George Matthews (musician)

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

George Matthews father was a guitarist; Matthews himself first learned tuba, then trombone and trumpet. He completed his classical education at the Martin School of Music in New York and worked at that time already with Tiny Bradshaw and Willie Bryant in 1936, the Ben Webster belonged. First, Matthews worked at local dance and jazz bands before Tiny Bradshaw's group joined at the beginning of the 1930s. 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. According to the Second World War, he played with Lucky Millinder, accompanied Helen Humes. In the late 1940s he was a member of the Count Basie band; hear he is on the album Shoutin 'Blues. In August 1949 he accompanied Billie Holiday at one of her Decca Sessions, was born in the " Nobody's Bizness T'aint If I Do ". In the early 1950s he moved to Erskine Hawkins's group. In 1961 he took part in Cannonball Adderley's big band production African Waltz; in the 1960s, he played even with Lucille Dixon, Dizzy Gillespie's big band and with Clark Terry.

Links / sources

  • Biography by Eugene Chadbourne in All music guide
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