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Dave Matthews (June 6, 1911 – 1997) was an American jazz saxophonist active principally in the swing era. Early life and education Matthews was born in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, and raised in McAlester, Oklahoma. He attended the University of Oklahoma and Chicago Musical College. Career Matthews started out as an alto saxophonist with Ben Pollack in 1935, with Jimmy Dorsey from 1936 to 1937, with Benny Goodman from 1937 to 1939, Harry James from 1939 to 1941, and Hal McIntyre from 1941 to 1942. He then played tenor saxophone with Woody Herman (1942/43), Stan Kenton and Charlie Barnet (1944). He arranged for many of these groups, and continued working as an arranger in New York and California into the 1960s, with Duke Ellington among others. Occasionally he played with his own bands, including at Lake Tahoe in the 1970s. He made recordings with the big bands of Bud Freeman, Lionel Hampton, Jimmy Noone, Jack Teagarden, and Hot Lips Page.

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“So I watched the Pink Panther last night, and so I'm trying desperately to be funny, and then it's just not working out so good... I wonder if maybe I could've been a comedian or something like that, or maybe I could've been a doctor, then I wouldn't have to make anyone laugh.”
— Intro to "Dancing Nancies", Live at Luther College (1999)
“That's the magic of this band: shooting from the hip. The lights have to follow our cues, because we're not going to follow their cues. We're not going to stick to a song the way it's supposed to be. Everything is up to us. That's music to me. That's American music. We're an American band.”
— Dave Matthews, Rolling Stone interview "The Boys of Summer" (June 16, 2005). Eliscu, Jenny (2005). "The Boys of Summer" Rolling Stone (accessed June 19. 2006)
“Every day things change, but basically they stay the same.”
— Seek Up
“Hey my love do you believe that we might last a thousand years or more if not for this?”
— Two Step
“Don't you know when you give life, then you become what you are?”
— What You Are
“And when you wake, you will fly away, holding tight to the legs of all your angels. Goodbye, my love, into your blue, blue eyes.”
— Baby Blue

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

Dave Matthews (June 6, 1911 – 1997) was an American jazz saxophonist active principally in the swing era.

Overview

Dave Matthews (June 6, 1911 – 1997) was an American jazz saxophonist active principally in the swing era. Early life and education Matthews was born in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, and raised in McAlester, Oklahoma. He attended the University of Oklahoma and Chicago Musical College. Career Matthews started out as an alto saxophonist with Ben Pollack in 1935, with Jimmy Dorsey from 1936 to 1937, with Benny Goodman from 1937 to 1939, Harry James from 1939 to 1941, and Hal McIntyre from 1941 to 1942. He then played tenor saxophone with Woody Herman (1942/43), Stan Kenton and Charlie Barnet (1944). He arranged for many of these groups, and continued working as an arranger in New York and California into the 1960s, with Duke Ellington among others. Occasionally he played with his own bands, including at Lake Tahoe in the 1970s. He made recordings with the big bands of Bud Freeman, Lionel Hampton, Jimmy Noone, Jack Teagarden, and Hot Lips Page.

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Notable quotes

“So I watched the Pink Panther last night, and so I'm trying desperately to be funny, and then it's just not working out so good... I wonder if maybe I could've been a comedian or something like that, or maybe I could've been a doctor, then I wouldn't have to make anyone laugh.”
— Intro to "Dancing Nancies", Live at Luther College (1999)
“That's the magic of this band: shooting from the hip. The lights have to follow our cues, because we're not going to follow their cues. We're not going to stick to a song the way it's supposed to be. Everything is up to us. That's music to me. That's American music. We're an American band.”
— Dave Matthews, Rolling Stone interview "The Boys of Summer" (June 16, 2005). Eliscu, Jenny (2005). "The Boys of Summer" Rolling Stone (accessed June 19. 2006)
“Every day things change, but basically they stay the same.”
— Seek Up
“Hey my love do you believe that we might last a thousand years or more if not for this?”
— Two Step
“Don't you know when you give life, then you become what you are?”
— What You Are
“And when you wake, you will fly away, holding tight to the legs of all your angels. Goodbye, my love, into your blue, blue eyes.”
— Baby Blue

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

Not who you're looking for? Others named Dave Matthews: American singer-songwriter and musician · fictional bartender in Family Affairs

Dave Matthews across IJR

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