Lincoln Goines (born 1953) is a double bassist and bass guitarist from

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Biography

A mainstay of the New York City jazz/Latin/studio scene since the early 1980s, Goines' career includes performance credits as sideman to

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, and

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. He is also an educator and author, having written "''Funkifying The Clave: Afro-Cuban Grooves for Bass and Drums”'' with drummer

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/Alfred Publishing 1996.Lincoln Goines Official Website Goines attended high school in

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, Canada where he studied double bass with a former principal bassist of the

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, Sydney Keats. During this period of his development he also had lessons with

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and

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. Goines' performance/touring credits include three decades as bassist for Latin jazz flutist and bandleader

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, and a 20-year tenure with guitarist

. In 1986, Goines joined the faculty at The Collective in New York City and in 2008 became a professor of Bass at the

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Discography

As leader

* ''The Art of the Bass Choir'' (

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, 2022)

As co-leader

* Kim Plainfield and Lincoln Goines, ''Night and Day'' (EFA/Shiosai, 2001)

As sideman (selected)

With

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* ''In the Shadows'' (

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, 1990) * ''Back Roads'' (Denon, 1991) With

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* ''Naked City'' (Bluemoon/Atlantic, 1996) * ''Out of the Blue'' (Bluemoon/Rhino, 1999) * ''Grand Central'' (Narada, 2007) With

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* ''Incredible Journey'' ( DMP, 1985) * ''Spectrum'' (DMP, 1988) * ''Urban Contours'' (DMP, 1989) * ''The Art of the Big Band'' (DMP, 1990) * ''Departure'' (DMP, 1991) * ''For the Moment'' (MCG Jazz, 2012) With

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* ''Secrets'' ( Enja, 1988) * ''Closer to the Light'' (Enja, 1990) * ''Ten Songs'' (Lipstick, 1992) With

* ''

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'' (

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, 1991) * ''

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'' (Atlantic, 1999) * '' Big Neighborhood'' ( Heads Up, 2009) With

* ''The Hawk'' ( GRP, 1979) * ''Land of the Third Eye'' (GRP, 1980) *Mind Time (GRP, 1987) * ''Live at the Blue Note'' (GRP, 1988) * ''Two Amigos'' (GRP, 1990) * ''Tropic Heat'' (GRP, 1993) With others (selected) *

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, ''You Ain't No Friend of Mine'' (

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, 1978) *

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, ''Come with Me'' (

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, 1982) * Bob Moses, ''Visit with the Great Spirit'' ( Gramavision, 1983) *

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, ''Out of the Shadows'' (Arista, 1982) *

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, ''

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'' (GRP, 1984) *

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, ''Red On Red ''

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,1984) *

, ''Celebration'' ( Columbia, 1988) *

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, ''Away from Home'' (RGB, 1989) * Scott Cossu, ''Switchback'' ( Windham Hill, 1989) *

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, ''

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'', (1990) *

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, ''Bop Boy'' ( Musicmasters, 1991) *

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, '' A Long Story'' (

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, 1991) *

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, '' Long to Be Loose'' ( Enja, 1993) *

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, ''Del Sol'' (GRP, 1993) *

, '' 2 Drink Minimum'' (Enja, 1995) *

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, '' End of the Summer'' (1997) *

, '' Thru My Eyes'' (

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, 1997) * Ryo Kawasaki, ''Cosmic Rhythm'' (1999) *

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, ''Return'' (2005) *

, '' This Kind of Love'' (

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, 2008) *

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, ''Jazz Latin'' (Savant, 2018) *

, ''Diluvio'' (Origin, 2020)

References

External links

Lincoln Goines Official WebsiteFodera GuitarsEpifani AmplificationThe CollectiveBerklee College of Music
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