American keyboardist and arranger
Musical artist
David Matthews
(born March 4, 1942), is an American keyboardist, pianist, and music
arranger
.
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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
.
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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.
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.
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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
(King Records, 1989)
- Jazz Ballads with Strings
(Sweet Basil, 1991)
- Super Trombone
(Sweet Basil, 1995)
- Watermelon Man
(Sweet Basil, 1997)
- Furuhata Jazz in N.Y.
(WEA, 1997)
- Mambo No. 5
(Sweet Basil, 1998)
- Back to Bach
(Milestone, 2000)
- Girl from Ipanema
with N.Y. Friends (Videoarts Music, 2002)
- Impressions
with N.Y. Friends (Videoarts Music, 2002)
- Hey Duke!
with the Manhattan Jazz Orchestra (Milestone, 2002) ? rec. 1999
Appears on
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- James Brown
,
Sho' Is Funky Down Here
, (
King
, 1971)
- James Brown, "
I Cried
/
World
Pt. 2", (Starday King, 1971)[7"]
- Vicki Anderson
, "I'll Work It Out/In the Land of Milk and Honey", (Brownstone, 1971)[7"]
- James Brown, "
I Got a Bag of My Own
", (
Polydor
, 1972)[7"]
- Lyn Collins
,
Think (About It)
, (
People
, 1972)
- James Brown, "
Sexy, Sexy, Sexy
", (Polydor, 1973)[7"]
Production
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- With
Patti Austin
- With
George Benson
- With
Jim Hall
- With
Ron Carter
- With
Hank Crawford
- With
Art Farmer
- With
Grant Green
- With
Urbie Green
- With
Yusef Lateef
With
O'Donel Levy
- With
Blue Mitchell
- With
Idris Muhammad
- With Mark Murphy
- With
Nina Simone
- With
Jeremy Steig
- Firefly
(CTI, 1977) - Arranger & Piano
References
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- ^
"DavidMatthewsJazz.com Biography"
.
davidmatthewsjazz.com
. Retrieved
May 10,
2022
.
- ^
a
b
Allmusic
- ^
a
b
c
d
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.
- ^
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
.
- ^
"David Matthews "Dune" at discogs.com"
.
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Cohodas, Nadine (2012).
Princess Noire
.
University of North Carolina Press
. pp. 292?294.
ISBN
9780807882740
. Retrieved
June 25,
2023
– via Google Books.
- ^
"DavidMatthewsJazz.com"
.
davidmatthewsjazz.com
. Retrieved
May 11,
2022
.
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