Dec 9, 2025 12:28 PM
In Memoriam: Gordon Goodwin, 1954–2025
Gordon Goodwin, an award-winning saxophonist, pianist, bandleader, composer and arranger, died Dec. 8 in Los Angeles.…
This Saturday night, May 11, drummer Jack DeJohnette will join saxophonist Sonny Rollins and his sextet on stage at The Paramount Center for the Arts in Peekskill, N.Y. A few tickets ($35 each) remain for the show.
Tickets for the show can be purchased at The Paramount (1008 Brown St., 914-739-2333,) Videophile (River Plaza Shopping Center, Tarrytown,) through Ticketmaster (845-454-3388,) Jazz Forum Arts (914-631-1000,) or via the Jazz Forum Arts web site, www.jazzforumarts.org.
Goodwin was one of the most acclaimed, successful and influential jazz musicians of his generation.
Dec 9, 2025 12:28 PM
Gordon Goodwin, an award-winning saxophonist, pianist, bandleader, composer and arranger, died Dec. 8 in Los Angeles.…
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