Vinny Golia

Vinny Golia (b. The Bronx, New York City, New York, March 1, 1946) is an American composer and multi-instrumentalist specializing in woodwind instruments. He performs in the genres of contemporary music, jazz, free jazz, and free improvisation.

Golia lives in Los Angeles, California and teaches at the California Institute of the Arts. He has performed throughout the United States, as well as in Canada, Mexico, Europe, and Japan. In 1982 he founded the 37-piece Vinny Golia Large Ensemble to perform his compositions.

Golia has performed and/or recorded with many notable musicians, including 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, 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.

Golia also founded the jazz record label Nine Winds in 1977.

Instruments

Golia performs on a wide array of instruments, which include:

*Flutes
**Piccolo (D-flat)
**G flute
**C flute
**Alto flute
**Bass flute
**Contrabass flute
**Ney
**Wooden flutes
*English horn
*Clarinets
**A-flat clarinet
**E-flat clarinet
**B-flat clarinet
**A clarinet
**Alto clarinet
**Bass clarinet
**Contra-alto clarinet
**Contrabass clarinet
*saxophones
**Soprillo
**Sopranino saxophone
**Soprano saxophone
**Saxello
**Stritch (straight alto saxophone)
**Tenor saxophone
**Baritone saxophone
**Bass saxophone
**Tubax
*Bassoon
**Contrabassoon
*Tarogato

External links

* [http://www.vinnygolia.com/ Vinny Golia official site]
* [http://www.ninewinds.com/Artists/golia.html Vinny Golia page] from Nine Winds Records site
* [http://members.aol.com/ninewinds/BIOS/golia.html Vinny Golia page] from old Nine Winds Records site
* [http://www.calarts.edu/schools/music/faculty/golia.html Vinny Golia faculty page] from California Institute of the Arts site

Interviews

* [http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=17192 "A Fireside Chat With Vinny Golia] , by Fred Jung, from "All About Jazz" site (2005)
* [http://membres.lycos.fr/jazzosphere/golia.htm Vinny Golia interview] from JazzoSphère site

Listening

Vinny Golia at the SASSAS/sound. concert archives
* [http://www.soundnet.org/concerts/mov_refs/2000.shtml#VG-MT Duet with Mark Trayle and group improv 3/00]
* [http://www.soundnet.org/concerts/mov_refs/2000.shtml#horns Solo performance 7/00]