Victor Goines

b. 6 August 1961, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Studying clarinet from the age of eight, Goines began adding various members of the saxophone family to his instrumental arsenal while attending high school. In 1980 he studied clarinet and saxophones at Loyola University, graduating in 1984. Shortly before graduation, he had become interested in jazz and sought tuition from Ellis Marsalis who soon inducted him into his working quartet. In 1987 Goines extended his studies, this time at Virginia Commonwealth University. While there, he occupied any spare time by playing in New York...