Matty Matlock

Matty Matlock
Ray Bauduc, Herschel Evans, Bob Haggard, Eddie Miller, Lester Young, Matty Matlock, Howard Theatre, Washington D.C., ca. 1941.
Background information
Birth name	Julian Clifton Matlock
Born	April 27, 1907(1907-04-27)
Origin	Paducah, Kentucky, U.S.
Died	June 14, 1978(1978-06-14) (aged 71)
Genres	Dixieland Swing
Instruments	Saxophone Clarinet
Years active	1950s – 1970s
Associated acts	Matty Matlock's All Stars

Julian Clifton "Matty" Matlock (April 27, 1907 – June 14, 1978) was an American Dixieland jazz clarinettist, saxophonist and arranger born in Paducah, Kentucky. From 1929 to 1934 Matlock replaced Benny Goodman in the Ben Pollack band doing arrangements and performing on clarinet.

From 1935 to 1942, after a falling-out with Pollack, Matty joined Bob Crosby in whose band he was the featured clarinetist and also a saxophonist. He contribute arrangements to the band's repertoire.

Matlock wrote arrangements for television shows, feature films and motion pictures.

Select discography

As bandleader

Dixieland (Douglass Phonodisc)
Four-Button Dixie (Douglass Phonodisc, 1959) [credited as Matty Matlock and the Paducah Patrol]
They Made It Twice As Nice As Paradise And They Called It Dixieland (Douglass Phonodisc)

With Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Irving Berlin Song Book (Verve Records)

With Ray Heindorf

Pete Kelly's Blues (Columbia Records)

With Ben Pollack

Ben Pollack's Pick-A-Rib Boys: Dixieland (Savoy Records)
Dixieland Vols. 1, 2 & 3 (Savoy Records)

With Beverly Jenkins

Gordon Jenkins Presents My Wife The Blues Singer (Impulse!)

Persondata
Name	Matlock, Matty
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	April 27, 1907
Place of birth
Date of death	June 14, 1978
Place of death