Frank Goudie

b. 13 Sept 1899, Youngsville, Louisiana, USA, d. 9 January 1964, SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, California, USA. Frank ‘Big Boy’ Goudie was raised in New Orleans, where he 1st performed cornet and piano before switching to reed tools, principally the tenor saxophone. He caused numerous rings in the town, including Papa Celestin’s, before touring thoroughly within the south-western areas. In 1925 he remaining for European countries, where he continued to be for quite some time, playing in rings led by touring People in america who included showman-drummer Louis Mitchell, Sam Wooding, Noble Sissle, Expenses Coleman and Willie Lewis. Upon the outbreak of Globe Battle II, Goudie remaining Europe for SOUTH USA but was back 1946. Through the next couple of years he resided and worked well in France, Germany and Switzerland, and restored his association with Coleman. In 1957 he finally came back to America, settling in SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA where he worked well outside music but continuing to try out in local night clubs, particularly when jazz celebrities visited the town. A good, workmanlike performer, Goudie’s 30 years in voluntary exile from the united states produced him a marginal amount in jazz. Even so, his lengthy domicile in European countries supposed that he was important in widening the selling point of jazz in lots of countries.