Gabrielle Goodman

Gabrielle Goodman (born Baltimore, Maryland) is an American jazz singer, composer, author, and associate professor of voice at Berklee College of Music.[1] She began working as a backup vocalist for Roberta Flack while at the Peabody Institute, and later went on to sing with Michael Bublé and Chaka Khan.

Early life

She was raised in Baltimore in a musical family. Her mother was a classical singer and her father was a jazz trombonist.[1] Goodman attended Peabody preparatory and briefly, Oberlin College. She transferred to the Peabody Institute conservatory where she studied under the direction of Alice Gerstl Duschak and Gordon Hawkins and graduated in 1990.[2]

Career

She has recorded for JMT, Verve, and Polygram and has written and arranged songs for Chaka Khan and Roberta Flack.[3][4] She has worked as a professor of voice at Berklee College of Music since 1998.[1]

Goodman has also provided vocals for Patti Labelle, Nona Hendryx, Jennifer Hudson, Mary J. Blige, Patrice Rushen, Freddie Jackson, Brian Ferry, and George Duke. As a solo artist Goodman has appeared on some of the world's most prestigious jazz festivals, including the Montreux, North Sea and Newport Jazz festivals. She co-starred with Dee Dee Bridgewater in Montreal Canada 1998 and toured with Michael Bublé in the show Forever Swing 2001. In 2010, Goodman appeared with the Boston Pops for eleven performances at Boston Symphony Hall as a soloist for Christmas shows under the direction of Keith Lockhart. The singer had previously appeared as a soloist with the Pops under the direction of Charles Floyd in 2001 for Pops Gospel performance that year. She has performed with the Baltimore, Syracuse, and Yamayuri Symphony Orchestras. She has a four octave vocal range.[5]

Goodman got her first break as a recording artist with producer Norman Connors on his 1988 album Passion on Capitol Records. She was the lead female singer on five songs, including a remake of Minnie Riperton's "Loving You". She later recorded two albums Travelin' Light and Until We Love on the JMT/Verve label with German producer Stefan Winter that feature her with Kevin Eubanks, Gary Bartz, Gary Thomas and Terri Lyne Carrington. Goodman later produced two albums on the Goodness label, where she appears with Walter Beasley, Terri Lyne Carrington, David Bunn, Tony Bunn, and Patrice Rushen.

Discography

As leader
As sidewoman
As a writer

Publications

References

  1. 1 2 3 Symkus, Ed. (August 1, 2007). Goodman will jazz up the Fort. Roslindale Transcript.
  2. ↑ "Gabrielle Goodman: She Finds Energy in Jazz". Alumni Spotlight. Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University. Retrieved December 23, 2014.
  3. ↑ Eng, Heather V. (January 15, 2006). He's not Simon Cowell, but this vocal coach tells it like it is. Boston Herald. (subscription required)
  4. ↑ Joyce, Mike (April 10, 1989). Roberta Flack. The Washington Post. (subscription required)
  5. ↑ Sachs, Lloyd (March 6, 1994). Ladies Sing Jazz With Mixed Results. Chicago Sun-Times. (subscription required)

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