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In his 60 years in the music business Ron Goodwin composed, arranged, orchestrated and conducted music in all fields of the profession. In his early years he arranged for all the leading orchestras of the day and arranged and conducted recording sessions for top vocal artists. He then recorded under his own name Ron Goodwin and His Concert Orchestra and became a top-selling artist in his own right. His first film score was Whirlpool in 1958 and during his lifetime he scored over 60 feature films. Ron also, for over 30 years, conducted and presented his own brand of popular...

Jimi Goodwin (born Jamie Francis Alexander Goodwin) is an English singer/songwriter, most famous as lead singer and bassist for the band Doves. He and his fellow Doves collaborators (brothers Andy and Jez Williams) were also once the electronic/dance band Sub Sub. Whilst Doves took a break, Jimi set to work on a much anticipated solo album. Guy Garvey (of Elbow fame) admits he has helped contribute to his friend's music and proclaims it to be "Brilliant". His album Odludek was released 24th March 2014 on Heavenly Recordings. .

Paul Goodwin is regarded as the foremost baroque oboist of his generation, is now firmly established as a conductor. He has made more than 20 solo and concerto recordings and was soloist with many of Europe's finest early music groups. Goodwin's experience as an oboist helps bring lyricism, phrasing, and architecture to his conducting. .

"Portrait of a Gemini" is a legendary bit of jazzy soul recorded by Penny Goodwin, an obscure female singer from Milwaukee. Penny has a warm style that is pretty darn nice on its own, but it's made even better by the great arranger Richard Evan, who helped out a lot on the session, along with Phil Upchurch, and Morris Jennings. The feel is very much in the Chicago sophisti-soul mode and, at times, the record sounds a lot like Marlena Shaw's best work in the '70s, particularly her sides for Blue Note in the early part of the decade. Originally...