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Ron Mathewson
Born	(1944-02-19)19 February 1944
Origin	Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland
Died	3 December 2020(2020-12-03) (aged 76)
Genres	Jazz
Instrument(s)	Double bass Bass guitar
Formerly of	Gordon Beck

Rognvald Andrew Mathewson^[1] (19 February 1944^[2] – 3 December 2020)^[3] was a British jazz double bassist and bass guitarist.

During his career, Mathewson performed with Ronnie Scott, but also recorded with Stan Getz, Joe Henderson, Joan Armatrading, Ben Webster, Philly Joe Jones, Roy Eldridge, Oscar Peterson and Bill Evans.

Biography

Mathewson was born in Lerwick, Shetland Islands, into an unusually musical household. At eight years of age, he was studying classical piano.^[2] He continued to study and perform classical piano until he reached the age of 16, having started playing bass guitar a year earlier.^[2] His talent was noted and encouraged by the Shetland musician Peerie Willie Johnson.

In 1962, Mathewson was in Germany, playing professionally with a band that played Dixieland music. In London, he performed with various jazz and R&B bands throughout the early 1960s. Around this time, he was also a member of The Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big Band.^[2] In 1966, Mathewson became a member of the Tubby Hayes band, with which he performed until 1973.^[2] From 1975 on into the 1990s, Mathewson was frequently a participant in Ronnie Scott's recordings and concerts.^[2] In 1983, he appeared on his old friend Dick Morrissey's solo album, After Dark, with Jim Mullen, John Critchinson, Martin Drew and Barry Whitworth.

On 11 February 2007, a benefit concert was held for Mathewson, who was reportedly recovering from two broken hips, a broken wrist and a ruptured artery.

The newsletter of the Vortex Jazz Club reported on 4 December 2020, that Mathewson had died the previous day, after suffering from COVID-19 during the pandemic in England.^[3]

Discography

With Tubby Hayes

For Members Only (Live) (Miles Music)
Mexican Green (Fontana)

With Philly Joe Jones

Trailways Express (Black Lion, 1968 [1971])

With John Taylor

Reverie (Vinyl Records)

With Gordon Beck

Seven Steps to Evans w/ Tony Oxley & Kenny Wheeler (MPS)
All in the Morning (Jaguar)
Jazz Trio (Musica)
Gordon Beck's Gyroscope: One, Two, Three....Go! (Jaguar)

With Ronnie Scott

Live At Ronnie Scott's (CBS)
Serious Gold (Pye)

With Phil Woods and His European Rhythm Machine

Live at Montreux 72 (Les Disques Pierre Cardin)

With John Stevens

Blue (Culture Press)

With Terry Smith

Fall Out (Philips)

With Kenny Clarke

Rue Chaptal (MPS)

With Kenny Wheeler

Song for Someone (Incus, 1973)

With Acoustic Alchemy

Early Alchemy (GRP)

With Ian Carr

Solar Plexus (Vertigo)

With the Spontaneous Music Ensemble

The Source: From and Towards (Tangent)
Live Big Band and Quartet (Vinyl)

With The Chitinous Ensemble

Chitinous (Deram)

With Stan Sulzmann

On Loan with Gratitude (Mosaic)

With Rollercoaster

Wonderin' (1980)

With Ray Nance

Huffin'n'Puffin' (1971)

With Charles Tolliver

Impact (Enja, 1972)

References

^ "Ron Mathewson". Discogs.com. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 279. ISBN 0-85112-580-8.
^ ^a ^b "RIP Ron Mathewson (1944–2020)". London Jazz News. 4 December 2020.

External links

Ron Mathewson discography at Discogs
Ron Mathewson at IMDb
"Ron Mathewson - Shetland's forgotten genius of the double bass", Tom Morton's Beatcroft, 11 November 2008

v t e Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band
Kenny Clarke Francy Boland Johnny Griffin Muvaffak "Maffy" Falay Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Ronnie Scott Carl Drewo Tony Coe Derek Humble Nat Peck Åke Persson Duško Gojković Stan Sulzmann Ack van Rooyen John Surman Jimmy Deuchar Manfred Schoof Albert Mangelsdorff Erik van Lier Ron Mathewson Fats Sadi Kenny Clare Benny Bailey Jimmy Woode Art Farmer Sahib Shihab Shake Keane Idrees Sulieman Herb Geller Phil Woods Zoot Sims Stan Getz John Bodwin Derek Watkins
Studio albums	Jazz Is Universal (1962) Handle with Care (1963) Now Hear Our Meanin' (1965) Swing, Waltz, Swing (1966) Sax No End (1967) Out of the Folk Bag (1967) 17 Men and Their Music (1967) All Smiles (1968) Faces (1968) More (1968) Latin Kaleidoscope (1968) Fellini 712 (1969) All Blues (1969) More Smiles (1969) Off Limits (1970) November Girl (1970) Change of Scenes (1971)
Live albums	Clarke Boland Big Band en Concert avec Europe 1 (1969)
Related albums	Bohemia After Dark (1955) The Golden 8 (1961) Americans in Europe Vol. 1 (1963)

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