“if this town is just an apple 
then let me take a bite” 
—Steve Porcaro 

 

I love New York.

Original, right? 

Artists are drawn to New York City of course, but unlike many of my college…

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Family Photos
Fortress of Sassitude | Centralia WA
August 12, 2015
Photo by Sassy

 

March 14, 1984

Senior Recital

Interlochen Arts Academy

Interlochen, Michigan

 

March 14, 1999

Dmitri Matheny, Darrell Grant, Bill Douglass

Florio Street Concerts

Oakland, California

 

March 14, 2005

Music of…

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On This Day

 

March 10, 1999

Amina Figarova Septet @ Dizzy

Rotterdam, the Netherlands


 

March 10, 2002

Grant & Matheny @ Florio Street Concerts

Oakland, California

 

On This Day
January 18, 2004
Grant & Matheny
Ovations Performing Arts Series @ Bret Harte Theatre
Angels Camp, California

 On This Day

January 14, 1998
Dmitri Matheny Group
SF Symphony New Ears Concert
San Francisco, California

January 14, 2001
Grant & Matheny
Strength to Love:
A Celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.… Read more

On This Day

November 12, 2000

Grant & Matheny

with the Magnolia String Quartet

Chemeketa Auditorium

Salem, Oregon

November 12, 2001

Amina Figarova International Band

Café Odessa

Nijmegen, Netherlands

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On This Day

October 31, 1985
New Voice Jazz Sextet
Tribute to Art Blakey
Berklee College of Music
Boston, Massachusetts

Dmitri Matheny, flugelhorn
Mark Gross, alto saxophone
Jack Wright, tenor saxophone
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On This Day
October 14, 2001

Grant & Matheny with
The Del Sol Quartet

Noe Valley Chamber Music
Noe Valley Ministry
San Francisco, California

October 12, 1997
Dmitri Matheny Group
Garden City Casino
San Jose, California

Dmitri Matheny, flugelhorn
John Heller, guitar
Bill Douglass, bass
Robert Kaufman, drums

October 12, 2001
Grant & Matheny… Read more

On This Day

October 1, 1987
New Voice Jazz Sextet
Willow Jazz Club
Somerville, Massachusetts



October 1, 1993
Jazz Now
Dmitri Matheny & The SOMA Ensemble
By Elizabeth Goodwin

For Dmitri Matheny,…Read more

On This Day

September 29-30, 2006
Grant & Matheny @ LV's Uptown
Portland, Oregon

On This Day



September 29, 1986
New Voice Jazz Sextet @ Berklee College of Music
Boston, Massachusetts

September 29, 1998
Starlight Cafe Released

September 29, 2004
All About Jazz
Monterey Jazz Festival 2004
By…Read more

On This Day

September 19, 1991

SOMA Quartet
Third Thursday at the Modern
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
San Francisco, California

September 19, 1999

Dmitri Matheny Group
Monterey Jazz Festival
Monterey,… Read more

On This Day
September 17, 2004

Grant & Matheny
Monterey Jazz Festival
Monterey, California
Photo by Stuart Brinin

On This Day

September 1, 1988
New England Monthly Magazine
The New Voice in Boston Jazz
Feature by WBUR Folio

It's a familiar story: a few Boston-area college students get together, form a band, and work the…Read more

On This Day
August 5, 2000

Grant & Matheny @ Telluride Jazz Celebration
Telluride, Colorado

In case you missed it, here's my recent radio interview,
discussing the Sound of the Flugelhorn with Blaise Lantana
on the Phoenix NPR affiliate KJZZ 91.5 FM.

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August 1, 1997
United Press International
Dmitri Matheny Looks Up for Inspiration
By Ken Franckling

The art of playing ballads seemed lost for a time...[more]

August 1, 1997
Cadence
Dmitri Matheny's…Read more

On This Day
July 30-31, 1999

Grant & Matheny @ Telluride Jazz Celebration


(L-R) Dmitri Matheny, Paul Machado, Darrell Grant


w/Darrell Grant


w/Bobby Watson


BET Interview

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San Diego Union-Tribune
Inspired By The Dark
By Andrew Gilbert
July 21, 2005

Protégé of the late Art Farmer, flugelhornist Dmitri Matheny works along the edge between chamber music and jazz, creating a musical…Read more

Ten Years Ago Today
July 18 & 19, 2002



Grant & Matheny
Oregon Coast Music Festival
Coos Bay, Oregon