David K Mathews
Jazz / Latin / Roots Music
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"Pianist,Organist,Electric Keyboards,Tequila"
Male 13 Years old, California
United States
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| Member Since | 2/20/2008 | | Band Website | davidkmathews.com | | Influences | Jelly Roll Morton,Louis Armstrong,James P Johnson,Fats Waller, Willie 'the Lion'Smith,Donald Lambert,Duke Ellington,Billy Strayhorn,Teddy Wilson,Nat Cole,Art Tatum,Bud Powell,Thelonious Monk,Errol Garner,Red Garland,WYNTON KELLY,PHINEAS NEWBORN,McCoy Tyner,Herbie,Chick,Keith,Bill Evans,Joe Zawinul,George Duke,Richard Tee,Pete Johnson,Albert Ammons,James Booker,Big Joe Turner,TBone Walker,Noro Morales,"Lili"Martinez,Charlie Palmeri,Tom Jobim,Elis Regina,Alicia de Larrocha ,Artur Rubinstein,Vladimir Horowitz,Sviataslov Richter,Marc Andre Hamelin,James Cleveland,Billy Preston,Jimmy Smith,Don Patterson,Larry Young,Chester Thompson,John Coltrane,Miles Davis,
Frank Sinatra,The Beatles,The Stones,Led Zeppelin,Frank Zappa,Burt Bacharach,Carole King,Stevie Wonder,Donny Hathaway,Marvin Gaye, Otis Redding,Al Green,James Brown,The Meters,Tower of Power,War,Sly&the Family Stone,Santana,
Dinah Washington,Nancy Wilson,Etta James,Aretha Franklin,
Chopin,Liszt,Johann Strauss,The Five, Debussy,RAVEL,,Stravinsky,Rachmaninov,Scriabin,Prokofiev,Liapunov,
Leopold Godowsky,Albeniz,Granados,Falla,Rodrigo, Mompou,Charles Ives, Alban Berg,Krzysztof Penderecki,Ligeti | | Sounds Like | Lotsa Folks | | Record Label | unsigned | | Type of Label | None |
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| About David K Mathews |
Born April 16,1959,David K Mathews has been playing professionally since 1975,performing on the Piano.Electric Piano,Hammond organ,Clavinet and Synthesisers.
At age 23,Dave joined the legendary Funk/Soul group TOWER OF POWER,replacing original organist CHESTER THOMPSON.He toured with the group for 2 years.Since 1990,Dave has been organist/pianist with Grammy Award winning Queen of Rhythm&Blues,ETTA JAMES.
He has appeared with her at most of the worlds' major jazz and blues festivals.
Dave has appeared on 7 of Ettas' recordings,
Life, Love and the Blues (Grammy nominee)
Heart of a Woman (Grammy nominee)
Matriarch of the Blues (Grammy nominee)
Burnin' Down the House Live at the House of Blues (Grammy nominee)
Let's Roll (2003 Grammy winner)
All the way (Grammy nominee)
New album (soon to be released)
Dave has performed on U.S television,radio,and video including the Tonight Show
with Johnny Carson,Jay Leno,the David Letterman Show,Austin City Limits,Tavis Smiley etc.
Known in the S.F bay area as an eclectic musician with the ability to play many musical styles in an idiomatically correct fashion,Dave has worked and/or recorded with such diverse artists as
SHEILA E,BOZ SCAGGS,MARIA MULDAUR,RAY OBIEDO,TAJ MAHAL,CHARLES BROWN,THE FABULOUS THUNDERBIRDS,FRED WESLEY,PEE WEE ELLIS,ROBERT CRAY,ROBBEN FORD,TOOTS THIELMANS,JIMMY WITHERSPOON,PLAS JOHNSON,JOHN HANDY,HOUSTON PERSON,RED HOLLOWAY,BILL WATROUS,HERB POMEROY,BONNIE RAITT,PEABO BRYSON,COLD BLOOD,DAVID GRISMAN,OTIS CLAY,ALBERT COLLINS,THE MEMPHIS HORNS,VASSAR CLEMENTS,GATEMOUTH BROWN,HUEY LEWIS....
Further credits include performances with
HERBIE HANCOCK,GEORGE DUKE,CARLOS SANTANA, TITO PUENTE,GEORGE BENSON,THE MARSALIS BROTHERS,DR JOHN,BOBBY MCFERRIN,JACO PASTORIOUS,MARCUS MILLER,DELBERT McCLINTON,CHAKA CHAN,JIMMY HEATH,FRANK FOSTER,WARREN VACHE,PAQUITO DE RIVERA,HAROLD LAND,KENNY G,JOHN SEBASTIAN,GREGG ALLMAN,PHEOBE SNOW,BERNARD PURDIE,PAUL BUTTERFIELD,AL KOOPER,OTIS RUSH,RUFUS THOMAS,JOSEPH"ZIGABOO"MODELISTE,LEO NOCENTELLI,MIKE CLARK,STEVE SMITH,
ROOMFULL OF BLUES,CORNELL DUPREE
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