Let me assure you that a big phat band is not one that needs a little more time on the treadmill!\u00a0 In this case, this Big Phat Band belongs to Gordon Goodwin and you can experience their music at the Niswonger on Saturday, April 27, at 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n
Gordon Goodwin is the bandleader, pianist, sax player, and writer of some of the most incredible music written of this time.\u00a0 Some of the comments that have been made about him are:<\/p>\n
\u201cListening to Gordon Goodwin\u2019s Big Phat Band, I was immediately taken by Gordon\u2019s contemporary musical viewpoint, the dynamics of his \u201cBig Phat Band,\u201d its bevy of superb soloists, and the exhilaration of its sound.\u201d –Quincy Jones<\/p>\n
He is a man of exquisite musical taste. I am truly blessed to have him in my life.\u201d –Johnny Mathis<\/p>\n
\u201cWhenever I hear your music, I get the sudden urge to retire!\u201d –Sammy Nestico<\/p>\n
These comments come from some of the most respected musicians of our time!\u00a0 Gordon Goodwin\u2019s Big Phat Band is a big band, much in the style of Doc Severinsen\u2019s big band that performed for years on Johnny Carson\u2019s Tonight Show or the late Buddy Rich Big Band.\u00a0 Gordon\u2019s band is today\u2019s contemporary big band, filled with an all-star cast of musicians in every section: saxes, trombones, trumpets, and rhythm.<\/p>\n
As a keyboardist and woodwind player, Goodwin has built a larger-than-life reputation throughout the music industry for his composing, arranging and playing skills. Ray Charles, Christina Aguilera, Johnny Mathis, Toni Braxton, John Williams, Natalie Cole, David Foster, Sarah Vaughan, Mel Torme, Brian McKnight and Quincy Jones are just a few of the artists with whom he has worked. Goodwin has also conducted world-renowned symphony orchestras in Atlanta, Dallas, Utah, Seattle, Toronto and London.<\/p>\n
Goodwin\u2019s cinematic scoring and orchestration craft can be heard on such films as The Sorcerer\u2019s Apprentice<\/em>, Escape to Witch Mountain<\/em>, Get Smart<\/em>, Glory Road<\/em>, National Treasure<\/em>, The Incredibles<\/em>, Remember The Titans,<\/em> Armageddon<\/em>, The Majestic<\/em>, Con Air<\/em>, Gone In 60 Seconds<\/em>, Enemy of the State<\/em>, Star Trek Nemesis<\/em> and even the classic cult film Attack Of The Killer Tomatoes<\/em>. Goodwin\u2019s soundtrack to Looney Tunes\u2019 \u201cBah HumDuck!\u201d \u2013 a wacky Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck riff on the classic A Christmas Carol<\/em> \u2013 also features the Big Phat Band\u2019s patented sound.<\/p>\n We not only want to present this \u201cvery hot\u201d band in performance, but we also want to make available a special lecture\/clinic where Gordon will talk about how he composes music for all these mega-hit film scores.\u00a0 It will run from 3:30-4:30 p.m.\u00a0 Call our box office (419.238.NPAC 6722) or check out our website (www.npacvw.org<\/a>) for details on how you can be included in this special offer prior to the 7:30 p.m. concert that night.<\/p>\n Okay, now you know what a Big Phat Band really is.\u00a0 If you are looking for a definition of phat, I think the dictionary will tell you it\u2019s both \u201ccool\u201d and \u201chot\u201d!\u00a0 How can that be?\u00a0 Come and find out for yourself.<\/p>\n FIN\u00c9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Let me assure you that a big phat band is not one that needs a little more time on the treadmill!\u00a0 In this case, this Big Phat Band belongs to Gordon Goodwin and you can experience their music at the Niswonger on Saturday, April 27, at 7:30 p.m. Gordon Goodwin is the bandleader, pianist, sax […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-02 07:57:38","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37053\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}