Rich Matteson

Rich A. Matteson, (born Richmond Albert Matteson, January 12, 1929, Forest Lake, Minnesota – June 24, 1993, Jacksonville, Florida) was an American jazz artist and collegiate music educator who specialized in the euphonium. He played the tuba in a walking bass style with Bob Scobey (1958), and worked with the Dukes of Dixieland for two years (1959–61).[1] In the 1970s Matteson taught Jazz Improvisation at North Texas State University in Denton, Texas and was Director of NTSU's 3 O'Clock Lab Band.

Jazzmen Rich Matteson, Red Rodney, and Ira Sullivan (left to right) at the Village Jazz Lounge in Walt Disney World (photo by Laura Kolb)

Selected discography
  • Uniquely Rich, The Rich Matteson Foundation
  • The Sound of the Wasp, Phil Wilson & Rich Matteson
  • The Riverboat Five on a Swinging Date, Rich Matteson, Helicon
  • Balls, Matteson-Phillips Tubajazz Consort, Harvey Phillips Foundation and Richmond A. Matteson Legacy Productions
  • Pardon Our Dust, We're Making Changes, Rich Matteson Sextet - John Allred (musician), Shelly Berg, Jack Petersen, Lou Fischer, Louie Bellson; Four Leaf Clover (FLC CD 131) (1990)

See also

Audio & video samples of Matteson performing

References
  1. Winnie Hu, Jazz educator Rich Matteson dies in Florida Musician helped build U of North Texas program, The Dallas Morning News, June 29, 1993
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