David Newman (jazz musician)

David Newman (jazz musician)

Infobox musical artist
Name = David "Fathead" Newman



Img_capt = David "Fathead" Newman appearing Live at the Cellar Jazz Club in Vancouver.
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Birth_name = Davis Newman, Jr. [ [http://ftp.rootsweb.ancestry.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/navarro/vitals/births/1933/navab33b.txt Navarro Co. TX - Births, 1933] ]
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Born = birth date and age|1933|2|24
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Origin = Corsicana, Texas, U.S.
Instrument = Saxophone, Flute
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Genre = Soul-jazz
Hard bop
Mainstream jazz
Jazz blues
Occupation = Saxophonist
Years_active =
Labels = Atlantic Records, Prestige Records
Associated_acts = Ray Charles, Herbie Mann, Stanley Turrentine
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David "Fathead" Newman (born February 24, 1933 in Corsicana, Texas) is an American saxophonist.

His professional career began in 1954 as an original member of Ray Charles' Band.

Newman has had a prolific recording and performing career.

Newman got his nickname in high school music class. Mr. Miller, his then music teacher, saw his music upside down on the stand, and knowing that Newman couldn't read music very well at the time, walked over and tapped him on his head with the conductor's baton and called him "Fathead." The entire classroom laughed, and Newman, having good humor, did not find it derogatory.Fact|date=June 2007 The name has stuck with him ever since. But he, himself, has said he prefers to be called "David."

He moved to Dallas, where he graduated from Lincoln High School. After high school, he started playing flute and tenor saxophone at local shows. He then received a scholarship to Jarvis Christian College, where he studied theology and music. Newman stayed in college for two years and decided to move onto the road to further his music career. He played and toured with Buster Smith, Charlie Parker's mentor, playing many one-nighters at dance halls all over the central United States.

At one of these many gigs, David met Ray Charles. There was an immediate bond between the two.

In 1954, David joined Charles in his band as the baritone saxophone player (although he is more famous as a tenor saxophone and flute player) and began a twelve year gig with Charles. He later joined Herbie Mann, with whom he played for another ten years.

Over the years up to 2008, Newman has recorded over thirty-eight albums under his own name, including his first, "Ray Charles-Presenting David "Fathead" Newman" (1959) and second, "Wide Open Spaces", which was produced by Cannonball Adderley, the following year. Always a musicians' musician, Newman is best known for his hard bop style that has influenced whole generations of saxophone players of different genres. He has also played R&B and blues, appearing on recordings with Stanley Turrentine, Aretha Franklin, B. B. King, the Average White Band, Jimmy McGriff, Eric Clapton, Natalie Cole, Hank Crawford, Aaron Neville, Queen Latifah, Richard Tee, Dr. John, Cheryl Bentyne of The Manhattan Transfer and country/tex-mex artist Doug Sahm.

On January 22, 2008, Newman sat in as a guest with the CBS orchestra on the Late Show with David Letterman.

elected discography

*"Ray Charles-Presenting David "Fathead" Newman" - 1959 (Atlantic Records)
*"Wide Open Spaces" - 1960
*"Straight Ahead" - 1962 (Atlantic Records)
*"House of David" (Atlantic Records)
*"Captain Buckles" (Atlantic Records)
*"Live at the Village Gate" (Atlantic Records)
*"The Weapon" - 1972
*"Teasin"' - 1973 - Cornell Dupree
*"Mr. Fathead" - 1976 (Warner Bros. Records) including d track "Eboman"
*"Back To Basics" - 1977 (Milestone)
*"The Atlantic Family Live at Montreux" - 1977
*"Still Hard Times" - 1982 (Muse)
*"Fire! Live at the Village Vanguard" - 1988 (Atlantic Records)
*"Return to the Wide Open Spaces" - 1990
*"Mr. Gentle Mr. Cool" - 1994
*"Under a Woodstock Moon"
*"I Remember Brother Ray" - 2005
*"Cityscape"- 2006
*"Life" - 2007

References

* [http://www.davidfatheadnewman.com/ Official site] http://www.starpulse.com/music/David_%22Fathead%22_Newman/P109515/unknown/0/0/0/
http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/music/artist/card/0,,473109,00.html
http://members.tripod.com/~hardbop/fathead.html
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=20489

External links

* [http://members.tripod.com/~hardbop/ The Hard Bop Homepage]
* [http://www.jazzhistorydatabase.com/collections/zupan-audio.html Worcester Radio Interview with David Newman]


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