Artie Matthews
Artie Matthews (November 15, 1888 – October 25, 1958) was an American songwriter, pianist, and ragtime composer.Artie Matthews was born in Braidwood, Illinois; his family moved to Springfield, Illinois in his youth. He learned to play piano, mostly popular songs and light classics, until he heard ragtime played by a pianist named Banty Morgan about 1905. Matthews was fascinated and immersed himself in ragtime and started playing and writing numbers in the style. In 1908 he moved to the ragtime center of St. Louis, Missouri, which would be one of his bases, frequently alternating with Chicago, Illinois. He worked as a pianist, arranger, and wrote music for local theater productions.
In early 1913 music publisher John Stark heard Matthews and offered him 50 dollars each for any original rags he submitted for publication. Matthews also worked as an arranger for Starks.
In 1916 Artie Matthews moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he first worked as a church organist. In 1921 Matthews and his wife Anna Howard founded the ''Cosmopolitan School of Music'', a music school for African Americans, where Matthews taught until his death. Among Matthews students was Frank Foster, who would become the principal arranger for the Count Basie orchestra.
Some rank Artie Matthews with Scott Joplin, Joseph Lamb, and James Scott as one of the finest and most sophisticated ragtime composers. His most famous rags are the "Pastime Rags", numbered 1 to 5, the latter of which was recorded in 1946 by Lu Watters and the Yerba Buena Jazz Band with Wally Rose on piano. His 1912 '' Baby Seals Blues'' was one of the first published Blues. His ''Weary Blues'' remains a standard in Dixieland and New Orleans jazz bands. Provided by Wikipedia
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1by Matthews, Artie, 1888-1958
Published 1945
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2by Matthews, Artie, 1888-1958
Published 1927
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Published 1926
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6by Matthews, Artie, 1888-1958
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Published 1930
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Published 1956
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Published 1940
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11by Creamer, Henry, 1879-1930, Johnson, James P (James Price), 1894-1955, Matthews, Artie, 1888-1958
Published 1944
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12by Matthews, Artie, 1888-1958, McCord, Charles E., Thomas, George W (George Washington), approximately 1885-1936
Published 1923
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13by Johnson, Bunk, 1879-1949Other Authors: “...Matthews, Artie, 1888-1958...”
Published 1943
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14by Joplin, Scott, 1868-1917Other Authors: “...Matthews, Artie, 1888-1958...”
Published 1945
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19Published 1920Other Authors: “...Matthews, Artie, 1888-1958...”
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