Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band

Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band – The Phat Pack (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:15:11 minutes | 879 MB | Genre: Jazz
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The Phat Pack is the third studio album by the jazz ensemble Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band. Goodwin received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Instrumental Arrangement for the song “Attack of the Killer Tomatoes”.

The title is a parody of the Rat Pack, a group of friends and performers during the 1960s which included Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr. Goodwin arranged cover versions of two songs that were associated with the Rat Pack, “Too Close for Comfort” and “It Was a Very Good Year”, and a hit from the 1970s, “Play That Funky Music”.

Soloists include Wayne Bergeron, Eddie Daniels, Eric Marienthal, Andy Martin, David Sanborn, Bob Summers, and the vocal group Take 6.

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Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band – Six Feet Away (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:19:22 minutes | 932 MB | Genre: Jazz
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4-Time Grammy Winner Gordon Goodwin Returns With New 5-Song Ep: Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band release a special edition EP of singles “Six Feet Away” and “The Reset”, originally featured on new EP The Reset. This edition features several of the band’s stunning soloists blowing over the solo sections of each track!

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Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band – XXL (2003/2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:13:30 minutes | 899 MB | Genre: Jazz
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XXL is the second studio album by Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band, released on September 23, 2003. It includes guest performances by saxophonist Michael Brecker, vocal group Take 6, clarinetist Eddie Daniels, and singer Johnny Mathis.

XXL was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album. Gordon Goodwin received two more nominations, one for Best Instrumental Composition (“Hunting Wabbits”) and one for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist (“Comes Love”).

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Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band – Swingin’ For The Fences (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:00:13 minutes | 731 MB | Genre: Jazz
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Swingin’ for the Fences is the debut album by Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band, an 18-piece big band led by Gordon Goodwin.

Goodwin composed the music except for “Two-Part Invention in D Minor”, a jazz update of J. S. Bach. He wrote the arrangements and played alto and soprano saxophone. “Sing Sang Sung” is based on “Sing, Sing, Sing”, which was written by Louis Prima and made famous by Benny Goodman’s big band.
There are solos by the Big Phat Band’s Dan Higgins on saxophone, Andy Martin on trombone, Tom Ranier on piano, and Goodwin on saxophone. Guests include Arturo Sandoval, Eric Marienthal, Eddie Daniels, and Brandon Fields.

Swingin’ for the Fences received two Grammy Award nominations. It was the first album released on DVD-Audio and the first DVD-Audio to be nominated for two Grammy Awards.

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Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band – Act Your Age (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:07:44 minutes | 779 MB | Genre: Jazz
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For the fourth recorded edition of his Big Phat Band, Grammy-winning Gordon Goodwin in Act Your Age (which has just received THREE Grammy Nominations, including Best Large Jazz Ensemble, Best Instrumental Composition for “Hit The Ground Running” and Best Instrumental Arrangement for “Yesterdays”) continues to display dynamic big band writing executed with complete aplomb. A bevy of guest soloists is on display in tracks by the accomplished pianists Chick Corea and Dave Grusin, vocalist Patti Austin, and guitarist Lee Ritenour, who is also the producer of the album.

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Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band – The Reset (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 27:49 minutes | 345 MB | Genre: Jazz
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Written and arranged by Gordon Goodwin, “The Reset” reflects on some of the changes felt during the world’s collective experience of dealing with Covid-19. A departure from most of their other material, there is less emphasis on melody and structure with more free association, compositionally speaking. The nearly 7-minute excursion features more programming elements like synth textures, drum loops, and SFX, but the focus remains the amazing human beings that perform the music. To highlight the incredible musicians in the 18-person Big Phat Band, multiple mixes were created, each one featuring a different soloist, including Eric Marienthal (soprano sax), Jeff Driskill (tenor sax), Mike Rocha (trumpet), Francisco Torres (trombone), and Gordon Goodwin on keyboard. This version, the title track to the newly released 5-song EP, features guitarist Will Brahm and Brian Scanlon on tenor sax.

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Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band – The Gordian Knot (The Dolby Atmos Version) (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:25:43 minutes | 1,85 GB | Genre: Jazz
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This exciting new Dolby Atmos release of The Gordian Knot presents this music in a manner that is truly hard to describe. Never before have you heard the rich detail of this band, the presence of these musicians and the vibrancy of their playing. You can feel the air coming through their horns, the vibration of the drum heads, and the quivering of the guitar strings. There is an intangible presence alive in this music, like you get at a live concert. But in this case, you have a front row seat.

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