Matthew Katz

Matthew Katz (born 1929)[1] is an American music manager and producer, most notable as the former manager of Jefferson Airplane, Moby Grape[2] and It's a Beautiful Day. Katz was also one of the vanguard litigants in the famous Napster litigation, where he fought to protect property rights of music publishers.[3] He is the owner of Matthew Katz Productions.

Career

Katz commenced his career in music in the 1960s, as the manager of three San Francisco-based bands, Jefferson Airplane, Moby Grape and It's A Beautiful Day.

Katz is also the owner of San Francisco Sound Records, which has released original or licensed material by Jefferson Airplane, Moby Grape, It's a Beautiful Day and Tim Hardin, among others.[4] The company released Unforgiven (1981), the last recordings of Tim Hardin.

Other groups that Katz worked with include Tripsichord Music Box and a group from Seattle originally named "West Coast Natural Gas," which Katz renamed "Indian, Puddin' & Pipe."[5]

Katz opened two different music showcases named "San Francisco Sound". The Seattle location was in a building on Capitol Hill originally named The Encore Ballroom and operated between 1967 and 1969. It is now a Public Storage warehouse. The other location was in Tottenville, Staten Island in New York City.[6]

Katz was a candidate for city council of Malibu, California in April 2010.[7][8]

References

  1. ↑ https://www.mylife.com/matthew-katz/sfsound97239hz
  2. ↑ Jeff Tamarkin, Skip Spence and The Sad Saga of Moby Grape. Chapter extract from Got A Revolution: The Turbulent Flight of Jefferson Airplane.
  3. ↑ Brad King, Judge Steams: Napster Cooked? April 10, 2001; www.wired.com.
  4. ↑ Details of releases by San Francisco Sound Records may be found here.
  5. ↑ Pacific Northwest Bands: West Coast Natural Gas
  6. ↑ Pacific Northwest Bands: San Francisco Sound Ballroom
  7. ↑ https://www.malibucity.org/Archive.aspx?ADID=71
  8. ↑ City of Malibu - News: April 13, 2010 General Municipal Election - Official Results


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