David "Fathead" Newman
As a teenager, David Newman played professionally around Dallas and Fort Worth with Charlie Parker's mentor, Buster Smith, and also with Ornette Coleman in a band led by tenor saxophonist Red Connors. In the early '50s, Newman worked locally with such R&B musicians as Lowell Fulson and T-Bone Walker. In 1952, Newman formed his longest-lasting and most important musical association with Ray Charles, who had played piano in Fulson's group. Newman stayed with Charles' band from 1954-1964, while concurrently recording as a leader and a sideman with, among others, his hometown associate, tenor saxophonist James Clay. Upon leaving Charles, Newman stayed in Dallas for two years. He then moved to New York, where he recorded under King Curtis and Eddie Harris; he also played many commercial and soul dates. Newman returned to Charles for a brief time in 1970-1971; from 1972-1974 he played with Red Garland and Herbie Mann. Newman parlayed the renown he gained from his experience with Charles into a fairly successful recording career. In the '60s and '70s, he recorded a series of heavily orchestrated, pop-oriented sides for Atlantic and in the '80s he led the occasional hard bop session, but Newman's métier was as an ace accompanist. Throughout his career, he recorded with a variety of non-jazz artists; Newman's brawny, arrogant tenor sound graced the albums of Aretha Franklin, Dr. John, and many others. It is, in fact, Newman's terse, earthy improvisations with Charles that remain his most characteristic work. Newman began a productive relationship with HighNote Records at the close of the 1990s, releasing an impressive series of albums, including Chillin' (1999), Keep the Spirits Singing (2001), Davey Blue (2001), The Gift (2003), Song for the New Man (2004), I Remember Brother Ray (a moving tribute to Ray Charles released in 2005), Cityscape (2006), and Life (2007). Diamondhead followed in 2008. Newman passed on January 20, 2009, from pancreatic cancer.
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I Remember Brother Ray
Be Bop - Paru chez HighNote Records le 4 janv. 2005
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Diamondhead
Be Bop - Paru chez HighNote Records le 25 janv. 2008
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Keep the Spirits Singing
Be Bop - Paru chez HighNote Records le 12 janv. 2001
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Boogaloo to Beck
Classique - Paru chez Scufflin' Records le 20 mai 2003
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The Sound of the Wide Open Spaces !!!!
James Clay, David "Fathead" Newman
Jazz contemporain - Paru chez Music Manager le 9 août 2021
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Song for the New Man
Be Bop - Paru chez HighNote Records le 13 janv. 2004
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The Soulful Mr. Newman
Be Bop - Paru chez HighNote Records le 20 sept. 2011
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Essential Jazz Masters
Jazz - Paru chez Stardust Records le 1 août 2011
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Blue Greens & Beans
The Rein De Graaff Trio, Marchel Ivery, David "Fathead" Newman
Jazz - Paru chez Timeless Records le 14 sept. 2008
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The Soul Clinic (feat. David "Fathead" Newman) [Bonus Track Version]
Jazz - Paru chez Circadian Jazz le 20 févr. 2014
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The Sound of the Wide Open Spaces! & Straight Ahead
Jazz - Paru chez Fresh Sound Records le 11 nov. 2011
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