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David 'Fathead' Newman
The story begins way back
in the very early 50’s down in the deep south of Texas. David
Newman was playing with bands doing one nighters and dances throughout
Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and sometimes California. On one of those
tours, David met Ray Charles. Ray was working as a sideman with another
group on the night's roster. They immediately bonded, both musically
and as friends. When Ray started his own band, he called on David to be
part of his group. In 1954, David began a twelve year association with
the Ray Charles Band.
David began as the baritone player and soon became the star tenor
soloist. In 1959, David recorded his first album as a leader, "Ray
Charles Introduces David Newman: "FATHEAD" on Atlantic records. It
included Newman's dramatic and now famous rendition of "Hard
Times. Shortly thereafter, Newman moved to New York City where
his career took off in many directions.
In addition to extensive touring with Ray Charles throughout most of
the 60’s, Newman lead his own groups and recorded extensively for the
Atlantic, Warner Brothers and Prestige labels. He played with
many of the great jazz musicians of the day including Lee Morgan, Kenny
Drew Sr., Billy Higgins, Kenny Dorham. And as a studio musician,
Newman became very busy working on numerous recording projects with the
likes of Herbie Mann, Aretha Franklin, Hank Crawford, and Aaron
Neville, just to name a few.
The late nineties has brought David to the High Note label where he has
recorded six successful CDs. The most recent "Cityscape" was released
in January, 2006 and spent 18 weeks on the Jazz Radio charts, 10 weeks
in the Top 10.
David Newman has appeared on many television shows including Saturday
Night Live, David Sanborn's Night Music, David Letterman and appeared
in Robert Altman's film "Kansas City". In the fall of 2004, the
long awaited film “Ray”, the life story of Ray Charles, was
released with actor Bokeem Woodbine portraying the part of David
“Fathead” Newman.
Downloads
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David Newman Short Bio (pdf)
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David Newman Long Bio (pdf)
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David Newman Discography (pdf)
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Review of "Cityscape" in All Music Guide (2006) (doc)
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"Ray Charles: Genius & Soul – The 50th Anniversary Collection"
excerps from Liner Notes (Rhombus 1997) (doc)
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Radio Charts Top 100 2005 (pdf)
 "Goldfinger"
from David 'Fathead' Newman's "Cityscape" (HighNote 2006) (mp3)
"Pharoah's
Gold" from David 'Fathead' Newman's "Cityscape" (HighNote 2006) (mp3)
 "Georgia
On My Mind" from David Newman's "I Remember Brother Ray" (HighNote
2005) (mp3)
"Hit
the Road Jack" from David Newman's "I Remember Brother Ray" (HighNote
2005) (mp3)
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