Dan Matrazzo

Biography

Dan Matrazzo (born 13 February 1959), also known as "Dr. Dan Matrazzo" or simply "Dr. Dan", is an American keyboardist and pianist. He was a band member and composer for the blues musician Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown. Matrazzo started playing the piano at the age of three in 1962 and performed classical recitals while growing up in Tokyo. His uncle was a well known big band leader and bassist for Japanese TV networks. His album Timeless, which he recorded with Brown, was nominated for a Grammy Award. Matrazzo's piano music can also be found on Brown's album Real Life. Matrazzo was the founder, composer and producer for the band Fiji Mariners. Matrazzo has also played shows and toured with James Cotton and Taj Mahal, and has appeared on stage with Russell Malone, Lew Soloff, Phish, Blues Traveller, John Scofield, Michael Brecker, Les Claypool, Gov’t Mule, Ween, Lowell Fulson, George Porter Jr., Stanton Moore, Morphine, The Allman Brothers, Widespread Panic, and others. Matrazzo's professional journey began in 1975 as a teenager playing at sold-out arenas with the Japanese guitarist Char. In 1981 Matrazzo recorded on the album Cloudland/Pink Cloud on VAP Records with Nobuki Yoshinaga, Masayoshi Kabe, Hisato "Char" Takenaka. From there he went on touring the US, Europe, Asia and the Middle East with Clarence Brown and numerous other musical outfits, including several appearances at all major European Jazz festivals. In the 1980s and 1990s when Matrazzo was not touring, he worked with the Atlanta-based group Life Force as educator and played concerts including the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Olympics and the Northsea Jazz Festival. In 1992 to 1994, Matrazzo and Char reunited with the band, the Psychedelix, and toured extensively in Japan and also staged concerts in Los Angeles and New York. Together they released an album Live At NHK Hall and other DVDs and performed on 20 March at the Shibuya Public Hall in Tokyo. In 1996 to 1995 Matrazzo performed with Jimmy Hall of Wet

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Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Credited work

36 releases · 11 albums · active 1982–2022

  • Performance · 73
  • Other credits · 3
  • Production · 2

Studios: Ultrasonic Studios · Southlake Recording Studios, Metairie, LA · The Theater 99 · The Key Room

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