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David "Fathead" Newman: Introducing David Newman
by Chris May
Despite a poverty of packaging which suggests the sort of shoddy compilations sold on gas station forecourts--no personnel or other session details, no profile of the artist--Introducing David Newman proves to be an enjoyable twelve-track trawl through albums recorded by saxophonist/flautist David “Fathead" Newman for Atlantic, Warner Bros, Reprise and Elektra from 1959-77 (most of them ...
Life
Label: HighNote Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: Girl Talk; Life; Alfie; I Can't Get Started; Old Folks; Autumn in New York; Come Sunday; What a Wonderful World; Naima.
David "Fathead" Newman: Life
by Terrell Kent Holmes
Even after decades in the music business, it's clear that David “Fathead Newman still has many, many notes left to play. Toward that end Life is a handful of chestnuts on which he displays his formidable triple-threat skills on tenor sax, alto sax and flute. Newman's sultry tenor on “Girl Talk speaks volumes ...
Cristo Redentor
Featuring the music of David "Fathead" Newman
Duration: 7:38
David "Fathead" Newman: Life
by Erik R. Quick
Even the most intrepid and adventuresome listener, seeking revolution at the turn of every phrase, may eventually return to the familiar. A new release by saxophonist David “Fathead Newman is to be anticipated and celebrated for the sheer exuberance in the joy of playing beautifully. His tone, nurtured for fifty years and throughout forty albums as ...
David "Fathead" Newman at Pearl's
by Forrest Dylan Bryant
David “Fathead" NewmanJazz at Pearl'sSan Francisco, CAJanuary 22, 2006When David “Fathead" Newman picks up his weathered tenor saxophone and begins to blow, he doesn't compel you to listen with a towering tone or crazy acrobatics. He does it by connecting with his music on a human level, embodying a depth of ...
I Remember Brother Ray
Label: HighNote Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: Hit the Road Jack; Georgia on My Mind; When Your Lover Has Gone; Drown in My Tears; Deed I Do; It Had to Be You; Ruby; Them That Got It (I ain't Got Nothing Yet)
Restless Willow
Label: 150 Music
Released: 2005
Track listing: 1. It Might As Well Be Spring; 2. Love Is Stronger Far Than We; 3. Summertime; 4. How Long Has This Been Going On?;
5. One Touch; 6. Sunny Skies; 7. Lush Life; 8. Jeg Klesker Dig; 9. Here's That Rainy Day; 10. Zoot Walks In; 11. Stardust.
David "Fathead" Newman: Keeper of the Flame
by Gary Firstenberg
Saxophonist David “Fathead" Newman is best known for his many years playing in Ray Charles' bands from 1954 to the mid '60s and again in the early '70s. He got his start in Dallas and acquired his trademark nickname at Lincoln High, when band director J.K. Miller called him “Fathead" after he bungled a note in ...
David "Fathead" Newman: I Remember Brother Ray
by John Kelman
When Ray Charles passed away last June, his influence was so far reaching that there was little doubt all manner of tributes would soon follow. While there are bound to be attempts to capitalize on his death, nothing could be further from the truth in this case. Saxophonist David “Fathead" Newman got his first big break ...
