Career
Goodman actually began his musical career as The Flock"s roadie before joining the band on violin. In 1975, after Mahavishnu, Goodman recorded the album Like Children with Mahavishnu keyboard alumnus January Hammer. Starting in 1985 he recorded three solo albums for Private Music -- On the Future of Aviation, Ariel, and the live album lieutenant"s Alive with luminaries such as Fred Simon and Jim Hines—and went on tour with his own band, as well as with Shadowfax and The Dixie Dregs.
He scored Lily Tomlin"s The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe and is the featured violinist on numerous film soundtracks, including Billy Crystal"s Mr.
Saturday Night and Steve Martin"s Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. His violin can be heard on more than fifty albums from artists ranging from Toots Thielemans to Hall & Oates to Styx to Jordan Rudess to Choking Ghost to Derek Sherinian.
Goodman has appeared on four of Sherinian"s solo records - Inertia (2001), Black Utopia (2003), Mythology (2004), and Blood of the Snake (2006)
In 1993, Goodman joined the American instrumental band, The Dixie Dregs, fronted by guitarist Steve Morse. Goodman appeared on one studio recording "Full Circle" (1994), and the live album "California Screamin"" (2000).
In 1996 Session violist and producer Ray Tischer featured Goodman on the award winning Civil Defense Canciones del Sol/Britt Bossa Orchestra (band) on Tischer"s original instrumental Toca del Angel.
After an absence from the public eye in live concert, he toured in 2004 and 2005 with Gary Husband in his group Gary Husband’s Force Majeure, and appeared on the Digital Video Disc Gary Husband"s Force Majeure - Live at the Queen Elizabeth Hall. Even more recently, he played with the San Diego-based fusion group Hectic Watermelon and with Dream Theater in their album Black Clouds & Silver Linings. Goodman has also been a part of Billy Cobham"s Spectrum 40 tour.
Jerry Goodman with the Mahavishnu Orchestra - "You Know You Know" on YouTube
Jerry Goodman with the Dixie Dregs, 2001 on YouTube
Video introduction from Jerry Goodman website on YouTube.