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Jan 20, 2009 · David "Fathead" Newman. The personification of tasteful but expressive and bluesy sax playing, first backing Ray Charles and later as a solo artist. Read Full Biography.
Jan 28, 2009 · By I Jan. 28, 2009. David “Fathead” Newman, who invented the image of a rough, bluesy Texas tenor player in jazz, died Jan. 20 near his home in Upstate New York following a long battle with cancer. He was 75. Newman was born in Dallas on Feb. 24, 1933. In his teens he backed saxophonist Red Connors alongside Ornette Coleman.
Mar 8, 2015 · In 1958, Newman recorded his first (and some say his best) album under his own name: Fathead: Ray Charles Presents David “Fathead” Newman. Ray played piano on the album, and it took off like a rocket. One of the songs on the disc, “Hard Times,” was used as a theme song by more than a few disc jockeys across the nation.
David " Fathead " Newman (February 24, 1933 – January 20, 2009) was an American jazz and rhythm-and-blues saxophonist, who made numerous recordings as a session musician and leader, but is best known for his work as a sideman on seminal 1950s and early 1960s recordings by Ray Charles.
Jan 26, 2009 · "Fathead" Newman is survived by his wife and manager Karen, four sons, eight grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. David Newman, saxophonist, born 24 February 1933; died 20...
Jan 22, 2009 · David "Fathead" Newman, the saxophonist and flutist who put a distinctive muscular stamp on the recordings of Ray Charles in the 1950s and '60s, on Jan. 20 in a Kingston, N.Y., hospital of...
Jan 22, 2009 · David 'Fathead' Newman Remembered January 22, 2009 • The saxophonist, who died Jan. 20, was known for fervent, bluesy hard-bop. Newman backed Ray Charles before launching a long solo career.
