Friday, January 31, 2020

Pittsburgh-born Jazz Bassist Richie Goods

Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Pittsburg-based Jazz Bassist Richie Goods ... He is the youngest person ever inducted into the Pittsburgh Jazz Hall of Fame and jut happened to get an early start playing in church and clubs when he was going to the Pittsburgh Creative and Performing Arts High School. From there it was the Berklee College of Music- then New York City to study under jazz legends Ron Carter and Ray Brown. He spent a lot of time playing with  Mulgrew Miller and gigging with the likes of Louis Hayes and the Cannonball Adderley Legacy Band, Milt Jackson, Russell Malone, Vincent Herring, the Manhattan Transfer and Walter Beasley to Brian McKnight, DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince, Whitney Houston and Christina Aguilera. He also has a Westchester, NY studio producing records for his company, RichMan Music .. he talked about this and his newest 2019 CD My Left Hand Man – A Tribute to Mulgrew Miller - So, get to know him and dig this interview my friends ..

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