Saul Goodman

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Saul Goodman was a timpanist in the New York Philharmonic orchestra from 1926 to 1972. Saul learned under the instruction of Alfred Friese, whom he succeeded as principal timpanist in the New York Philharmonic. He also was a member of the faculty at the Juilliard School of Music where he taught many who went on to become timpanists in symphony orchestras around the world. During his career Saul made innovations in drum and mallet construction, including a tuning system for drums and a line of timpani mallets.

Goodman's students include:

• Gerald Carlyss, Philadelphia Orchestra (retired)
• Tony Cirone, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra (retired)
• Eugene Espino, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (deceased)
• Everett "Vic" Firth, Boston Symphony Orchestra (retired)
• Rick Holmes, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
• Dick Horowitz, New York Metropolitan Opera
• William Kraft, Los Angeles Philharmonic (retired)
• Roland Kohloff, New York Philharmonic (deceased)
• Jim Rago, Louisville Orchestra

[edit] Other uses

• Saul Goodman is also a major character in The Illuminatus! Trilogy by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson.
• Saul Goodman is the central mysterious figure in the critically acclaimed computer-animated conspiracy short film Saul Goodman by Jim Connell of Avant Guard Films [1]. In the film, his name is first identified as a joke, "It's all good man!".