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Torsten Goods "1980" iN STORES ON AUG 29th!!!!!
Jan Miserre - piano
Christian Von Kaphengst -bass
Peter Gall - drums
Peter Lübke -drums
spec. guests:
Rigmor Gustafsson -vocals
Lutz Häfner - sax
Andreas Oberg -guitar
Jeff Cascaro -vocals
Tobias Weidinger - trumpet
Jürgen Neudert -trombone
ao...
VIDEO CLIP FOR "CRAZY LITTLE THING CALLED LOVE" TAKEN FROM THE "1980" ALBUM:
Influences
George Benson, Django Reinhardt, Wes Montgomery, Joe Pass, Queen, Kenny Loggins, Herbie Hancock, Charlie Parker, Michael Jackson(old), Toto, Nat King Cole, Bireli Lagrene, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Oscar Peterson, Chick Corea, Phil Collins, Michael Brecker, Tower of Power, Take 6, Chet Baker, Frank Sinatra, Harry Connick Jr., B.B. King, Pat Martino, Robben Ford, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, George Michael, Whitney Houston, Chaka Khan, John Williams, Puccini, Cole Porter, Jaco Pastorius, Stevie Wonder, James Brown, Prince a.o
THE "1980" TOUR 2008:
12.07.2008 Nürnberg Katharinenruine
16.08.2008 Talinn, Estonia Jazz Kaar
03.09.2008 Aschaffenburg Colos-Saal
13.09.2008 Heilbronn Jazzclub
16.09.2008 München Unterfahrt
17.09.2008 Osnabrück Blue Note
18.09.2008 Hamburg Fabrik
25.09.2008 Berlin Quasimodo
26.09.2008 Bayreuth Jazzforum
27.09.2008 Minden Jazzclub
28.09.2008 Verden Jazztage
11.10.2008 Bühl Bühler Jazztival
12.10.2008 Bühl Bühler Jazztival
18.10.2008 Fürstenwalde Jazzfestival
21.10.2008 Frankfurt Jazzkeller
22.10.2008 Kaiserslautern Kammgarn
23.10.2008 Schweinfurt Jazzival
24.10.2008 Reutlingen Jazz Art Galerie
25.10.2008 Neuburg/Donau Birdland
26.10.2008 Belgrad, SER Jazz-Festival
27.10.2008 Belgrad, SER Jazz-Festival
28.10.2008 Belgrad, SER Jazz-Festival
29.10.2008 Erlangen E-Werk
22.11.2008 Stuttgart Jazz Open
26.11.2008 Lauf Dehnberger Hoftheater
17.12.2008 Erlangen Fifty Fifty
18.12.2008 Erlangen Fifty Fifty
19.12.2008 Elmau Schloss Elmau
10.01.2009 Köln Altes Pfandhaus
26.03.2009 Nünberg Kunst Kultur Karstadt
At 26, guitarist and vocalist Torsten Goods is one of the leading young jazz-musicians of the European Scene. With 3 albums to date as a leader including nominations for the "German Record Critics’ Award", Torsten was one of the 10 semi-finalists in the renowned "Thelonious Monk Guitar Competition" in Washington, DC as well as being in the finals of the International Jazz Competitions in Montreux, London, Brussels and Dresden, in both categories guitar and vocals. Add to this, countless concerts in Europe, the US and China and Torsten has achieved an impressive amount for a twenty-something.
His Irish mother’s record collection was a treasure trove for the young Torsten Goods, spending hours as he did listening to such jazz greats as Oscar Peterson and Duke Ellington. The 26 year-old Torsten was born in Düsseldorf to Irish / German parents, grew up in Erlangen, in Bavaria, and now lives in Berlin.
After several years of piano lessons the young 14 year-old preferred the guitar sounds of Rock and Heavy Metal. His encounter, at 17, with the Australian jazz guitarist Peter O’Mara paved the way for his interest in jazz, however. This was followed by several years of intensive guitar lessons and workshops, among others with Jim Hall and John Scofield in New York. During this time he had the opportunity to play with the well-known guitarists Les Paul, Jack Wilkins, Mike Stern, Peter Bernstein, Howard Alden and Frank Vignola, at the same time learning a lot from them.
The gypsy guitar virtuoso Bireli Lagrene then invited him to Strassburg and had a decisive influence on his musical development. In January 2000 Torsten was invited by Peter Herbholzheimer to join the National Youth Jazz Orchestra and in 2001 he produced his first CD “Manhattan Walls” with jazz greats such as Tony Lakatos, David Gazarov, Davide Petrocca, Dejan Terzic, Guido May, Jan Eschke Andreas Kurz and Rick Keller, released on Jardis Records 2002 - the press was full of praise.
In August 2001, at age 20, Goods gets a scholarship to study “Jazz and Contemporary Music” at the renowned New School University in NYC and it is there that he meets Seleno Clarke and George Benson, who has a decisive influence on him, inspiring him to sing as well.
Back in Germany in 2003, Goods continued with his studies and working on his career.
He released his second CD “Steppin’”(October 2004) on Jazz4ever Records with greats Olaf Polziehn, Martin Gjakonovski, Dejan Terzic, Tony Lakatos, Johannes Enders and Lutz Häfner, as well as his working-band Jan Miserre, Marco Kühnl and Christoph Huber. Starting in 2005 this band has played over 80 shows up to today and recorded the latest album "Irish Heart", released in November 2006 on the renowned European Jazz label ACT music.
Signing with ACT in 2006 opened many doors for Torsten like playing on festivals such as Jazz Baltica, International Theaterhaus Jazztage, Traumzeitfestival ao.
The "Irish Heart"-tour lead Torsten and his Band throughout the whole of Germany, and he was also invited to many international Jazz competitions in 05 and 06 such as the "Thelonious Monk Jazz Guitar Competition" in Washington, DC, where he was among the 10 semi-finalists, the only one to fly to the US out of Europe, and played in front of a jury consisting of George Benson, Pat Martino, John Pizzarelli, Russel Mallone, Earl Klugh, Stanley Jordan ao. In the London International Jazz Competition Torsten was the only European finalist. Other noteable competitions were in Brussels (Semi-finals), Montreux Jazz Guitar Competiton,(Semi-finals) and the European Guitar Award in Dresden, where he was also among the top ten.
His latest album “Irish Heart” has had rave reviews in Italy, France, the US and the UK, where the "Evening Standard" writes: "Goods has breakthrough talent galore. Inspired by George Benson, he sings winningly and plays the guitar superbly. His album might just kick-start major career developments for him this year.“
Torsten Goods has performed with Les Paul, Bob James, Chris Potter, James Genus, Terry Linn Carrington, Seleno Clark, Barbara Tucker, Dawn Tallman, Marcus Fugate, Jimmy Bruno, Tony Lakatos, David Gazarov, Peter Herbolzheimer, John Ruocco, Johannes Faber, Leszek Zadlo, Dejan Terzic, Rick Keller, Patrick Scales, Davide Petrocca, Johannes Enders, Guido May.
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Hi Torsten, der Club Boogaloo kann sich sicher sein, am 20. oder (und?!) 21.Februar wird im Jazzkeller aus ersten Reihe angefeuert! Viele Grüße aus Frankfurt Klaus vom colibri
Liebe Freunde des guten Geschmacks! Ich lade Euch herzlich zu unserem Gastspiel der *King of Glam Tour* in das Lagari am 04.12.2009 um 21.00 Uhr, Pflügerstraße 19, in 12047 Berlin ein. Wir spielen unser aktuelles Programm *Glam News* verbunden mit einer visuellen Show! Wir freuen uns wenn Ihr kommt. Weitere Informationen findet Ihr auf http://www.nusol.de Wir sehen uns, NUSOL.
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