Victor Goines
| Victor Goines | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Victor Louis Goines |
| Born |
August 6, 1961 New Orleans, Louisiana, United States |
| Genres | Jazz, post-bop, jazz poetry, avant-garde jazz, big band, Dixieland Jazz, Funk, jazz-funk, jazz fusion, third stream |
| 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, |
| Years active | 1980–present |
| Labels | AFO, Criss Cross, Rosemary Joseph Records |
| Associated acts | Wynton Marsalis, Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra |
| Website | www.victorgoines.com |
Victor Goines (born 1961 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is a jazz saxophonist and clarinetist who received his Masters in Music at Virginia Commonwealth University. Goines has served as the director of jazz studies and professor for the Bienen School of Music at Northwestern University since 2008. He previously served as first artistic director of the Juilliard School's jazz program from 2000 until 2007. He has been a member of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and the Wynton Marsalis Septet since 1993.
Goines has collaborated with such artists as 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, Wycliff 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. [1] He is a member of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and leads his ensemble the Victor Goines Quartet.