Victor Goines


Victor Louis Goines is a jazz saxophonist and clarinetist who has served as president and chief executive officer of Jazz St. Louis since September 2022. From 2000 to 2007, he was director of the jazz program at Juilliard.

Career

Goines graduated from St. Augustine High School in New Orleans and has been a member of Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and the Wynton Marsalis Septet since 1993. Goines served as the director of jazz studies and professor for the Bienen School of Music at Northwestern University from 2008 to 2022. He presently serves as President/CEO of Jazz St. Louis.
Goines has collaborated with Terence Blanchard, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Ruth Brown, Ray Charles, Bo Diddley, Bob Dylan, Dizzy Gillespie, Freddie Green, Lionel Hampton, Freddie Hubbard, B.B. King, Lenny Kravitz, Branford Marsalis, Ellis Marsalis, James Moody, Dianne Reeves, Marcus Roberts, Diana Ross, Eric Clapton, Wycliffe Gordon, and Stevie Wonder.
He has performed on more than 20 recordings, including the soundtracks for three Ken Burns documentaries and the films Undercover Blues, Night Falls on Manhattan, and Rosewood. He has composed more than 200 original works, including Jazz at Lincoln Center and ASCAP commissions.
He has also served on the faculties of Florida A&M University, University of New Orleans, Loyola University of New Orleans, and Xavier University of Louisiana. Goines is an artist for Buffet Crampon and Vandoren.

Discography

As Leader

Genesis
  • "Joe's Blues"
  • "To Those We Love So Dearly"
  • Sunrise To Midnight
  • "New Adventures"
  • "Love Dance"
  • "Pastels in Ballads and Blues"
  • "Twilight"
  • "Morning Swing"
  • "A Dance At The Mardi Gras Ball"

Collaborations

"'with Janio Abreu'"Nuestra Herencia Musical Juntos Otra Vez
  • ''Janio Abreu y Aire de Concierto, Victor Goines & Orquesta de Camara de la Habana ''

As Sideman

With Wynton Marsalis Septet
  • "In This House, On This Morning"
  • "Joe Cool's Blues
  • "The Marciac Suite"
  • "Standard Time, Vol. 4: Marsalis Plays Monk"
  • "Standard Time Vol. 6:  Mr. Jelly Lord"
  • "Reeltime"
  • "Wynton Marsalis:  The London Concert"
  • "Unforgiveable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson"
  • "The War"
"'With The Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra'"Portraits by Ellington
  • "The Fire of the Fundamentals"
  • "They Came to Swing"
  • "Blood on the Fields"
  • "Jump Start and Jazz"
  • "Live in Swing City" Sweet Release & Ghost Story
  • "Big Train"
  • "All Rise" A Love Supreme
  • "Higher Ground: Hurricane Relief Benefit Concert"                
  • "Don't Be Afraid…The Music of Charles Mingus """                                   Congo Square
  • "Portraits in Seven Shades"
  • "Vitoria Suite"
  • "Live in Cuba"
  • "Big Band Holidays "
  • "The Abyssinian Mass"
  • "The Music of John Lewis"
  • "Handful of Keys"
"'With Ruth Brown'"