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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, Lage Lund,

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, and Rale Micic. 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 voice leading. 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

* ''

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'' (ECM, 1973) * '' Ring'' (ECM, 1974) * ''

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'' (ECM, 1974) * ''In the Public Interest'' (Polydor, 1974) * '' Dreams So Real'' (ECM, 1976) With

* '' Sorcery'' ( Prestige, 1974) * ''

Irresistible Forces ''Irresistible Forces'' is an album by Jack DeJohnette's Special Edition, with Greg Osby, Gary Thomas, Mick Goodrick, Lonnie Plaxico and Naná Vasconcelos. It was recorded in 1987 and released on the MCA label.Impulse! Impulse! Records (occasionally styled as "¡mpulse! Records" and "¡!") is an American jazz record company and label established by Creed Taylor in 1960. John Coltrane was among Impulse!'s earliest signings. Thanks to consistent sales and positiv ...

, 1987) * ''

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'' (Impulse!, 1988) With Claudio Fasoli * ''Bodies'' (Innowo, 1990) * ''Cities'' (RAM, 1993) * ''Ten Tributes'' (RAM, 1995) * ''Trois Trios'' (Splasc(H), 1999) With

* '' The Ballad of the Fallen'' (ECM, 1983) * '' Dream Keeper'' ( DIW, 1990) * '' The Montreal Tapes: Liberation Music Orchestra'' ( Verve, 1999) With others * Jerry Bergonzi, ''On Again'' (RAM, 1998) * Con Brio, ''Con Brio'' (Plug, 1983) * Con Brio, ''The Ray'' (Not Fat, 1987) * Hal Crook, ''Hero Worship'' (RAM, 1997) *

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

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, ''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) * Mika Pohjola, ''Myths & Beliefs'' (GM, 1996) * Bruno Raberg, ''Chrysalis'' (OrbisMusic, 2004) *

, '' Deconstructed'' (Xtra Watt, 1997) * Steve Swallow, '' Always Pack Your Uniform on Top'' (Xtra Watt, 2000) * Harvie Swartz, ''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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