Birth name Victor Louis Goines Role Clarinetist Name Victor Goines | Website www.victorgoines.com Years active 1980–present Associated acts Wynton Marsalis | |
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Born August 6, 1961 (age 63)
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States ( 1961-08-06 ) Occupation(s) Musician, composer, director of jazz studies Northwestern University, educator Instruments Bb Clarinet, bass clarinet, Eb clarinet, tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute, Labels AFO, Criss Cross, Rosemary Joseph Records Albums In the Cross, Pastels of Ballads & Blues Education Loyola University New Orleans, Virginia Commonwealth University Genres Jazz, Post-bop, Jazz poetry, Avant-garde jazz, Big band, Dixieland Jazz, Funk, Jazz-funk, Jazz fusion, Third stream Similar People Marcus Printup, Wycliffe Gordon, Ted Nash, Ryan Kisor, Eric Reed | ||
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Victor Goines (born 1961 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is a jazz saxophonist and clarinetist. From 2000–2007, he was director of the jazz program at Juilliard. He has been a member of Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and the Wynton Marsalis Septet since 1993. Goines has served as the director of jazz studies and professor for the Bienen School of Music at Northwestern University since 2008.
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Goines has collaborated with Terence Blanchard, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Ruth Brown, Ray Charles, Bo Diddley, Bob Dylan, Dizzy Gillespie, Freddie Green, Lionel Hampton, Freddie Hubbard, B.B. King, Lenny Kravitz, Branford Marsalis, Ellis Marsalis, James Moody, Dianne Reeves, Marcus Roberts, Diana Ross, Eric Clapton, Wycliffe Gordon, and Stevie Wonder.
He has performed on more than 20 recordings, including the soundtracks for three Ken Burns documentaries and the films Undercover Blues, When Night Falls on Manhattan, and Rosewood. He has composed more than 75 original works, including Jazz at Lincoln Center and ASCAP commissions.
He has also served on the faculties of Florida A&M University, University of New Orleans, Loyola University of New Orleans, and Xavier University of Louisiana. Goines is an artist for Buffet Crampon and Vandoren.