Matty Matlock

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Julian Clifton "Matty" Matlock (born April 27, 1907 in Paducah , Kentucky, † June 14, 1978 ) was an American Dixieland jazz musician ( clarinet , tenor saxophone ), arranger and band leader.

Life

Matty Matlock grew up in Nashville , Tennessee and was best known when he replaced Benny Goodman in Ben Pollack's band in 1929 . He stayed with Pollack until 1934, where he worked as an arranger and clarinetist. From 1935 to 1942 he worked with Bob Crosby as principal clarinetist (“Who's Sorry Now”, “Fidgety Feet” 1937) and as a saxophonist in the woodwind section; he also wrote arrangements for the band, "Wolverine Blues" and "Panama". During this time he also recorded with Bunny Berigan ("Who's Afraid of Love" 1937), Gene Gifford ("Nothing But the Blues" 1938), Vic Berton and Wingy Manone .

In 1943 he settled in California and played in Dixieland orchestras from the late 1940s. During his career, Matlock has worked as an arranger for various television shows and soundtracks for motion pictures. In 1958/59 he recorded some albums under his own name, such as Pete Kelly Let His Hair Down and And They Called It Dixieland .

Discographic notes

Ray Bauduc, Herschel Evans, Bob Haggard, Eddie Miller, Lester Young, Matty Matlock, Howard Theater, Washington DC, circa 1941.
Photograph by William P. Gottlieb .

Albums as a band leader

  • Dixieland (Douglass Phonodisc)
  • Four-Button Dixie (Douglass Phonodisc)
  • They Made It Twice As Nice As Paradise and They Called It Dixieland (Douglass Phonodisc)
  • Matty Matlock and the Paducah Patrol The Dixieland Story (Warner Bros. WS1318 1959)

Albums as a sideman

literature

personal data
SURNAME Matlock, Matty
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Matlock, Julian Clifton (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician and arranger
DATE OF BIRTH April 27, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH Paducah , Kentucky, USA
DATE OF DEATH June 14, 1978