Bill Goodwin (jazz drummer)
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F. Bill Goodwin is an American jazz drummer. Bill has been a professional drummer since 1959, and has performed with many jazz instrumentalists such as: Bill Evans
, Dexter Gordon
, Art Pepper
, Jim Hall
, George Shearing
and Bobby Hutcherson
, and singers such as June Christy
, Joe Williams
, Tony Bennett
, Mose Allison
and Manhattan Transfer
. Joining the performing ensemble of vibraphonist Gary Burton
brought him to the East Coast in 1969. After a three year stint with Burton's group, Bill settled in the Poconos and worked the local hotels and resorts. It was there that he and bassist Steve Gilmore
met. Goodwin and Gilmore are both charter members of The Phil Woods
Quartet (now Quintet), joining at its inception in February 1974. He was also featured on Tom Waits'
album Nighthawks at the Diner
in 1975, and worked with Steely Dan
during the mid-70's.
Bill has been a featured performer at the W. C. Handy Music Festival
for many years, serving as a member of the performing ensemble known as the W. C. Handy Jazz All-Stars
, alongside musicians such as guitarist Mundell Lowe
, pianist / vocalist Johnny O'Neal
, vibraphonist / drummer Chuck Redd
, guitarist Tom Wolfe and pianist / vocalist Ray Reach
.
He currently teaches jazz drumming at William Paterson University
in Wayne, New Jersey.
He has also produced several Tom Harrell recordings and was Omnisound's primary producer of jazz product including:
Bill's most recently released production efforts are:
With Gábor Szabó
With Bill Plummer
Bill Evans
William John Evans, known as Bill Evans was an American jazz pianist. His use of impressionist harmony, inventive interpretation of traditional jazz repertoire, and trademark rhythmically independent, "singing" melodic lines influenced a generation of pianists including: Chick Corea, Herbie...
, Dexter Gordon
Dexter Gordon
Dexter Gordon was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and an Academy Award-nominated actor . He is regarded as one of the first and most important musicians to adapt the bebop musical language of people like Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, and Bud Powell to the tenor saxophone...
, Art Pepper
Art Pepper
Art Pepper , born Arthur Edward Pepper, Jr., was an American alto saxophonist and clarinetist.About Pepper, Scott Yanow of All Music stated, "In the 1950s he was one of the few altoists that was able to develop his own sound despite the dominant influence of Charlie Parker" and: "When Art Pepper...
, Jim Hall
Jim Hall (musician)
James Stanley Hall is an American jazz guitarist.-Biography:Educated at the Cleveland Institute of Music, Hall moved to Los Angeles where he began to attract national, and then international, attention in the late 1950s...
, George Shearing
George Shearing
Sir George Shearing, OBE was an Anglo-American jazz pianist who for many years led a popular jazz group that recorded for MGM Records and Capitol Records. The composer of over 300 titles, he had multiple albums on the Billboard charts during the 1950s, 1960s, 1980s and 1990s...
and Bobby Hutcherson
Bobby Hutcherson
Bobby Hutcherson is a jazz vibraphone and marimba player. His vibraphone playing is suggestive of the style of Milt Jackson in its free-flowing melodicism, but his sense of harmony and group interaction is thoroughly modern...
, and singers such as June Christy
June Christy
June Christy , born Shirley Luster, was an American singer, known for her work in the cool jazz genre and for her silky smooth vocals. Her success as a singer began with The Stan Kenton Orchestra. She pursued a solo career from 1954 and is best known for her debut album Something Cool...
, Joe Williams
Joe Williams (jazz singer)
Joe Williams was a well-known jazz vocalist, a baritone singing a mixture of blues, ballads, popular songs, and jazz standards.-Early life:...
, Tony Bennett
Tony Bennett
Tony Bennett is an American singer of popular music, standards, show tunes, and jazz....
, Mose Allison
Mose Allison
Mose John Allison, Jr. is an American jazz blues pianist and singer.-Biography:...
and Manhattan Transfer
The Manhattan Transfer
The Manhattan Transfer is an American vocal music group. There have been two manifestations of the group, with Tim Hauser being the only person to be part of both...
. Joining the performing ensemble of vibraphonist Gary Burton
Gary Burton
Gary Burton is an American jazz vibraphonist.A true original on the vibraphone, Burton developed a pianistic style of four-mallet technique as an alternative to the usual two-mallets. This approach caused Burton to be heralded as an innovator and his sound and technique are widely imitated...
brought him to the East Coast in 1969. After a three year stint with Burton's group, Bill settled in the Poconos and worked the local hotels and resorts. It was there that he and bassist Steve Gilmore
Steve Gilmore
Rear Admiral Stephen 'Steve' Richard Gilmore AM, CSC, RAN is the current COMAUSFLT of the Royal Australian Navy.-Service history:Rear Admiral Steve Gilmore, AM, CSC, RAN joined the Royal Australian Navy as a junior entry Cadet Midshipman in 1977...
met. Goodwin and Gilmore are both charter members of The Phil Woods
Phil Woods
Philip Wells Woods is an American jazz bebop alto saxophonist, clarinetist, bandleader and composer.-Biography:...
Quartet (now Quintet), joining at its inception in February 1974. He was also featured on Tom Waits'
Tom Waits
Thomas Alan "Tom" Waits is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. Waits has a distinctive voice, described by critic Daniel Durchholz as sounding "like it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months, and then taken outside and run over with a car."...
album Nighthawks at the Diner
Nighthawks at the Diner
Nighthawks at the Diner is a 1975 album by Tom Waits, released on Asylum Records. The title was inspired by Edward Hopper's 1942 painting Nighthawks....
in 1975, and worked with Steely Dan
Steely Dan
Steely Dan is an American rock band; its core members are Donald Fagen and Walter Becker. The band's popularity peaked in the late 1970s, with the release of seven albums blending elements of jazz, rock, funk, R&B, and pop...
during the mid-70's.
Bill has been a featured performer at the W. C. Handy Music Festival
W. C. Handy Music Festival
The W. C. Handy Music Festival is held annually in Florence, Alabama, sponsored by the Music Preservation Society, Inc., in honor of Florence native W. C...
for many years, serving as a member of the performing ensemble known as the W. C. Handy Jazz All-Stars
W. C. Handy Jazz All-Stars
The W. C. Handy Jazz All-Stars is a group of jazz musicians who play annually at the W. C. Handy Music Festival in Florence, Alabama. During the last week of July each year, these musicians travel from all over the United States to gather in Florence and perform in various combinations...
, alongside musicians such as guitarist Mundell Lowe
Mundell Lowe
Mundell Lowe is an American jazz guitarist.Lowe was born in Laurel, Mississippi on 21 March 1922. In the 1930s he played country music and Dixieland jazz. He later played with big bands and orchestras, and on television in New York City. In the 1960s, Lowe composed music for films and television...
, pianist / vocalist Johnny O'Neal
Johnny O'Neal
Johnny O'Neal, born October 10, 1956 in Detroit, Michigan, is an American Neo-bop jazz pianist. His playing ranges from the technically virtuosic to the tenderest of ballad interpretations. Though unique in style, he is influenced by many jazz elders, including Oscar Peterson and Art Tatum. He has...
, vibraphonist / drummer Chuck Redd
Chuck Redd
Chuck Redd is an American drummer and vibraphonist. Chuck joined the Charlie Byrd Trio in 1980 at the age of 21. The same year, he joined the Great Guitars Chuck has done twelve European tours and five tours of Japan, with the Barney Kessel Trio, Ken Peplowski, Terry Gibbs and Conte...
, guitarist Tom Wolfe and pianist / vocalist Ray Reach
Ray Reach
Raymond Everett Reach, Jr. is an American pianist, vocalist and educator residing in Birmingham, Alabama, now serving as Director of Student Jazz Programs for the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame, director of the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame All-Stars and President and CEO of Ray Reach Music and Magic City...
.
He currently teaches jazz drumming at William Paterson University
William Paterson University
William Paterson University is a comprehensive public institution located in Wayne, New Jersey serving nearly 11,000 undergraduate and graduate students through five colleges: , , , , and ....
in Wayne, New Jersey.
Recordings
In addition to serving as drummer for the Phil Woods ensemble, Bill is an able recording executive, producing all of the The Phil Woods Quartet/Quintet and Little Big Band recordings since 1980, including:- Grammy Award winning albums "More Live" (Adelphi), "At The Vanguard" (Antilles)
- 1992 Grammy nominee "All Bird's Children" (Concord Jazz)
- "The Phil Woods Quintet Meets Dizzy Gillespie" (Timeless Records)
- "Flowers for Hodges" by the Phil Woods and Jim McNeely duo
He has also produced several Tom Harrell recordings and was Omnisound's primary producer of jazz product including:
- "Phil Woods / Lew Tabackin"
- Dave Frishberg's "Songbooks," Volume I and Volume II.
Bill's most recently released production efforts are:
- "Live at the Deer Head" by Keith Jarrett (ECM Records),
- "The Phil Woods Quartet/Quintet 20th Anniversary Album" (Mosaic)
- Phil Woods’ "Astor & Elis" (Chesky Records)
- Phil Woods Quintet’s Mile High Jazz (Concord Jazz)
As sideman
With Gary BurtonGary Burton
Gary Burton is an American jazz vibraphonist.A true original on the vibraphone, Burton developed a pianistic style of four-mallet technique as an alternative to the usual two-mallets. This approach caused Burton to be heralded as an innovator and his sound and technique are widely imitated...
- ThrobThrob (album)Throb is an album by vibraphonist Gary Burton recorded in 1969 and released on the Atlantic label.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Ron Wynn awarded the album 3 stars stating "Burton continued the jazz-cum-rock and country experimentation that marked other LPs like Tennessee Firebird and...
(Atlantic, 1969) - Paris EncounterParis EncounterParis Encounter is an album by vibraphonist Gary Burton and violinist Stéphane Grappelli recorded in 1969 and released on the Atlantic label.-Reception:...
(Atlantic, 1969) with Stéphane GrappelliStéphane GrappelliStéphane Grappelli was a French jazz violinist who founded the Quintette du Hot Club de France with guitarist Django Reinhardt in 1934. It was one of the first all-string jazz bands....
With Gábor Szabó
Gábor Szabó
Gábor Szabó was a Hungarian jazz guitarist, famous for mixing jazz, pop-rock and his native Hungarian music.-Biography:...
- More SorceryMore SorceryMore Sorcery is a live album by Hungarian jazz guitarist Gábor Szabó featuring performances recorded in 1967 in Boston and at the Monterey Jazz Festival for the Impulse! label.-Reception:...
(Impulse!, 1967)
With Bill Plummer
- Cosmic Brotherhood (Impulse!, 1968)