George Matthews

George Matthews (* 23. September 1912 in Dominica , British West Indies ; † 28. June 1982 ) was an American jazz - trombone player of Swing .

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George Matthew's father was a guitarist; Matthews himself first learned the tuba , then the trombone and trumpet . He completed a classical education at the Martin School of Music in New York and was already working with Tiny Bradshaw and in Willie Bryants in 1936, to which Ben Webster was also a member. Matthews first worked with local dance and jazz bands before joining Tiny Bradshaw's group in the early 1930s. In the middle of the decade he worked with Louis Armstrong in 1937, then in the band of Chick Webb and Ella Fitzgerald from 1938 to 1942. After the Second World War he played with Lucky Millinder , accompanying Helen Humes . In the late 1940s he was a member of the Count Basie Band; he can be heard on the album Shoutin 'Blues . In August 1949 he accompanied Billie Holiday at one of her Decca sessions, where " T'aint Nobody's Bizness If I Do " was created. In the early 1950s he moved to Erskine Hawkin's group. In 1961 he worked on Cannonball Adderley's big band production African Waltz ; in the 1960s he played with Lucille Dixon , in Dizzy Gillespie's big band and with Clark Terry .

Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide of Jazz on CD . 6th edition. Penguin, London 2002, ISBN 0-14-051521-6 .
Carlo Bohländer , Karl Heinz Holler, Christian Pfarr: Reclam's Jazz Guide . 3rd, revised and expanded edition. Reclam, Stuttgart 1989, ISBN 3-15-010355-X .
Martin Kunzler : Jazz-Lexikon , Reinbek, Rowohlt 1988.
Bielefeld Jazz Catalog, 2001.

personal data
SURNAME	Matthews, George
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American swing jazz trombonist
DATE OF BIRTH	September 23, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH	Dominica , British West Indies
DATE OF DEATH	June 28, 1982