Kenneth Goodman

Born in Philadelphia, August 28, 1911. Classical organist, improvisiteur. Associated with "Tindley Temple", Broad Street, Philadelphia, and with the Girard College organ. Studied at Juilliard in NYC on a scholarship paid for by Dr. John H. Graves, and with Marcel Dupre in France. Career mostly in Europe. Later as organist at St. Mary's RC, downtown Chicago. Pianist at restaurant "The Barn" in Barrington, Illinois. Passed away October 1999. Interview in Elaine Mack's book "Black Classical Musicians in Philadelphia".