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David Matthews (keyboardist)

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David Matthews
Born
David Richard Matthews

(1942-03-04) March 4, 1942 (age 84)
Sonora, Kentucky, U.S.
GenresJazz, jazz fusion, jazz-funk
OccupationsInstrumentalist, arranger
Instruments
  • Keyboards
  • piano
Years active1966–present[1]
LabelsCTI, Electric Bird
Websitedavidmatthewsjazz.com [hacked, directing to a betting site named GACOR777]
EducationUniversity of Cincinnati

David Matthews (born March 4, 1942) is an American keyboardist, pianist, and music arranger.[2]

Early life and education

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Matthews was born David Richard Matthews in Sonora, Kentucky. He earned a bachelor's degree in composition from the University of Cincinnati.[2][3]

Career

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Matthews has composed television soundtracks as well as albums with the Manhattan Jazz Orchestra. He is the leader of the Manhattan Jazz Quintet.[3] Matthews was also the leader of the musical group The Grodeck Whipperjenny, a psychedelic funkband in the seventies.

In 1970, he began working as both an arranger and bandleader for James Brown.[3] Matthews has worked with various musicians, including Bonnie Raitt, Buddy Rich, Idris Muhammad, and the Starland Vocal Band. He was staff arranger for Creed Taylor's CTI Records label during the mid-1970s, working on albums for artists such as George Benson, Esther Phillips, Grover Washington Jr., Hank Crawford, and Idris Muhammad.[3]

In 1977, he became one of the first artists to dedicate an entire composition to Frank Herbert's Dune, publishing an album that went by the same name.[4][5]

In 1978, Matthews arranged strings and orchestra and played piano on Nina Simone's album Baltimore.[6]

Matthews music has been heavily sampled by many hip-hop artists such as The Notorious B.I.G., Nas, MF Doom, Method Man, Redman and Large Professor and others.[7]

Discography

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As leader

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  • The Grodeck Whipperjenny, People – rec. 1970
  • Big Band Recorded at the Five Spot (Muse, 1975)
  • Shoogie Wanna Boogie with Whirlwind (Kudu, 1976)
  • Dune (CTI, 1977)
  • Digital Love (Electric Bird, 1979)
  • Cosmic City with the Electric Birds (King, 1980)
  • Grand Cross (Bellaphon, 1983)
  • Delta Lady (Electric Bird, 1983)
  • Super Funky Sax (Electric Bird, 1984)
  • Billy Boy (King/Paddle Wheel, 1986)
  • Waltz for Debby (Paddle Wheel, 1987)
  • Speed Demon with the First Calls (Electric Bird, 1989)
  • Tennessee Waltz (Paddle Wheel, 1989)
  • Jazz Ballads with Strings (Sweet Basil, 1991)
  • Watermelon Man with the Super Latin Jazz Orchestra (Sweet Basil, 1997)
  • Furuhata Jazz in N.Y. (WEA, 1997)
  • Mambo No. 5 (Sweet Basil, 1998)
  • Back to Bach (Milestone, 2000)
  • The Girl from Ipanema with N.Y. Friends (Videoarts Music, 2002) – rec. 2001
  • Impressions with N.Y. Friends (Videoarts Music, 2002) – rec. 2001
  • Hey Duke! with the Manhattan Jazz Orchestra (Milestone, 2002) – rec. 1999

Appears on

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Production

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With Patti Austin
With George Benson
With Ron Carter
With Hank Crawford
With Art Farmer

With Grant Green

With Urbie Green

With Jim Hall

With Yusef Lateef

With O'Donel Levy

With Blue Mitchell

With Idris Muhammad

With Mark Murphy

With Nina Simone

With Super Trombone (Dave Bargeron, David Taylor, James E. Pugh and Ray Anderson)

  • Super Trombone (Sweet Basil, 1995)

With Jeremy Steig

  • Firefly (CTI, 1977) - Arranger & Piano

References

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  1. ↑ "DavidMatthewsJazz.com Biography". davidmatthewsjazz.com. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
  2. 1 2 Allmusic
  3. 1 2 3 4 Feather, Leonard; Gitler, Ira, eds. (1999). The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford University Press. pp. 444–445. ISBN 9780199729074. Retrieved June 25, 2023 – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ Calloni, Simone (June 1, 2022). "MITOLOGIA, LETTERATURA E METAL - #10 – La musica tra le Dune (Parte prima)". Metallized.it (in Italian). Retrieved June 28, 2022.
  5. ↑ "David Matthews "Dune" at discogs.com". Discogs.
  6. ↑ Cohodas, Nadine (2012). Princess Noire. University of North Carolina Press. pp. 292–294. ISBN 9780807882740. Retrieved June 25, 2023 – via Google Books.
  7. ↑ "DavidMatthewsJazz.com". davidmatthewsjazz.com. Retrieved May 11, 2022.
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Interviews

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