Hullo Everyone - Can anypone help me procure recordings by Kenneth Goodman

Barry Marx

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Kenneth Goodman was a well known concert and church organist. I believe he was the first Black American to graduate from the Julliard School in NYC. He did a concert tour of New Zealand in 1962 at which time I met him and was appointed to be his driver. In 1969 I was on tour in the USA and Canada when I got on a Greyhound Bus in Toronto and the only free seat was beside Kenneth. He was on a musical appreciation tour of High School in Illinois and he invited me to accompany him for a week. Kenneth died several years ago in Chicago. I would dearly love to get my hands on any recordings of his work. Several years of internet searches have never shown up listed recordings.
 
wljmrbill

wljmrbill

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Welcome Barry.. try putting an notice on Craigslist.com for the Chicago area as it might give you a lead.
 
Krummhorn

Krummhorn

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wljmrbill said:
. . . try putting an notice on Craigslist.com for the Chicago area as it might give you a lead.
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and, try contacting the Chicago area A.G.O. (American Guild of Organists) who may have members who remember this artist.
 
wljmrbill

wljmrbill

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I noticed a great deal of info on him when I searched the internet. What an interesting man and from nothing to one of the greatest concert/professors of his time it seems. Not many organist got to study with Dupre for sure.
 
Krummhorn

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You are absolutely right there, Bill ... what a great opportunity to have studied with Dupré :).

One would think there would be recordings of this artist, maybe not a professional CD, but a personal recording, although in that era people didn't have the likes of anything close to a Zoom H4.

Hopefully, someone will find a clip on YouTube or somewhere.

Kh ♫
 
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