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A multi-instrumentalist and composer who performs on trumpet, bass and drums, Brad Goode is recognized as a unique stylist with a highly creative approach to improvisation. He has recorded on many jazz albums听including 18 as a leader for the Delmark, Sunlight, SteepleChase and Origin labels.
Goode earned a BM degree in classical trumpet at the University of Kentucky听and an MM degree in bass at DePaul University. His trumpet teachers include Vincent DiMartino, Byron Baxter, Clark Terry, Chris Gekker and William Adam. He studied bass with Larry Gray, Donald 鈥淩afael鈥澨鼼arrett, Carroll Crouch听and Eddie DeHaas.听During his apprenticeship years, he toured and recorded with the bands of Von Freeman, Red Rodney, Eddie Harris, Ira Sullivan, Curtis Fuller, Jack DeJohnette, Ernie Krivda, Rosemary Clooney, Barrett Deems, the Woody Herman Orchestra and many others.
Goode led his own combo in Chicago (1985-1998) including a 12-year stint as leader of the house band at the Green Mill. As a cultural ambassador for Mayor Richard Daley of Chicago, he 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 鈥渕ajor catalyst in the revitalization of the Chicago jazz scene.鈥�
Goode currently tours with the bands of Canadian vocalist Matt Dusk and West African drummer Paa Kow, and with his own quintet. He makes frequent appearances as a soloist and clinician at colleges and high schools.
Goode has served on the faculties of the American Conservatory of Music, New Trier High School, Cuyahoga Community College, University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music and听Colorado Conservatory for the Jazz Arts. At the University of Colorado Boulder, he is currently associate professor of jazz studies and serves as musical director for the Conference on World Affairs.听