Onzy Matthews
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Biography
Onzy Durrett Matthews, Jr. (January 15, 1930 â November 13, 1997) was an American jazz pianist, singer, arranger, composer, and television and movie actor. He is best known for the big band arrangements done for the Lou Rawls albums Black and Blue and Tobacco Road, as well as arrangements for several of Ray Charles' 1960s releases. He had his own big band for many years and recorded numerous tracks for Capitol Records, including two albums released under his own name. He later had a close relationship with the Duke Ellington orchestra, working as a pianist, arranger and conductor through the late 1960s and 1970s.
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Top Tracks
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- Blues With a Touch of Elegance
- Pensive
- Feels Like I've Got the Blues
- I Cover the Waterfront
- You'll Know the First Time
- Somethin's Cookin'
- I Should Care
- Blues for the Reverend
- White Gardenia
- I Left My Heart in San Franscisco
- Ray-On Blues
- Dallas Blues
- Satin Doll
- Moon River
- Play Me Some Blues
- Flamingo
- Blues Non-Stop
- Mexicali Brass
- Lillies of the Field
- Ballad for Orchestra
