RAM)

Selected Books

The Advancing Guitarist. (1987 Hal.Leonard Corp.)

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