GEOFF GOODHILL'S MUSIC CV
Email: g.goodhill@wustl.edu
Instruments: Tenor/Alto/Soprano Sax, Clarinet.
Styles: Jazz, Blues, Rock, Classical.
Example movies:
Tenor Madness with Terry
Grohman and Joe Metzka at Hammerstones, Feb 2026.
I've Found A New Baby (Soprano) with The Gaslight
Squares at The Frisco Barroom, Sept 2025.
Kansas City (Tenor) with The Joe Bozzi Band also
featuring Larry Johnson at Evangeline's, March 2024.
Watermelon Man (Alto) with Steve
Taylor (piano) and friends at The
Rex Bar in Obidos, Portugal, 2022
Blue Bossa (Alto)
with Joe DeMers (piano) and Jim
Deshler (drums) in San Diego USA, 2018
What more can I
do (Tenor) with Tom Vaughn
and the Roadhouse 5 in Maryland USA, 2001.
There ain't
nobody here but us chickens (Alto) with That Swing
Thang on Scottish TV, Edinburgh, 1988.
Example mp3s:
Black Coffee
Misty
Almost like being in love
The Boy from Ipanema (with Janice Battle,
Larry Salkoff, Jessica Sacks and Marcus Jones).
Honk That
Saxophone (with Tom Vaughn and the Roadhouse 5)
How High the Moon (with Jason Rebello)
Mozart Clarinet Concerto (3rd
movement)
History
2021-present: Occasional gigs with
The Gateway City Big Band and the Janice Battle / Larry Salkoff
band; sitting in with some of St Louis's finest musicians
including
Larry Johnson,
Jim Manley
Jim Owens,
The Joe Bozzi Band,
Joe Park,
The Gaslight
Squares.
2007-2012: Alto/tenor saxophone with
The University of Queensland Big Band.
2005: Tenor saxophone with The New
Groove Jazz Ensemble, a Brisbane Big Band. A few gigs, including
Brisbane Jazz Club.
1999-2004: Tenor saxophone with Tom Vaughn
and the Roadhouse 5, a Washington DC-based Jump/Swing/Blues band.
About 1 gig a month.
1997-1998: Tenor saxophone with Butch Grant's Crossfire
Band. About 10 gigs in and around Washington DC.
1996-1997: First Clarinet with the
Georgetown
University Orchestra; performances including Mendelssohn's Violin
Concerto and Dvorak's Symphony Number 9.
1995: Played alto saxophone briefly with the UCSD Big Band, directed by
Jimmy Cheatham.
1995: Audited Chamber Music Course (Clarinet) at UCSD, taught by
Janos Negyesy.
1994: First Clarinet with the Rice University Concert Band. 2 gigs in
Houston.
1992-1994: Saxophone with Maurice Traveller and the Jump Starters
(Blues / R'n'B). About 20 gigs around Edinburgh and Glasgow.
1992-1994: More occasional gigs with
Craig McMurdo and That Swing
Thang.
1990: Tenor saxophone with Blue'n'Boogie, a Brighton-based bebop band (also
featuring Byron
Wallen on trumpet).
1990-1991: Jazz correspondent for the Sussex University student newspaper.
1990: Saxophone with the Craig
McMurdo and That Swing Thang Big Band at the Royal Albert Hall:
the after-dinner entertainment at a ball to benefit the
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presence of Princess Diana.
1989-1991: Founder and Director of the Sussex University Big Band.
About 10 gigs at Sussex University. PICS.
1989-1991: Founder President of the Sussex University Jazz Club.
1989-1991: Tenor saxophone with Rough Structure, a Brighton-based Afro-Rock
band. PICS.
About 20 gigs at venues in Brighton and London including
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1989-1991: Assisted in various capacities at
Brighton Jazz
Club, including DJ-ing for bands such as the Tommy Chase Quartet
and
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Six.
1989-1991: Clarinet/Saxophone with Swedish Pastry, a duo with guitar.
About 10 gigs in various venues around Brighton.
1988-1991: Weekly informal chamber music sessions (Clarinet and Piano) with
Christopher
Longuet-Higgins.
1988: Saxophone with Craig
McMurdo and That Swing Thang, an Edinburgh-based Jump-Jive band
(also featuring J Simon van
der Walt on trumpet and occasionally
Brian Kellock on
piano.) PICS.
About 60 gigs around Scotland and London, including 30 in 3 weeks at
the Edinburgh Festival. Venues including
The 100 Club,
The Queen's Hall,
The
Music Hall, The
Balmoral Hotel,
The Gilded
Balloon. Recorded an album, also live appearances on BBC Radio 2's
Brian
Matthew's Round Midnight and Scottish Television's Hogmanay Show
hosted by
Nicky
Campbell. Artists accompanied include
The Jiving Lindy Hoppers
and Will
Gaines.
1987-1988: Clarinet with the Basement Jazz Band (dixieland), plus
saxophone with The 251 Band (bebop). PICS. About 10 gigs around Edinburgh
University.
1987: Saxophone with the Harry Bovik band (Classic Rock) in Pittsburgh
(1 memorable gig). PICS.
1986-1987: About 6 months independent full-time study of jazz.
1986-87: Clarinet with the Bristol University Jazz Band (founder
member), a dixieland band (also featuring
Arnie
Somogyi on bass and Ned Bennett
on trumpet)). About 10 gigs at various Halls of Residence etc.
PICS.
1986: Clarinet with the
Harvard
Summer Band and the MIT Summer Concert Band. Gigs at the Hatch
Shell and the
Kresge Auditorium
in Boston.
1984-1986: Treasurer, then President, of the Bristol University Jazz Club.
1984-1985: Saxophone with London-based The Adventures of Johnny Love
Muscle (Rock). About 10 gigs at venues such as
The Fridge.
1983-1987: Saxophone with The Bristol University Blues Brothers Band
(also featuring
Phil Ball on
keyboards and
Aidan Pickering
on guitar). PICS. About 30 gigs at various venues in Bristol and Bath,
including the
Victoria
Rooms, the , the
Assembly
Rooms, Ashton
Court Mansion. I was also manager and musical director of this
band for 2 years. Opened for bands including
The Troggs,
Bad Manners,
Mud.
1983-1986: Clarinet and saxophone in various musical settings at
Bristol University, including chamber music and a production of
Chicago. Gigs with
various bands, including The Uncertainty Principle (a duo with piano)
PICS,
Real Illusion (vocal jazz standards), The Yakometies (Rock), Jumbo
Trendybag (Rock).
1983-1984: First Clarinet with the Bristol University Symphony Orchestra,
conducted by
Derek Bourgeois
(also featuring
Oliver Ledbury on clarinet).
Performances including Holst's The Planets, Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring,
and Brahms' Symphony No. 2.
1982-1983: Saxophone with The Rhythm Men, a London-based Rockabilly
band. PICS. About 30 gigs at venues including
The Fridge,
The
Rock Garden,
The Wag Club,
The Venue, The 101 Club, Shanghai Lil's.
Opened for bands including
Roman Holliday,
The Chevalier Brothers.
1982: Grade 8 Clarinet exam, passed with Distinction.
1981-1983: Principal Clarinet with the Richmond Upon Thames Tertiary
College Orchestra (also featuring
Oren
Marshall on tuba and Ben Davis
on cello). Performances including Beethoven's 5th Symphony
and Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto.
1979-1981: Studied at London's
Centre for Young Musicians
on Saturdays and played with the associated London Schools Symphonic Band.
1979-1981: Second clarinet with the Wandsworth Youth Orchestra (which
also featured Jason
Rebello on bassoon).
1978-1981: Clarinet with the Southfields School Concert Band (directed
by Mike
Cornick) and the South London Concert Band, including a tour
of Belgium.
1978: Started playing saxophone
1976: Started playing clarinet