Rich's Bio:Pittsburgh native and Berklee graduate, Rich Goods is a proverbial
renaissance man of today’s music industry. Producer, performer, musician,
engineer, and lyricist, with roots in Jazz, gospel, funk, and soul, Rich
Goods' wealth lies in his ability to combine these talents and influences
in ways that bring a long overdue newness to the genres of Jazz and Hip
Hop/R&B. Growing up in the churches of Pittsburgh, he began playing music
at the age of five. A love affair with music was only cultivated further
while attending the CAPA high school. It was in hometown clubs like the
Balcony and O’Rourke’s that Goods started his performance career playing
the electric bass. Upon graduation from CAPA, he attended Boston’s
Berklee College of music and expanded his musical repertoire to the
upright bass. Under tutelage of the great jazz bass masters Ron Carter
and Ray Brown in New York City, Goods soon proved his own mastery,
establishing himself as one of the prominent new bassists in the New York
City Jazz community. His abilities did not go unrecognized. Soon after
graduation from Berklee, he began performing and touring with the likes of
Milt Jackson, Stanley Turrentine, Mulgrew Miller, Brian McKnight, Russell
Malone and The Manhattan Transfer. Currently, He is on tour with the world renowned "HeadHunters" and Legendary drummer Louis Hayes. Rich is also the youngest musician to
be inducted into the Pittsburgh Jazz Hall of Fame. But his prowess as a
musician extends beyond the realm of jazz as he has performed with many of
today’s prominent Hip Hop and R&B artists including DJ Jazzy Jeff and the
Fresh Prince, Whitney Houston, Christina Aguilera, Common, and Alicia
Keys. One has only to see his discography to truly appreciate the many
facets of this versatile powerhouse.
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