Vinny Golia
Vinny Golia (* March 1, 1946 in Bronx, New York City ) is an American saxophonist (soprano, baritone and tenor saxophone) and clarinetist and composer and band leader of the Free and Creative jazz, free improvisation and contemporary music.
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Work
In the 1970s, Golia caused a stir as a multi- instrumentalist; with its smaller ensembles and big bands he toured the United States, also occurred in Europe and Japan. In 1982 he formed the 37 musicians Vinny Golia Large Ensemble comprehensive, which began its compositions. He lives in Los Angeles and teaches at the California Institute of the Arts. On his numerous record productions for Nine Winds Records, inter alia, Bobby Bradford, Paul Smoker, Rob Blakeslee, Alex Cline, Ken Filiano, Steuart Liebig, Steve and Bruce Fowler were involved.
Golia also played with musicians such as Anthony Braxton, Henry Grimes, John Carter, Bobby Bradford, Joëlle Léandre, Wadada Leo Smith, Horace Tapscott, John Zorn, Tim Berne, Bertram Turetzky, George Lewis, Barre Phillips, the Rova Saxophone Quartet, Patti Smith Harry "the Hipster " Gibson, Eugene Chadbourne, Kevin Ayers, Andrea Centazzo, Peter Kowald, John Bergamo, George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band, Misha Mengelberg, Nels Cline, Han Bennink, Lydia Lunch, Harry Sparnaay and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra.
Vinny Golia is by Richard Cook and Brian Morton, " one of the central figures of the avant-garde jazz on the West Coast. With his label " Ninewinds " he undertook the one-man documentation of improvising subsoil of California ".
Golia is also active as a composer in the film business. He was, inter alia, involved Deadly brood - in 2000 at the horror film They nest
His instruments
Golia plays with a large number of instruments such as flute, piccolo, alto flute, bass flute, contrabass flute, ney, Recorders, English horn, clarinet, bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet, saxophones, Soprillo, Sopranino Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Saxello, Stritch, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, bass saxophone, tuba, bassoon, oboe.