Name Rich Matteson Role Musical Artist | Albums Groovey, Easy Street | |
Died June 24, 1993, Jacksonville, Florida, United States Similar People Harvey Phillips, Phil Wilson, R Winston Morris, Bunky Green, Brian Bowman | ||
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Rich A. Matteson, (born Richmond Albert Matteson, January 12, 1929, Forest Lake, Minnesota – June 25, 1993, Jacksonville, Florida) was an American jazz artist, collegiate music educator, international jazz clinician, big band leader, and jazz composer/arranger. Euphonium was his primary instrument, although Matteson was proficient on several other low brass instruments, particularly bass trumpet, valve trombone, tuba, and Helicon. He also was a proficient jazz pianist. Except for Kiane Zawadi, Matteson was the only significant euphonium soloist in jazz.
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- Rich matteson with john allred st thomas
- Career
- Awards
- Selected discography
- Audio video samples of Matteson performing
- Personal life
- References
Rich matteson with john allred st thomas
Career
Matteson served two years (1950–52) with the U.S. Army bands. He then studied music at the University of Iowa. In 1955, he earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Music from the University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts (his principal instruments were tuba and euphonium). He then taught high school in Durant, Iowa. In 1957, he moved to Las Vegas. There he performed on bass trumpet, played the tuba in a walking bass style with Bob Scobey (1958), and worked with the Dukes of Dixieland for two years (1959–61). In 1967 he conducted the Brothers Castro Big Band in Mexico City. He joined the faculty of University of North Texas College of Music in 1973. In 1976 he co-founded, with tuba player Harvey Phillips, the Matteson-Phillips Tubajazz Consort, which consisted of three euphoniums, three tubas, and rhythm section.
In 1986, the University of North Florida appointed Matteson the Koger Distinguished Professor of American Music and, upon retirement in 1992, the university named him Distinguished Professor Emeritus.
Awards
Selected discography
Audio & video samples of Matteson performing
Personal life
Rich Matteson was born to the marriage of Richmond Albert Matteson (b. 1900 Charles City, IA - d. 1973 Denton, TX) and Bessie Mary Matteson (née Scholer, b. 1904 Zumbro Falls, MN - d. 1986 Rock Island, IL).