Mick Goodrick Recordings

[schteb]

I am really only familiar with Mick Goodrick thru his book The Advancing Guitarist. What recordings, as a leader or as a sideman are worth tracking down. The only thing I have is Gary Burton's Dreams So Real.

Thanks

[JakeAcci]

these are great! Casa Valdez Studios: Jimmy Mosher- A True Voice

[marcwhy]

There are too many!
One of his more recent recordings is a duo album with Wolfgang Muthspiel -- everyone needs to get that!

[JohnW400]

I have a CD with Harvey Swartz as the leader and both Mick Goodrick and John Abercrombie handling the guitar parts

Mick Goodrick, John Abercrombie, Harvie Swartz, Marvin "Smitty" Smith - Arrival (CD, Album) at Discogs

[TruthHertz]

A recording Noisy Old Men is a quartet with John Abercrombie, Steve Swallow, Mick and the great drummer Gary Chaffee.

A recording called Sun Screams has him opposite Jerry Bergonzi.

Gary Burton CD called The New Quartet features the band with Mick before Pat came on board. Great stuff.

Rare Birds is a duo with Joe DiOrio

Cities with Mick and Claudio Fazoli

He does an annual concert with Pat Metheny as a duo. Pat's got those in the can. Who knows what will become of that.

A quartet with Dewey Redman, Charlie Haden, Paul Motian and Mick has radio recordings that circulate around Europe. Look for them.

He also played in Bass Desires opposite John Scofield, Marc Johnson and Peter Erskine. Some European radio broadcasts must exist.

There's an Ayden Essen recording where the great Turkish piano player features Mick.

And of course In Pas(s)ing the classic ECM recording of his. Simply gorgeous. It's plain to see what an entire generation of players owes to him when you listen to that one.

Miles Donahue, the trumpeter/Sax player did a recording with Kenny Werner, George Garzone, and Mick plays guitar. It was called Simple Pleasures.

Mick had several recording projects he did, completed, mixed, mastered yet never released. It simply never occured to him to bother once the artistic part was done. A duo project with Fred Hersch similar to the Hersch/Frisell duo falls into the same category. That's long lost.

But for now I think the solo on ECM is still in the catalogue and the duo with Wolfgang is a keeper.

David

Soon to be released will be a book and CD. Tim Miller plays much of Mick's new chordal examples but Mick plays on the CD too. The book is about how to play harmonically and melodically covering entire modal textures with as little as 2 chords. It's sublime stuff, and a rare chance to hear Mick who has all but retired from public performance.

[whatswisdom]

He plays on "The Ballad of the Fallen," ECM classic recording from the early '80s. Charlie Haden is the leader of an all-star cast--Carla Bley et al. I know he takes a nylon string solo on one of the tracks that's brilliant.

[ronjazz]

Yes, Mick bought an Ovation classical from me to do that "Ballad Of The Fallen" recording. I used to go into Cambridge every week to listen to him with Jimmy Mosher's group, always outstanding creativity and 110% focus. Goodrick is a true master.

[TruthHertz]

Originally Posted by ronjazz

Yes, Mick bought an Ovation classical from me to do that "Ballad Of The Fallen" recording. I used to go into Cambridge every week to listen to him with Jimmy Mosher's group, always outstanding creativity and 110% focus. Goodrick is a true master.

Dang! I must've sat at the table next to you at some point. There were times when I was the only one there for the music, lots of ambient noise at the Casablanca, and I would think "the most amazing music right here and if I leave, there will be no audience." Same thing when Mick and Bert Seager played duo at the Harborside. One time I was watching the two of them and sitting next to me were two young guys in business suits arguing; talking over the music. They were trying to convince the other whether Clapton or Yngwie was the greatest guitarist. Mick was just someone they had to talk over.

David

[TruthHertz]

Oh yeah, on The New Quartet, he plays a really nice solo on Open Your Eyes You Can Fly

Here's a taste of that tune from a live performance

YouTube Video

Here's another little taste of Mick when he was in Gary's band with a young Pat.

YouTube Video

Got a lotta time on your hands?

YouTube Video

Put on your crappy sound ear filters and check this out.

YouTube Video

It's just Mike Brecker with Mick... pretty nice.
David

[Gearhead]

The new duo CD with Wolfgang Muthspiel is simply awesome:

MaterialRecords.com

but there is also an older recording with Jack DeJohnette's Special Edition called "Audio Visualscapes" which I like very much.

Looking forward to the new book.

[schteb]

Thanks for all the replies and links. Much like his books, many of these recordings are not easy to find. I might have to resort to an amazon download on a few of them.

[Soco]

In passing(s), his 1979 ECM is by far the best I have heard from him. Great compositions and group interplay. Goodrick, John Surman, Eddie Gomez and Jack deJohnette.

[dblfatstrat]

Don't forget In The Same Breath with Dave Liebman and Wolfgang Muthspiel. Great version of "Throughout". Amazon.com: In Same Breath: Mick Goodrick, David Liebman, Wolfgang Muthspiel: Music

[marcwhy]

I'm surprised no one has mentioned the great Steve Swallow albums yet: "Deconstructed" and "Always pack your uniform on top."

[ronjazz]

His work with DeJohnette over the years has been incredibly creative. He called working with Jack his "rock gig".