Jack Matthias

By 1941, James employed such arrangers as Jimmy Mundy, Gray Rains, Alvin (Leroy) Holmes, and Dave Matthews, but his chief arranger for several years was Jack Matthias. Very little is known about this...

Background: When Harry James decided to follow the lead of fellow bandleader Artie Shaw and add a string section, he had to build a book quickly. Besides originals, new pop songs and older songs (one...

Una tabella di swing strappalacrime tratta dal libro di Harry James. Trumpet Blues si apre con una breve fanfara per banda in tempo di mezzo, per poi sfociare in un trascinante swing boogie. Il Cantab...

Scritta da Jack Mattias (famoso per Trumpet Blues e Cantabile) per la Harry James Orchestra, James Session è una classifica big swing con tromba, batteria, trombone e sax alto. HJ registrò questo bran...

Fox-trot. Arranged by Jack Matthias. Danish text by Erik Leth