Composer
Original works, arrangements, and commissioned pieces — from intimate quartet writing to music for full jazz orchestra, rooted in the New Orleans tradition and the modern canon alike.
Music on the page.
Victor Goines writes the way he plays — rooted in the New Orleans tradition, fluent in the whole history of the music. His original works and arrangements are performed by ensembles across the country, from student big bands to the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra.
His catalog spans intimate quartet writing, music for jazz orchestra, and concert works that sit comfortably beside the composers he has spent a career interpreting. Published arrangements and original charts are available through ejazzlines; new works are written to commission.
“Composition is improvisation slowed down — the same voice, given time to choose every note.”
— on writing and playingThe catalog.
Published charts ship through ejazzlines. Commissions begin with a conversation below.