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Jocelyn Gould has been called "a leader in the next generation of great mainstream jazz guitarists" by Howard Paul, CEO of Benedetto Guitars. Her joyful energy has captivated audiences around the world and her passion for music is infectious. She has absorbed the influences of the jazz guitar greats and has woven them into an exciting personal sound. Her unique ability to connect with audiences always leaves them wanting more.
Jocelyn Gould has performed internationally in the groups of Grammy nominated vocalist Freddy Cole, Trumpeter Etienne Charles and DownBeat Rising Star trombonist Michael Dease. She can be heard on albums lead by Michael Dease, Jon Gordon, Diego Rivera, Randy Napoleon and Will Bonness. She is the 1st place winner of the 2018 Wilson Centre International Jazz Guitar competition. Jocelyn is endorsed by Benedetto Guitars and plays a Benedetto 16-B.
Jocelyn's debut release as a leader, 'Elegant Traveler', was nominated for "Jazz Album of the Year" in the 2021 JUNO awards. Elegant Traveler showcases Jocelyn's warm and inviting sound and melodic compositions with an all star band.
Jocelyn is a professor and Head of Guitar Department at Humber College in Toronto.
Awards
2021 JUNO Nomination - Jazz Album of the Year2018 Wilson Centre Jazz Guitar Competition - 1st place
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Jocelyn Gouldguitarjazz guitarBebopSwingBenedetto Guitars
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Radio & Podcasts
New Music From Jocelyn Gould, Angelica Sanchez, Nicole Rampersaud And More
by Bob Osborne
On this show we feature all new releases from Jocelyn Gould, Undisclosed Sims, Nicole Rampersaud, Nudo, John Taylor & Stan Sulzmann, Kevin Sun, Eddie Prévost with N.O. Moore plus Henry Kaiser & Binker Golding, Alessandro Sgobbio, Kuba Cichocki, Kavita Shah, Angelica Sanchez, David Lopato & Global Coolant, Maciej Obara, and Peripheral Vision. Playlist Show Intro 00:00 Jocelyn Gould Trail Blazer" from Sonic Bouquet (Self Released) 00:55 Undisclosed Sims Facsimile" from Simulate (Irritable Mystic) 07:44 Nicole Rampersaud Saudade" from ...
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Album Review
Fraser MacPherson: From The Pen Of...
by Jack Bowers
The late tenor saxophonist Fraser MacPherson was well-known in western Canada and elsewhere for his brilliancebut as player, not a writer. In fact, according to MacPherson's son Guy, who wrote the excellent liner notes to From the Pen of..., his father wrote barely a dozen or so original compositions, almost all of which are included on this superlative album with performances by a who's who of well- known jazz artists from Canada and other countries. Considering what ...
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Album Review
Fraser MacPherson: From The Pen Of...
by Pierre Giroux
Tenor saxophonist Fraser MacPherson was an original. Although he was raised in Victoria, British Columbia, he moved to Vancouver early in his career where he remained throughout his working life. He began to build his reputation as a Lester Young-influenced player, and in the mid '70s recorded his first trio album for West End Records with guitarist Oliver Gannon and bassist Wyatt Ruther. This album was picked up by Concord Records in the late '70s and released in the U.S. ...
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Album Review
Jon Gordon: Stranger Than Fiction
by Angelo Leonardi
Più noto come eccellente sax contralto e leader di un apprezzato quartetto, Jon Gordon torna a incidere un disco orchestrale per la ArtistShare, dopo l'album Evolution del lontano 2009. Registrato nel mezzo della pandemia, con tutte le difficoltà e restrizioni che sappiamo, il nuovo lavoro rinnova la collaborazione col trombonista e arrangiatore Alan Ferber che partecipa al progetto nel triplice ruolo di co-produttore, arrangiatore di un brano ("Havens") e solista di trombone. Il medio organico include anche il clarinetto basso ...
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Album Review
Jon Gordon: Stranger Than Fiction
by Hrayr Attarian
Saxophonist Jon Gordon's superb 13th release as a leader, Stranger Than Fiction, consists of 10 cinematic and captivating originals. Gordon leads a large ensemble of mostly Canadian musicians through his vibrantly textured compositions. The focus is more on dynamic interplay of different band members and orchestral segments than on individual expressions. There are, however, brilliantly virtuosic soloists who seamlessly emerge out of these vividly ebullient works making them even more electrifyingly alive. Opening with delightfully dissonant staccato woodwinds ...
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Album Review
Jon Gordon: Stranger Than Fiction
by Jack Bowers
New York-bred alto saxophonist Jon Gordon has come a long way since he was hailed as something of a prodigy in the mid-1980s and earned first place in the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Saxophone Competition in 1996. The music performed by Gordon's nonet on Stranger Than Fiction, we are told, reflects [his] realization that reality takes twists and turns [that are] far more unpredictable than any author would dare write." There are indeed many twists and turnsmost ...
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Rising Stars
Meet Guitarist Jocelyn Gould
by Sanford Josephson
This article first appeared in Jersey Jazz Magazine. Growing up in Winnipeg, Canada, in a family that loved singing all the time, Jocelyn Gould played guitar to accompany her own vocalizing. But it wasn't until she was 18 years old that she became serious about jazz. That's when a friend introduced her to the 1965 Verve album, Smokin' at the Half Note, featuring the Wynton Kelly Trio and legendary guitarist Wes Montgomery. That album, she said, ...
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"A leader in the next generation of great mainstream jazz guitarists" - Howard Paul, CEO of Benedetto Guitars
"Jocelyn has a rare intensity and tenacity that is the sign of a committed artist. She understands where the musicis coming from, and where it is headed. Her passion for the guitar makes it clear that she is going places. It's aspecial and wonderful thing when a young player has her balance of feeling, discipline, and creativity" - RandyNapoleon, Jazz Guitarist
"Jocelyn Gould is going to be a big part of the future of jazz guitar - no doubt about it" - Michael Dease, JazzTrombonist
Primary Instrument
Guitar
Location
Toronto
Credentials/Background
ProfessorHead of Guitar DepartmentHumber CollegeToronto
Peter Bernstein
guitar
Kenny Burrell
guitar, electric
Charlie Christian
guitar, electric
John Coltrane
saxophone
Grant Green
guitar
Russell Malone
guitar
Wes Montgomery
guitar
Charlie Parker
saxophone, alto
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Guiding Light
From: Change Of Plans
By Jocelyn Gould
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