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Under the direction of music faculty Jim Gasior (Jazz & Instrumental Studies), the NWSA high school jazz combos will perform compositions by Wayne Shorter, Thelonious Monk, as well as our guest artist trumpeter and composer, Brad Goode. A multi-instrumentalist and composer who performs on trumpet, bass and drums, Goode is recognized as a unique stylist with a highly creative approach to improvisation. He has recorded on dozens of jazz albums, including 18 as a leader for the Delmark, Sunlight, SteepleChase and Origin labels. He led his own combo in Chicago from 1985 until 1998, including a twelve-year stint as leader of the house band at the Green Mill. As a Cultural Ambassador for Mayor Richard Daley of Chicago, Goode led jazz groups on tours of Asia and the Middle East. He was named one of the most influential Chicagoans of the 1980s by the Chicago Tribune, who credited him as a “major catalyst in the revitalization of the Chicago jazz scene.” |
