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One of many significant guitarists to be featured at one time or another with vibraphonist
Gary Burton's groups (including
Larry Coryell,
John Scofield, and
Pat Metheny),
Mick Goodrick has not achieved the fame of the others due to his focusing on a career as a jazz educator. However,
Goodrick has long had his own distinctive sound. He started on guitar when he was 12, was inspired to play jazz during
Stan Kenton's summer camps, and in 1967, he graduated from Berklee College. He was soon teaching at Berklee before spending a period with
Burton (1973-1976) recording extensively with the vibist. Since then,
Goodrick has mostly been a teacher in the Boston area, most notably at the New England Conservatory, although he did tour with
Charlie Haden's Liberation Orchestra in 1985 and worked for a period with
Jack DeJohnette's
Special Edition in the late '80s.
Mick Goodrick has recorded as a leader much too infrequently: an ECM date in 1978 and sessions in the 1990s for CMP, Novus, and Ram. ~ Scott Yanow