David 'Fathead' Newman
USA
Born: 24 February 1933
Died: 20 January 2009
Years Active: 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 2000
Styles: Soul Jazz, Hard Bop, Soul Jazz/Groove, Bop, Jazz Blues, Jump Blues/Piano Blues, Piano Blues, Mainstream Jazz, New Orleans/Classic Jazz
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As a teenager, David Newman played professionally around Dallas and Fort Worth with Charlie Parker's mentor, Buster Smith, and also with Ornette Coleman in a band led by tenor saxophonist Red Connors. In the early '50s, Newman worked locally with such R&B musicians as Lowell Fulson and T-Bone Walker. In 1952, Newman formed his longest-lasting and most important musical association with Ray Charles, who had played piano in Fulson's group. Newman stayed with Charles' band from 1954-1964, while concurrently recording as a leader and a sideman with...
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