as a young man in New Orleans. He left Paris in late 1939, moving to South America, where he worked in Brazil and Argentina with guitarist Oscar Aleman, and fronted his own groups. In 1946, Goudie moved back to Paris, playing there with Arthur Briggs, Harry Cooper, and Bill Coleman (1949–51). In 1951, he moved to Berlin, again leading his own band. He recorded there in 1952 and 1953 and in Yugoslavia in 1955. In mid-1957 he returned to the U.S. to run his uncle's business in San Francisco. His presence became known to the close-knit Bay Area jazz community and it was not long before he again was playing music and in demand, working with bands led by trumpeter Marty Marsala, pianists Earl Hines, Bill Erickson and Burt Bales, trombonist Bob Mielke and other local groups. Goudie died of cancer at age 64, in San Francisco. As a young man, his great height earned him the nickname "Tree," and he became known as "Big Boy" during his years in Paris. Goudie's recording career began in December 1930 with the band of Noble Sissle, with whom he made his only known film appearance, a British Pathétone short filmed at Ciro's nightclub in London. References Bibliography "Frank 'Big Boy' Goudie". The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. "Frank 'Big Boy' Goudie". Who's Who in Jazz: Storyville to Swing Street by John Chilton. Bloomsbury Bookshop, London, 1970. 1899 births 1964 deaths American jazz saxophonists American male saxophonists American jazz clarinetists 20th-century American saxophonists People from Youngsville, Louisiana Jazz musicians from Louisiana 20th-century American male musicians American male jazz musicians