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Dr. Wayne Goins Director
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Dr. Wayne Goins Director
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Wayne
Goins, Director of Jazz Studies, has performed with guitarist
Kenny Burrell, saxophonist Bobby Watson, organist Jimmy
McGriff and many others. Goins has experience in Boston,
Chicago, and Atlanta, conducting jazz ensembles and teaching
guitar at Morehouse College, Emory University, and Kennesaw
State University. Goins authored the award-winning book, A
Biography Of Charlie Christian (2005), The Jazz Band
Director’s Handbook (2003), and Emotional Response
to Music: Pat Metheny’s Secret Story (2001) [Edwin
Mellen Press.] In 2006 Goins published The Wise
Improvisor, a college textbook on jazz improvisation.
Goins founded Little Apple Records, his own record label, and
released West Coast Swing, Standard Fare, Smokin’ at The
Oak Bar, Bluesin’ With The B3, Home…Cookin!, and
Chronicles of Carmela, released in early 2011. Goins
writes for Jazz Ambassador and Jazz Inside magazine,
where he has written extensive articles. Goins’ fifth book, That’s
All Right: The Jimmy Rogers Story will be published by
University of Illinois Press. |
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