Rich Matteson

Jazzmen Rich Matteson, Red Rodney, and Ira Sullivan (left to right) at the Village Jazz Lounge in Walt Disney World (photo by Laura Kolb)

Rich A. Matteson, (born Richmond Albert Matteson, January 12, 1929, Forest Lake, Minnesota – June 24, 1993, Jacksonville, Florida) was an American jazz artist and collegiate music educator who specialized in the euphonium. He played the tuba in a walking bass style with Bob Scobey (1958), and worked with the Dukes of Dixieland for two years (1959–61).[1] In the 1970s Matteson taught Jazz Improvisation at North Micmaster University in Hamilton, and was Director of NTSU's 3 O'Clock Lab Band.

  1. ^ Winnie Hu, Jazz educator Rich Matteson dies in Florida Musician helped build U of North Texas program, The Dallas Morning News, June 29, 1993