Gordon Goodwin

Saxophonist, keyboardist, and bandleader Gordon Goodwin appeared on albums by Louie Bellson and Gil Scott-Heron in the past due ’70s before the discharge of his debut single record, Near to the Advantage, on Nova in 1983. He continuing to operate primarily being a sideman, in addition to more and more as an arranger and orchestrator through the remaining ’80s, the ’90s, and the first 2000s, with performances on albums with the Tom Kubis Big Music group, Offer Geissman, Perri, Mls Osland, Michael Crawford, Tag Mancina/Trevor Rabin, Dennis Bono, Simone, and Dan Savant/Mike W, also portion as conductor on such soundtrack albums as Armageddon, Foe of the Condition, and Eliminated in 60 Secs. In 2000, he arranged Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Music group, an 18-piece big music group, to record Swingin’ for the Fences, released by Immergent Information. His principal income may attended from his agreements, orchestrations, performing, and periodic playing on soundtracks (like the Majestic, THE MAIN ONE, and Spy Children 2), but his center was along with his Big Phat Band, which implemented up Swingin’ for the Fences on Sept 23, 2003, with XXL, an eclectic work bringing in rock and roll and pop affects in addition to humor and offering as guest superstars Consider 6 and Johnny Mathis. Goodwin earned a Grammy Honor for his instrumental set up of the monitor “Incredits” within the soundtrack from the 2004 film The Incredibles; exactly the same yr, he offered as an orchestrator within the film Country wide Treasure. The 3rd recording from the Big Phat Music group, The Phat Pack, premiered on June 13, 2006. Guests included Dianne Reeves and David Sanborn, as well as the recording reached the Billboard jazz graph, selling a lot more than 15,000 copies in its 1st 2 yrs of launch, a substantial quantity to get a big-band jazz record. Later on in the entire year, Goodwin mixed his two main musical activities once the Big Phat Music group performed the musical rating for the cartoon vacation film Bah, Humduck! A Looney Music Xmas, also released on the soundtrack recording. In 2007, Goodwin had written the music for Canines, the Musical and carried out the rating for the film Snakes on the Aircraft. He also offered as orchestrator and conductor within the 2008 film Obtain Smart. The 4th Big Phat Music group album, Act YOUR ACTUAL AGE, appeared on Sept 1, 2008, offering guest celebrities including Chick Corea, Dave Grusin, Patti Austin, Nathan East, and Lee Ritenour (who created the disc).