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Bradley Mitchell Goode (born October 10, 1963, in Chicago) is an American jazz trumpeter, bassist, drummer, composer and music educator.
Goode worked as a sideman with Eddie Harris, Ira Sullivan, Barrett Deems, Ernie Krivda, Jack DeJohnette, Von Freeman, Curtis Fuller, Sheila Jordan, and Paa Kow. He has led his own groups since 1982. He has been a member of the faculties of the American Conservatory of Music, The University of Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, Cuyahoga Community College, New Trier High School and the University of Colorado, where he has been Associate Professor of Jazz Studies. Goode has recorded for SteepleChase, Delmark, and Origin.
Goode graduated from East Lansing High School in Michigan in 1981. He received a degree in Music from the University of Kentucky in 1985, majoring in Trumpet Performance. He received an MM in Music from DePaul University in 1988, majoring in Bass Performance. His trumpet teachers include Vincent DiMartino, William Adam and Clark Terry. His bass teachers include Larry Gray and Donald Rafael Garrett.
McKinley Howard "Kenny" Dorham was an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and occasional singer. Dorham's talent is frequently lauded by critics and other musicians, but he never received the kind of attention or public recognition from the jazz establishment that many of his peers did. For this reason, writer Gary Giddins said that Dorham's name has become "virtually synonymous with 'underrated'."
Idrees Sulieman was an American bop and hard bop trumpeter.
Clifford Laconia Jordan was an American jazz tenor saxophone player. While in Chicago, he performed with Max Roach, Sonny Stitt, and some rhythm and blues groups. He moved to New York City in 1957, after which he recorded three albums for Blue Note. He recorded with Horace Silver, J.J. Johnson, and Kenny Dorham, among others. He was part of the Charles Mingus Sextet, with Eric Dolphy, during its 1964 European tour.
Earle Lavon "Von" Freeman Sr. was an American hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist.
Eddie Allen is an American jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist from Milwaukee.
Sean Jones is an American trumpeter and composer featured on the 2007 Grammy Award-winning album Turned to Blue by Nancy Wilson. As a bandleader, Jones has released seven albums under the Mack Avenue Records label. He performs with his own groups both nationally and internationally. Jones often plays at music venues and jazz festivals such as the Monterey Jazz Festival, Detroit International Jazz Festival, the Vail Jazz Festival and Montreal International Jazz Festival.
Ira Sullivan was an American jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, flautist, saxophonist, and composer born in Washington, D.C., United States. An active musician since the 1950s, he often worked with Red Rodney and Lin Halliday.
Steven Frank LaSpina is an American jazz bassist who plays both upright and electric bass.
Catherine Jane Whitney is an American jazz singer, composer, and lyricist. She was a lyricist for trumpeter Freddie Hubbard.
Jodie Christian was an American jazz pianist, noted for bebop and free jazz.
George Freeman is an American jazz guitarist and recording artist. He is known for his sophisticated technique, collaborations with high-profile performers, and notable presence in the jazz scene of Chicago, Illinois. He is the younger brother of tenor saxophonist Von Freeman and drummer Eldridge "Bruz" Freeman, and the uncle of tenor saxophonist and trumpeter Chico Freeman.
Robert D. "Bob" Rusch is an American jazz critic and record producer. Rusch has also been accused of allegedly sexual abusing students when he worked as a teacher.
Joseph Allen Farnsworth is an American jazz drummer.
Frank Catalano is an American jazz saxophonist.
Dana Hall is an American jazz drummer, percussionist, composer, bandleader, and ethnomusicologist. After spending the first few years of his life in Brooklyn, New York, he relocated with his family to his mother's hometown of Philadelphia. There, Hall was exposed to jazz and soul music at an early age through the recordings of his mother Diane, his uncle Earl Harris, and his large extended family. His family's interest in creative music, and their “open door” policy toward Philadelphia jazz musicians of the era sparked Hall's curiosity, passion and ultimately career in music.
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1978.
Matthew Edward Wilson is an American jazz drummer.
Harrison Napoleon Bankhead III was an American jazz double-bassist.
The Metropolitan Jazz Octet (MJO) was a group created in the 1950s by Chicago saxophonist and arranger Tom Hilliard that was revived in 2014 under the direction of Hilliard's student Jim Gailloreto.
Up Jumped Spring is an album by trombonist Curtis Fuller recorded in 2003 and released by the Delmark label the following year.