André Goudbeek (born 1946 in Zwolle) is a Dutch jazz and improvisation musician and composer from Mechelen (Belgium); he plays alto saxophone, bass clarinet and bandoneon, among other instruments.
In 1995 Goudbeek was commissioned by Filmhuis Mechelen to compose a soundtrack to Robert Flaherty's silent film Nanook of the North,[4] a project that also saw the release of a CD of the same name.
[5] Together with the Nanook Quartet, he then undertook an extensive tour of more than eighty cultural centers and cinemas in Belgium, the Netherlands and northern France to accompany the film live.
Goudbeek was also regularly active as a musician and/or composer for various theater productions, including those of Freek De Jonge, Loes Luca, Wim T. Schippers, Ischa Meijer and Paul Haenen.
In 2005 he made a CD with bandoneon improvisations which he named after the Mechelen hamlet where he stayed: the Zennegat.