Background
Her mother was a classical singer and her father was a jazz trombonist.
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Gabrielle Goodman
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Education
Goodman attended Peabody preparatory and briefly, Oberlin College. She transferred to the Peabody Institute conservatory where she studied under the direction of Alice Gerstl Duschak and Gordon Hawkins and graduated in 1990.
Career
She began working as a backup vocalist for Roberta Flack in her sophomore year at the Peabody Institute, and later went on to sing with Michael Buble and Chaka Khan. She was raised in Baltimore in a musical family. She has recorded for JMT, Verve, and Polygram and she has written and arranged songs for Chaka Khan and Roberta Flack.
She has worked as a professor of voice at Berklee College of Music since 1998.
Over the years Goodman has provided background vocals not only for Flack and Chaka Khan but also for Patti Labelle, Nona Hendryx, Jennifer Hudson, Mary J Blige, Patrice Rushen, Freddie Jackson Brian, Ferry and George Duke among others As a solo artist Goodman has appeared on some of the world"s most prestigious jazz festivals with her band including the Montreux, North Sea and Newport Jazz festivals.
She also co-starred with Dee Dee Bridgewater Ain"t Misbehavin"in Montreal Canada 1998 and toured with Michael Buble in the show Forever Swing 2001. In 2010 Goodman appeared with the Boston Pops for 11 performances at Boston Symphony Hall as a soloist for the Christmas Special Shows under the direction of Keith Lockhart.
The singer had previously appeared as a soloist with the Pops under the direction of Charles Floyd in 2001 for Pops Gospel performance that year.
She has also performed with the Baltimore,Syracuse and Yamayuri Symphony Orchestras.She has a four octave vocal range.Goodman got her first break as a recording artist with renowned producer Norman Connors on his 1988 Passion Civil Defense on Capital Records. Goodman was the lead female singer featured on 5 songs on the Civil Defense including a remake of Minnie Riperton"s "Loving You". She later recorded two highly acclaimed CDs Traveli"Light and Until We Love on the JMT/Verve label with German producer Stefan Winter that feature her with Kevin Eubanks, Gary Bartz, Gary Thomas and Terri Lyne Carrington.
Goodman later produced two CDs on the Goodness label where she appears with Walter Beasley, Terri Lyne Carrington, David Bunn, Tony Bunn and Patrice Rushen.
