Onzy Durrett Matthews, Jr. (January 15, 1930 – November 13, 1997) was an American jazz pianist, singer, arranger, composer, and television and movie actor...

Onzy is a given name. Notable people with the given name include: Onzy Elam (born 1964), American football player Onzy Matthews (1930–1997), American...

Hall, Rocky White, Tommy James, Gregory Charles Royal, J.J. Wiggins, Onzy Matthews, and Shelly Carrol among others. Ellington died of a heart attack on...

and Onzy Matthews Big Band Tobacco Road (Capitol, 1963) With Onzy Matthews Sounds For The '60's (Capitol, 1966) With Esther Phillips and Onzy Matthews Orchestra...

Capitol albums (Black and Blue, Tobacco Road) sold well and employed Onzy Matthews as musical director and a 17-piece big band. Both albums reached the...

1960s he worked with Sonny Thompson, Jimmy Witherspoon, Gerald Wilson, Onzy Matthews, and Frank Butler, and was a member of Ray Charles's ensemble from 1966...

Lionel Hampton, Herbie Hancock, Harry James, Henry Mancini, Dean Martin, Onzy Matthews, Billy May, The Monkees, Bonnie Raitt, Lou Rawls, Lalo Schifrin, Bud...

in jazz sessions with David Axelrod, Dizzy Gillespie, Earl Bostic, Onzy Matthews, and Count Basie, and he contributed to blues recordings by B.B. King...

Black and Blue and Tobacco Road, coinciding with Dexter Gordon in the Onzy Matthews big band, as well as working with Marvin Gaye, Tammi Terrell and Smokey...

album cover design Joe Lebow – liner notes The Raelettes – performer Onzy Matthews - arranger Donald Peake - Guitar List of number-one R&B albums of 1966...

in 1965, and recorded with Gil Fuller, Dizzy Gillespie, James Moody, Onzy Matthews, and Oliver Nelson. Between 1965 and 1969 he worked extensively in the...

initial sax players for the Onzy Matthews big band in 1959, along with Curtis Amy. Gordon continued to champion Matthews' band after he left Los Angeles...

he recorded with include the Beach Boys, Frank Sinatra, Frank Zappa, Onzy Matthews, Maynard Ferguson, and many more. He also played live with thousands...

Pacific Jazz at this time while recording as a sideman with Bud Shank, Onzy Matthews, Curtis Amy, Harold Land, and Gerald Wilson. He toured with Horace Silver...

– with Onzy Matthews' orchestra [note: reissued on Groove Hut (#66707) in 2009] A Bowl of Soul (Loma/WB, 1966 [rel. 1967]) – with Onzy Matthews' orchestra...

Shifty Henry, Charlie Parker (briefly), Gerald Wilson, Anthony Ortega, Onzy Matthews and Teddy Wilson. Commenting on its historical prominence, Wynton Marsalis...

recording sessions. The first side contains big band numbers conducted by Onzy Matthews. The second side was recorded with a quartet of jazz musicians at the...

own name for Okeh Records in the 1950s. He worked in the 1960s with Onzy Matthews (1962-1964), Ike & Tina Turner as a member of the Kings of Rhythm, and...

offbeat humor in her live performances with musical arrangements by Onzy Matthews; the second featured Billy Edd Wheeler's song "High Flying Bird", a...

6:45 "Le Coiffeur" (Dexter Gordon) – 7:01 "Very Saxily Yours" – 6:54 (Onzy Matthews) Bonus track on CD reissue "Flick of a Trick" – 10:36 (Ben Tucker) Bonus...

Bagby Quartet in the late 50s through the early 60s. He worked with the Onzy Matthews Big Band in 1961, which included such greats as Curtis Amy, Dexter Gurdon...

All compositions by Curtis Amy except as indicated "Meetin' Here" (Onzy Matthews) - 7:04 "Early in the Morning" - 6:46 "If I Were a Bell" (Frank Loesser)...

MS-027: Al Cohn, Joe Newman & Freddie Green MS-028: Johnny Mercer MS-029: Onzy Matthews MS-030: Boogie Woogie MS-031: Woody Herman MS-032: Dave Liebman, Randy...

vocals The Jack Halloran Singers - backing vocals The Raelettes – backing vocals Onzy Matthews - arranger Album review and track info at Allmusic.com...

Pearl Woods) – 3:23 "A Girl I Used To Know" (Jack Clement) – 2:39 Ray Charles – Keyboards, Vocals Onzy Matthews - arranger Ray's Moods at AllMusic v t e...

and Olympian. Dietrich Lohmann, 54, German cinematographer, leukemia. Onzy Matthews, 67, American jazz musician and actor, heart failure. P. Ravindran,...

All compositions by Curtis Amy, except where indicated "Way Down" (Onzy Matthews) - 7:37 "Liberia" - 6:44 "24 Hour Blues" - 5:20 "Liza" - 2:32 "A Soulful...

1959) Tricky Lofton, Carmell Jones, Brass Bag (Pacific Jazz, 1962) Onzy Matthews, Blues with a Touch of Elegance (Capitol, 1964) Charles Mingus, Mingus...

lead alto chair. Some of the leaders he worked with were Terry Gibbs, Onzy Matthews, Gerald Wilson, Bill Holman, Louis Bellson, Dan Terry, and Shelly Manne...

congas Willie Michael – percussion Joe Brazil – soprano saxophone Onzy Durrett Matthews, Jr. – arrangement Technical Ron Gangnes – recording Ralph Moss...