manager, executive producer, photography
Kurt A. Müller
As Goodman's manager he co-organised the two concerts at the Berlin Philharmonie in November 1980, chose the European musicians, recorded the concerts and took photographs; executive producer of [“B.G. World-Wide”](release:bg-world-wide) (1993) and [“Berlin 1980”](release:berlin-1980) (1996). On 15 November 1980 he wrote to Harry Pepl from Bangkok that Goodman had been “full of praise” after the second concert (sender according to the family archive). More on the page [Benny Goodman Band 1980/81](ensemble:benny-goodman-band).
Swiss businessman in Bangkok (1922 to 2014), Benny Goodman's manager and long-standing friend. Originally from St. Gallen, he ran businesses in Bangkok from 1946 and was a friend of Goodman's from 1956; his Goodman collection went to the Lippmann+Rau Foundation in Eisenach, Germany, in 2014.
More about Kurt A. Müller: lippmann-rau-stiftung.de
Voices
When you took off with your solo at the start of the second concert, Benny really got going, in a way I had not seen him for many years
Letter from Kurt A. Müller, manager of Benny Goodman, the “King of Swing”, after the second concert at the Berlin Philharmonie in November 1980
After the second concert Benny Goodman was full of praise for you and your colleagues.