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.