Jazz
# Original Album #1: WB 1262 (1959)
# Original Album #2: WB 1374 (1960)
Clarinetist Matty Matlock had a remarkable talent for arranging and performing Dixieland style jazz. Here are two of his original LPs featuring The Paducah Patrol, an expanded 10 piece band with a six horn section. Matty Matlock's inventive arrangements and consistently excellent performance are featured on tracks "I'm Gonna Stomp Mr. Henry Lee!", "Runnin' Wild" and "Lullaby Of Broadway".
Matty Matlock
Active Decades: '50s, '60s and '70s
Born: Apr 27, 1907 in Paducah, KY
Died: Jun 14, 1978 in Los Angeles, CA
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Dixieland, Swing
A fine clarinetist, Matty Matlock also gained a lot of work in the 1950s as an arranger for Dixieland-flavored sessions. He started playing clarinet when he was 12 and performed in a variety of little-known bands, including one led by Jimmy Joy. He was with Ben Pollack's group during 1929-1934 and when the orchestra became Bob Crosby's, Matlock stayed on. He became busy as an arranger, but continued playing with Crosby off and on until 1942. At that point, he moved to Los Angeles and worked in the studios. Matlock worked with Red Nichols and Pollack again and participated in the music for the film and the television series Pete Kelly's Blues. Matty Matlock led the Rampart Street Paraders in the 1950s, had many reunions with Bob Crosby and continued playing into the mid-'70s. Unfortunately, his recordings as a leader for the X, Columbia, Tops, and Warner Bros. labels during 1954-1960 are all long out of print.
--- Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
