Mick Goodrick (June 9, 1945 – November 16, 2022) was an American
jazz guitarist who spent most of his career as a teacher. In the early 1970s, he worked with
Gary Burton and
Pat Metheny.
Biography
An Elvis fan, Goodrick began studying guitar in his pre-teens and was performing professionally a few years later. When he was sixteen, he became interested in jazz at a Stan Kenton Band Camp. He attended the
Berklee School of Music from 1963 to 1967. He taught at Berklee, then spent a few years touring with Gary Burton. After returning to Boston, he settled into a career largely as an educator.[1]
Goodrick worked with
Charlie Haden's Liberation Music Orchestra during the 1980s and early 1990s, with
Jack DeJohnette in the late 1980s, and with
Steve Swallow in the late 1990s. He performed in a duo with Pat Metheny at the Montreal Jazz Festival in 2005 and with
Wolfgang Muthspiel at the Jazz Standard in 2008.[1]
Goodrick died from the long-term effects of Parkinson's disease on November 16, 2022, at the age of 77.[2]
Dan Wall, On the Inside Looking In (Double-Time, 2000)
Selected books
Goodrick, Mick (1987). The Advancing Guitarist: Applying Guitar Concepts and Techniques. Hal Leonard Corp.
ISBN0881885894.
Goodrick, Mick (2003). Factorial Rhythm: For All Instruments. Liquid Harmony Books.
ISBN0971185824.
Goodrick, Mick (2003). Mr. Goodchord's Almanac of Guitar Voice-Leading for the Year 2001 and Beyond, Vol. 1: Name That Chord. Liquid Harmony Books.
ISBN0971185808.
Goodrick, Mick (2005). Mr. Goodchord's Almanac of Guitar Voice-Leading for the Year 2001 and Beyond, Vol. 2: Do Not Name That Chord. Liquid Harmony Books.
ISBN0971185816.
Goodrick, Mick (2007). Mr. Goodchord's Almanac of Guitar Voice-Leading for the Year 2001 and Beyond, Vol. 3: Beyond the Mother Lode. Liquid Harmony Books.
ISBN9780971185845.
Goodrick, Mick (2008). 36 Solo Pieces for Fingerstyle Guitar + Duo, Trio, & Quartet Arrangements. Liquid Harmony Books.
ISBN9780971185852.
Goodrick, Mick; Miller, Tim (2012). Creative Chordal Harmony for Guitar: Using Generic Modality Compression. Berklee Press.
ISBN978-0876391280.
References
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abYanow, Scott (2013). The Great Jazz Guitarists. San Francisco: Backbeat. p. 83.
ISBN978-1-61713-023-6.