Research Catalog

Title

Interview with Victor Goines [videorecording].

Author

Goines, Victor.

Publication

2009.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Friedwald, Will, 1961-
• Sapione, James.
• Jazz at Lincoln Center (Organization)
• Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

Description

2 videodiscs (93 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Victor Goines speaks with Will Friedwald about being in New York City with Bob Wilber, Buddy De Franco and Ken Peplowski celebrating one hundred years of Benny Goodman; student bands; teaching and bandleading at Juilliard and Northwestern University; contributions on the bandstand; teaching methodology; Benny Goodman as a man and a musician; playing with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and the Smithsonian Orchestra; studying Benny Goodman's music; his high school bandleader Donald Richardson; growing up in New Orleans; growing up with Wynton Marsalis; the guidance of Wynton's father, Ellis Marsalis; attending Loyola University; listening to Art Blakey, Count Basie, John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins; the importance of studying the history of music in order to find his own musical voice; Coleman Hawkins as the "Grand-daddy" of saxophone; phrasing and the language of music; being a math teacher and his love of math; how mathematics contributed to his music career and his overall approach to music; playing with Dizzy Gillespie; playing as a guest of Freddie Green; the influence New Orleans has on his music; Chicago, New York City, and New Orleans as the greatest jazz cities; joining Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra; touring with Wynton Marsalis and his septet; the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra as a family; future projects.

Series Statement

Duke jazz histories

Uniform Title

Duke jazz histories.

Subjects

• Jazz musicians > Interviews
• Clarinetists > Interviews
• Goodman, Benny, 1909-1986 > Influence
• Goines, Victor > Interviews

Note

• Interview with Victor Goines conducted by Will Friedwald, in New York, N.Y., on May 29, 2009.

Event (note)

• This interview was videotaped at the Oral History Studio of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts in New York City on May 29, 2009, by James Sapione.

Funding (note)

• Recording made possible by a grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

System Details (note)

• DVD.

Call Number

*LDV 1246

OCLC

427898695

Author

Goines, Victor. Interviewee

Title

Interview with Victor Goines [videorecording].

Imprint

2009.

Series

Duke jazz histories

Duke jazz histories.

Event

This interview was videotaped at the Oral History Studio of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts in New York City on May 29, 2009, by James Sapione.

Funding

Recording made possible by a grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

System Details

DVD.

Added Author

Friedwald, Will, 1961- Interviewer

Sapione, James. Videographer

Jazz at Lincoln Center (Organization)

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

Research Call Number

*LDV 1246