played on some 400 pop, jazz, and blues albums as a star sideman.” He acquired his nickname while at Lincoln: As Sarah Hepola recounted in the Observer in 2004, legendary band director J.K. Miller ...

This weekend David Newman will assume his now-regular place on the Hollywood Bowl stage, co-conducting with John Williams in the latter’s annual program of movie music. Then on Sept. 7, Newman will ...

David “Fathead" Newman was born in Corsicana, Texas on February 24, 1933. His family soon moved to Dallas, where they settled and David stayed through graduating Lincoln High School. After school, ...

David 'Fathead' Newman, jazz saxophonist/flutist and member of the Ray Charles band, died Jan. 20 of pancreatic cancer in upstate New York. He was 75. By Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, The Associated ...

Singer and songwriter David Newman brings his brand of kirtan music to the Tin Angel in Philadelphia tonight. On his new album, Acoustic Chant: Ukulele Kirtan Serenades, he integrates an instrument ...

And the envelope please. The Oscar goes to the other most frequently spoken character name in the film Ray— "Fathead." The name was eminently prominent with the character portrayed in the academy ...

How many Broadway shows has David Newman been in? David Newman has appeared on Broadway in 2 shows. How many West End shows has David Newman been in? David Newman has not appeared in the West End.

Not many people can claim the kind of Trekkie credibility that composer-conductor David Newman can. As a studio violinist, Newman played on the soundtrack of the half-century-old franchise’s first ...

In his autobiography Brother Ray, co-written with native Dallasite David Ritz, Charles wrote of his fondness for Newman, who joined his band in 1954. “He was one of the best musicians I’d ever heard,” ...