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Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band
Formed in 1999
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Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band, or simply The Big Phat Band, is an 18-piece jazz orchestra led by Gordon Goodwin (until his death in 2025) that combines the big band swing of the 1930s and 1940s with contemporary music such as funk and jazz fusion. Since its origin, the Big Phat Band has received several Grammy Awards and many Grammy nominations.
Its first album, Swingin' for the Fences, was the first recording released on DVD-Audio and the first DVD-Audio to be nominated for two Grammy Awards.
When he founded the Big Phat Band in 1999, Goodwin was working in Hollywood as a composer for Warner Brothers cartoons. His first attraction to big band music was at the age of 13 when he heard Count Basie.
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Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band (couramment abrégé en The Big Phat Band), est un orchestre de jazz américain à 18 musiciens, fondé en 1999 par le pianiste, saxophoniste, compositeur et arrangeur Gordon Goodwin.
Établi à Los Angeles, en Californie, l'ensemble mêle la tradition du big band des années 1930 et des années 1940 à des courants contemporains tels que le funk, la jazz fusion et le jazz latin. Depuis sa création, le groupe obtient plusieurs Grammy Awards et reçoit de nombreuses nominations dans cette catégorie. Son premier album, Swingin' for the Fences, est le premier titre commercialement disponible en DVD-Audio et le premier DVD-Audio à recevoir deux nominations aux Grammy Awards.
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Discography
Albums
- 2001 Swingin' for the Fences
- 2003 XXL
- 2006 Big Phat Band Play-Along Series
- 2006 The Phat Pack
- 2006 Bah, Humduck!
- 2008 Act Your Age
- 2011 That's How We Roll
- 2014 Life in the Bubble
- 2015 A Big Phat Christmas WRAP THIS!
- 2019 The Gordian Knot
- 2023 For Ella 2
- 2023 Raymond Scott Reimagined
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- 2026 25 Years of Phatness
EPs
- 2021 The Reset
- 2023 Six Feet Away
