Personal Notes.
                          
Welcome to my web site!

I'm Jack Goodwin and I live in the North East of England. I first heard Warne Marsh about 1949 when the Lennie Tristano Capitol 78 rpm sides arrived here in the U.K. To hear him playing with Lee Konitz on titles like "Wow!" and "Crosscurrent" made an indelible impression which has stayed with me to this day. Since that time, I have collected as many of his recordings as possible.  In addition to the commercially released records, I have added very many made on location by enthusiasts with their portable recorders, wanting to preserve the music they were listening to at that time. Fortunately for Marsh fans, from all these recordings we are able to follow his progress from his earliest playing days to those made just before his death.

I saw and heard Warne in the flesh only once and that was in a room above the Corner House pub in Whitley Bay nine miles from my home. The date was 22 December 1975 and Warne and Lee Konitz were appearing with the Peter Ind Group on one of the stops on their tour of Europe. It was a memorable evening and I used a very basic radio/cassette recorder to capture the exciting music I heard. That recording turned out to be quite good, and has been exchanged with many other Marsh collectors worldwide - and I've been offered it as a 'swap' many times.

Since designing and publishing this site in December 2003, I have been quite amazed and obviously, delighted, at the interest shown by visitors.  I've received correspondence from Marsh enthusiasts across the globe, literally, from Japan to San Francisco, Norway to Australia, all welcoming being able to keep in touch with news and information.

Thanks for taking the time to look.