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Dmitri Matheny: Romance, Intrigue, And A Big Horn

Parker Miles Blohm
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KNKX

One of the leading flugelhorn players in jazz dropped into the knkx studios to celebrate his recent album "Jazz Noir," and to play three cool tunes with his now-Northwest neighbors.

We hope to see and hear a lot of Dmitri Matheny since he relocated to Centralia, Wash. recently. Teaming with Seattle stalwarts Jay Thomas, Bill Anschell, Phil Sparks and D'Vonne Lewis, we were treated to a beautiful and dramatic medley of film music from his latest, as well as his original tune "Perfect Peaches" and a lovely old tune favored by trumpeter Lee Morgan and many others, "What Now My Love?"

Along the way, Dmitri talked about his move from trumpet to the instrument his mentor Art Farmer called "The Big Horn", and his love for the dramatic noir film music from Chinatown, Vertigo, and Taxi Driver. It was a lovely session with our new neighbor, and promises to be only the first of many.

Dmitri - flugelhorn

Jay Thomas - sax

Bill Anschell - piano

Phil Sparks - bass

D'Vonne Lewis - drums

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Abe grew up in Western Washington, a 3rd generation Seattle/Tacoma kid. It was as a student at Pacific Lutheran University that Abe landed his first job at KNKX, editing and producing audio for news stories. It was a Christmas Day shift no one else wanted that gave Abe his first on-air experience which led to overnights, then Saturday afternoons, and started hosting Evening Jazz in 1998.