the jazz guy

Dick Goodwin's jazz endeavors cannot be described in a few words. That reflects Dick's experience as a performer, in the US, Latin America, and Europe.

"We found while touring extensively in Latin America audiences have many expectations when they attend a 'jazz' concert. So we started programming a wild variety of styles, everything from Dixieland to our own compositions. We have carried that practice with us in our recordings and have found that even hard-core jazz fans will embrace a lot of different kinds of music—as long as it is honest and well played."

As a coordinator of live music groups for many public and private occasions, Dick strives to understand his customers' desires for music and find the right tunes and arrangements for them.

Dick is also co-owner of G.E.M. Recordings, a state-of-the-art recording studio where he composes, arranges, produces, and performs on projects ranging from jingles, to film scores, to albums by various artists. He is a regular faculty member for the Kerrville Folk Festival Songwriter's School and has been featured on the Festival as a performer and composer/arranger.

Please use the links you'll find below our audio clips to find out more about The Jazz Guy.

Updated: February 4, 2010

Live Music—
Arranger, Composer & Producer

Upcoming Gigs

January 29 at 7:00
DG Big Band at USC Aiken Convention Center. Anniversary
Party for the Aiken Chamber of Commerce

February 14 at 7:00
DG Big Band at the Columbia Marriott
SC Philharmonic Fundraiser/Valentine’s Ball

February 21 from 4:00 to 7:00 DG Big Band at Gotham Bagel (across from the Columbia Museum of Art)
concert/swing dance. $8. per person

March 6 TBA
DG Sextet at the North Charleston Convention
Center for the American Bandmaster’s Assoc.

March 12 & 13 at 7:30
DG Quintet is featured
with the Lexington Co. Choral Society Saxe Gotha Presbyterian Church, Lex., SC

March 21, 4:00 to 7:00 (tentative date)
DG Big Band at Gotham Bagel (across from the Columbia Museum of Art) concert/swing dance. $8. per person

April 16 at 7:30
DG Big Band at Columbia Senior Center
dance. $12 in advance, $15 at the door

April 24 TBA
DG Quartet for the Lexington County Choral Society fundrasiser … at Saluda Shoals Park

April 25 at 3:00
Dick with Doug & Bunny Williams at the Newberry Opera House

April 29 at 7:30
DG Big Band in concert with the Palmetto Mastersinger at the Koger Center for the Performing Arts

May 1 at 5:30
DG Big Band plays for Spring Formal Social Inc. dance spectacular at the Augusta (GA) Civic Center

May 7 at 7:30
DG Big Band in concert at 320 Senate Street, details to follow

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