Mick Goodrick (June 9, 1945 – November 16, 2022) was an American

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guitarist who spent most of his career as a teacher. In the early 1970s, he worked with

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and

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Biography

An Elvis fan, Goodrick began studying guitar in his pre-teens and was performing professionally a few years later. When he was sixteen, he became interested in jazz at a Stan Kenton Band Camp. He attended the

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from 1963–1967. He taught at Berklee, then spent a few years touring with Gary Burton. After returning to Boston, he settled into a career largely as an educator. Goodrick has had many notable students, including

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, Avner Strauss, and

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. His first book, ''The Advancing Guitarist,'' is an instruction manual for guitarists of all styles. He has also written a series of books addressing the intricacies of harmonic

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. Goodrick worked with

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's Liberation Music Orchestra during the 1980s and early 1990s, with

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in the late 1980s, and with

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in the late 1990s. He performed in a duo with Pat Metheny at the Montreal Jazz Festival in 2005 and with

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at the Jazz Standard in 2008. Goodrick died from the long-term effects of Parkinson's disease on November 16, 2022, at the age of 77.

Discography

As leader or co-leader

* ''In Pas(s)ing'' (ECM, 1979) * ''Biorhythms'' (CMP, 1990) * ''Rare Birds'' with

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(RAM, 1993) * ''Sunscreams'' (RAM, 1994) * ''In the Same Breath'' (CMP, 1996) * ''Noisy Old Men'' (Jam, 2002) with John Abercrombie,

, Gary Chaffee

As sideman

With

* '' The New Quartet'' (ECM, 1973) * ''

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'' (ECM, 1974) * '' Seven Songs for Quartet and Chamber Orchestra'' (ECM, 1974) * ''In the Public Interest'' (Polydor, 1974) * ''

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'' (ECM, 1976) With

* ''

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'' (

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, 1974) * '' Irresistible Forces'' (

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, 1987) * '' Audio-Visualscapes'' (Impulse!, 1988) With

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* ''Bodies'' (Innowo, 1990) * ''Cities'' (RAM, 1993) * ''Ten Tributes'' (RAM, 1995) * ''Trois Trios'' (Splasc(H), 1999) With

* ''

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'' (ECM, 1983) * ''

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'' ( DIW, 1990) * '' The Montreal Tapes: Liberation Music Orchestra'' (

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, 1999) With others *

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, ''On Again'' (RAM, 1998) * Con Brio, ''Con Brio'' (Plug, 1983) * Con Brio, ''The Ray'' (Not Fat, 1987) *

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, ''Hero Worship'' (RAM, 1997) *

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, ''Un Uomo in Blues'' (CGD, 1990) * Pino Daniele, ''Sotto 'O Sole'' (CGD, 1991) *

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, ''The Long Way Home'' (RCA Victor, 1999) * Aydin Esen, ''Pictures'' (Bellaphon, 1989) *

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, ''Breakout'' (Avenue Jazz, 1994) * Michael Gibbs, ''In the Public Interest'' (Polydor, 1974) *

Woody Herman Woodrow Charles Herman (May 16, 1913 – October 29, 1987) was an American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, singer, and big band leader. Leading groups called "The Herd", Herman came to prominence in the late 1930s and was active until his dea ...

, ''Woody'' (Cadet, 1970) * Jim Hall, ''Live at Town Hall'' (Musicmasters, 1991) *

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, ''Somewhere, Out there'' (New Edition 2013) *

, ''Live at the Jazz Standard'' (Material, 2010) *

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, ''Myths & Beliefs'' (GM, 1996) *

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, ''Chrysalis'' (OrbisMusic, 2004) *

, '' Deconstructed'' (Xtra Watt, 1997) * Steve Swallow, ''

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'' (Xtra Watt, 2000) *

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, ''In a Different Light'' (Bluemoon, 1990) * Harvie Swartz, ''Arrival'' (RCA 1992) * Gary Thomas, ''By Any Means Necessary'' (JMT, 1989) *

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, ''On the Inside Looking In'' (Double-Time, 2000)

Selected books

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References

External links

Berklee faculty biography
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