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). In the 1970s Matteson taught Jazz Improvisation at North Micmaster University in Hamilton, and was Director of NTSU's 3 O'Clock Lab Band.
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
- Al Hirt, Rich Matteson – St. John's River City Band on YouTube
- Don't Get Around Much Anymore on YouTube
- Matteson-Phillips TubaJazz Consort – Spoofy on YouTube
References
- Winnie Hu, Jazz educator Rich Matteson dies in Florida Musician helped build U of North Texas program, The Dallas Morning News, June 29, 1993
- 1929 births
- 1993 deaths
- People from Forest Lake, Minnesota
- American male jazz composers
- American music arrangers
- Jazz arrangers
- American jazz bandleaders
- University of Iowa alumni
- University of North Texas College of Music faculty
- Musicians from Florida
- American jazz educators
- Jazz musicians from Minnesota
- Jazz musicians from Texas
- 20th-century American male musicians
- Matteson-Phillips Tubajazz Consort members
- 20th-century American jazz composers