Dmitri Matheny, flugelhorn
Dave Ellis, tenor saxophone
John Heller, guitar
Rob Burger, accordion
Bill Douglass, bass and hsiao (Chinese flute)
Kenny Wollesen, drums.

Produced by legendary record executive Orrin Keepnews, Dmitri Matheny’s 1996 sophomore CD Penumbra is a collection of swinging, romantic jazz inspired by the Moon. The CD received 3-1/2 stars (out of 4) in Downbeat, selection as a Bay City Best in San Francisco Examiner Magazine, ranking in the Top 25 on the national Gavin jazz radio chart, and praise as “one of the most gorgeous mainstream jazz recordings of the year” in the San Francisco Bay Guardian.

10 Dmitri Matheny Moon Rocks

Dmitri Matheny, flugelhorn with
Brenda Boykin, Clairdee, and Paula West, vocals
Kenny Brooks, tenor saxophone
Rob Burger, accordion
Mark Taylor, French Horn
Brad Buethe, Benjamin Rodefer, guitar
Darrell Grant and Bill Bell, piano
Ruth Davies, bass
Jason Lewis and Eddie Marshall, drums

Stuff your stocking with this cool collection of Christmas classics, released in 2000, featuring vocalists Paula West, Clairdee and Brenda Boykin. “Matheny’s warm tone, playful nature and lyrical sensibilities and an extra dimension to this collection of holiday tunes.”  —Mac McDonald, Monterey Herald

7 Dmitri Matheny You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch

3 Dmitri Matheny God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen

2 Dmitri Matheny Santa Baby

11 Dmitri Matheny The Christmas Song

10 Dmitri Matheny Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

1 Dmitri Matheny Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

Dmitri Matheny, flugelhorn
Brad Buethe, guitars
Ruth Davies, bass
Deszon X. Claiborne, percussion
Jeremy Cohen, violin
Sarah Knutson, violin
Emily Onderdonk, viola
Marika Hughes, cello
Charles McNeal, saxophones
Bart Platteau, shakuhachi
Karen Gottlieb, harp

Matheny with strings, released in 2005. “Protégé of the late Art Farmer, flugelhornist Dmitri Matheny works along the edge between chamber music and jazz. Nocturne is a haunting meditation on the beauty of the night.” —Andrew Gilbert, San Diego Union-Tribune

8 Dmitri Matheny Sea Of Tranquility

10 Dmitri Matheny Nocturne

Dmitri Matheny, flugelhorn
Zoe Ellis, vocals
Charles McNeal, saxophones
Brad Buethe, guitars
Ruth Davies, basses
Deszon X. Claiborne, drums

Matheny’s original musical theater production for kids and families released in 2006. “In this spellbinding performance, jazz flugelhornist and composer Dmitri Matheny and his band weave a magical, musical tale of a little girl searching for her missing white cat on a chilly afternoon. Based on a medieval Japanese parable, The SnowCat reveals the spirit of sharing and gratitude that makes the holiday season such a wonderful time of year.” —Town & Country

11 Dmitri Matheny SnowCat Reprise

Composed by Dmitri Matheny. Conducted by Dr. David Schofield. Featuring Clairdee, vocal soloist; Dmitri Matheny, flugelhorn; Matthew Clark, piano and organ; Ruth Davies, doublebass; Curt Moore, drums and percussion; with the San Francisco Brass and the St. Dominic's Choir. Lyrics for the Offertory (I'm Ready) contributed by Ted W. Hall.

Commissioned in 1999 and released in 2007, Dmitri Matheny’s monumental sacred work for chorus, organ, percussion, brass quintet, jazz ensemble and gospel soloist received its world premiere in San Francisco, at midnight on the dawn of the new millennium.

09 Alleluia Fanfare

The definitive Dmitri Matheny collection, this 2008 album brings together the flugelhornist’s most popular songs (1995-2008), including radio hits, fan favorites and frequent requests.

15 Take Me Out To The Ballgame

14 Whisper, Muse

10 Serenity

08 Desert Moonlight

Dmitri Matheny flugelhorn
Nick Manson piano
Justin Grinnell bass
Duncan Moore drums

Sagebrush Rebellion, Dmitri Matheny's tenth album as a leader, showcases new originals, jazz classics by Johnny Burke and Duke Ellington, and favorite compositions by Charlie Haden, Steve Swallow and Nat Adderley. Celebrated for his warm tone, soaring lyricism and masterful technique, Matheny was first introduced to jazz audiences in the 1990s as the protégé of legendary flugelhornist Art Farmer. Matheny has since matured into "one of the jazz world's most talented horn players" (San Francisco Chronicle).

SAGEBRUSH REBELLION

It Could Happen To You

Dmitri Matheny flugelhorn and spoken word
Bill Anschell piano (10, 11)
Matt Clark piano (2, 7, 8, 9)
Nick Manson piano (1, 5, 12)
Charles McNeal tenor saxophone (2, 7, 8, 9) 
Susan Pascal vibraphone (3, 4, 6)
Phil Sparks bass (1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 12),
Todd Strait drums (1, 5, 12)
Akira Tana drums (2, 7, 8, 9) 
Jay Thomas tenor and soprano saxophones (1, 5, 12)
John Wiitala bass (2, 7, 8, 9)

Mysterious, melancholy and menacing, JAZZ NOIR offers a fresh spin on crime jazz, film noir and timeless classics. 

Selections include classic movie themes from Touch of Evil, Laura, Chinatown, Vertigo, Taxi Driver, Blues In The Night, Twin Peaks, Toute Une Vie, High Wall, The Long Goodbye and Stormy Weather, modern standards Estate, Caravan, Here’s Looking At You and Golden Lady, and two originals: Film Noir (from a poem by Dana Gioia) and Crime Scenes, a San Francisco-inspired jazz suite with voiceover narration in the hardboiled style of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler.

The Papillon/BluePort Jazz release, Matheny's 11th album as leader, showcases the talents of “some of the most accomplished musicians in the western United States” (All About Jazz): Bill Anschell, Matt Clark, Nick Manson, Charles McNeal, Susan Pascal, Phil Sparks, Todd Strait, Akira Tana, Jay Thomas and John Wiitala. 

“In these grooves,” writes annotator Eddie Muller, “Matheny leads his crack crew through a sonic history of noir. Dmitri Matheny is an artist who manages to find beauty blooming in the darkest corners.”

JAZZ NOIR

Golden Lady

Estate

Caravan

Here's Looking At You

Crimes Secens

Audrey's Dance

Film Noir

Stormy Weather

The Long Goodbye

Noir Medley

1 Cascadia (4:26) Dmitri Matheny
2 On A Misty Night (6:23) Tadd Dameron
3 Evergreen Girl (6:33) Dmitri Matheny
4 Dark Eyes (6:36) Dmitri Matheny
5 Perfect Peaches (6:49) Dmitri Matheny
6 The Lonesome Road (7:53) Dmitri Matheny
7 Bourdain (4:07) Dmitri Matheny
8 Wichita Lineman (4:54) Jimmy Webb
9 Humble Origins (8:49) Bill Anschell
10 After The Rain (4:16) John Coltrane

Dmitri Matheny flugelhorn
Charles McNeal saxophones
Bill Anschell piano
Phil Sparks bass
Mark Ivester drums

In memory of William Douglas Matheny

Origin Records announces the release of CASCADIA, the new album by the Dmitri Matheny Group, “an all-star jazz band featuring some of the most accomplished musicians in the western United States” (All About Jazz).

Available June 17, 2022 through all physical and online retailers, Matheny’s Origin debut, his 12th album as bandleader, offers inspired performances of timeless classics and original jazz from the Pacific Northwest.  

Together with stellar bandmates saxophonist Charles McNeal, pianist Bill Anschell, bassist Phil Sparks, and drummer Mark Ivester, Matheny shines on After The Rain (John Coltrane), On A Misty Night (Tadd Dameron), Wichita Lineman (Jimmy Webb), and Humble Origins (Bill Anschell).  

The album also showcases six new Dmitri Matheny originals: Perfect Peaches, a lyrical bossa nova, Dark Eyes, a seductive noir ballad, Evergreen Girl, a soul-jazz shuffle, Bourdain, a memorial elegy for a great man, The Lonesome Road, a weary traveler’s lament, and Cascadia, the evocative title track.

“I’m so proud of this band,” Matheny said, “and so grateful for their brilliant work on this project. We set out to celebrate the sound and spirit of our beloved home region, its luminous wonders, enchanted forests, healing waters, and vibrant creative community. There’s an aspirational sense-of-place here in the upper left. I believe our music reflects this life-affirming ethos.”

Flugelhornist/composer Dmitri Matheny has been lauded as “one of the most emotionally expressive improvisers of his generation” (International Review of Music) and “one of the jazz world’s most talented horn players” (San Francisco Chronicle). An honors graduate of Interlochen Arts Academy and the Berklee College of Music, Matheny vaulted onto the jazz scene in the 1990s as the protégé of jazz legend Art Farmer. Since then he has garnered critical acclaim and a loyal international following, touring extensively throughout the United States, Europe and Asia, traveling to 19 countries. He has appeared on 120 recordings and has released twelve albums as a leader. 

Matheny has been active in the Pacific Northwest jazz scene since 1995, when he first began touring the region from his home base in San Francisco. Upon relocating to Washington in 2016, Matheny was voted “Jazz Instrumentalist of the Year” in Seattle's Earshot Jazz Golden Ear Awards. 

The Dmitri Matheny Group performs over 100 concerts on tour each year. “Their music is a fertile landscape without boundaries,” writes the Oakland Tribune, “earning Matheny and his cohorts a reputation as one of the most eclectic and daring ensembles on today’s jazz scene.” All About Jazz agrees: “An all-star jazz band featuring some of the most accomplished musicians in the western United States, the Dmitri Matheny Group is a cohesive and seamless unit, serving up equal parts soulful expression, caressing phrases, imaginative asides, and dedicated lyricism.”

Cascadia | Dmitri Matheny

Evergreen Girl | Dmitri Matheny

On A Misty Night | Dmitri Matheny

Dark Eyes | Dmitri Matheny

Perfect Peaches | Dmitri Matheny

Bourdain | Dmitri Matheny

The Lonesome Road | Dmitri Matheny

Wichita Lineman | Dmitri Matheny

After The Rain | Dmitri Matheny

Humble Origins | Dmitri Matheny

"Petite Belle" from the album SAGEBRUSH REBELLION by Dmitri Matheny

Petite Belle by Dmitri Matheny

Celebrated for his warm tone, soaring lyricism and masterful technique, American musician Dmitri Matheny has been lauded as “the first breakthrough flugelhornist since Chuck Mangione” (San Jose Mercury News). First introduced to jazz audiences in the 1990s as the protégé of Art Farmer, Matheny has matured into “one of the jazz world’s most talented horn players” (San Francisco Chronicle). The Dmitri Matheny Group plays fresh, original works, familiar jazz classics, hard bop, west coast cool and beloved standards from the Great American Songbook. “Their music is a fertile landscape without boundaries,” writes the Oakland Tribune, “earning Matheny and his cohorts a reputation as one of the most eclectic and daring ensembles on today’s jazz scene.”All About Jazz agrees: “An all-star jazz band featuring some of the most accomplished musicians in the western United States, the Dmitri Matheny Group is a cohesive and seamless unit, serving up equal parts soulful expression, caressing phrases, imaginative asides, and dedicated lyricism.”

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