MONTEREY JAZZ FESTIVAL
Grant & Matheny

MONTEREY JAZZ FESTIVAL
Michael Piazza took this shot of Dave Ellis and me. I like the way he captured our reflections in the piano.

MONTEREY JAZZ FESTIVAL
Backstage photo by Michael Piazza.

MONTEREY JAZZ FESTIVAL
Stu Brinin snapped this picture of the duo after our show.

MONTEREY JAZZ FESTIVAL
[L-R]: Ruth Davies, Dmitri Matheny, Jason Lewis.

MONTEREY JAZZ FESTIVAL
Bill Douglass, Dmitri Matheny

Fog in the Presidio

STERN GROVE FESTIVAL
Dmitri Matheny Orchestra featuring James Moody, San Francisco, California

STERN GROVE FESTIVAL
Dmitri Matheny Orchestra featuring James Moody, San Francisco, California

STERN GROVE FESTIVAL
Dmitri Matheny Orchestra featuring James Moody, San Francisco, California

The SF Symphony "Adventures in Music" Band [L-R]: Brad Buethe guitar, Eddie Marshall drums, Ruth Davies bass, Dmitri Matheny flugelhrn, Dave Ellis tenor saxophone.

STERN GROVE FESTIVAL
Dmitri Matheny and James Moody
San Francisco, California

I play from among the audience members at least once in every concert.

SAN JOSE JAZZ FESTIVAL
The Dmitri Matheny Orchestra headlined opening night at the San Jose Repertory Theater, with guest soloists Red Holloway and Kim Nalley.

Three gorgeous girls backstage at the San Jose Jazz Festival [L-R]: Clairdee, Ruth Davies and Kim Nalley.

A Home Season advertisement proclaiming "March is Matheny Music Month!"

Dmitri Matheny, Ruth Davies, The Jazzschool, Berkeley, California

SAN FRANCISCO JAZZ FESTIVAL
LeGrand Rogers and Dmitri Matheny at a Family Matinee concert

Penumbra recording session, Bay Records, Berkeley, California. [L-R]: Dave Ellis, Dmitri Matheny, Orrin Keepnews, Bill Douglass, Kenny Wollesen, John Heller

Orrin gives feedback to Dmitri and Dave after a take.

The Dmitri Matheny Group performs The SnowCat at San Ramon Community Center, San Ramon, California.

Chinatown, San Francisco, California

A flyer for my first SF band, the SOMA Quartet.

Sunlight breaks through the fog in the Presidio.

Lombard Street, the "crookedest street in the world."

I have no idea why I was wandering around North Beach with my horn in the middle of the night, but I think it had something to do with Rob Scheps.

"March is Matheny Music Month."

I love to perform concerts in planetariums. This photo was taken at Chabot Space & Science Center, Oakland.

Vocalist Ann Dyer and I created an annual series of concerts "under the stars" at the Morrison Planetarium.

A romantic view of the Pacific Coast through the window, Carmel-By-The-Sea.

I love to see the San Francisco skyline emerge as I drive into the city from the East Bay.

An iconic image: the windswept cypress tree, Carmel-by-the-Sea.

FLORENCE GOULD THEATER
Tango dancers Catherine Conway and Roger Hart, Penumbra CD Release Concert, San Francisco, California

JAZZ ON THE HILL FESTIVAL
Dmitri Matheny, Clifford Brown III, San Mateo, California

SAN FRANCISCO JAZZ FESTIVAL
Darrell Grant, Bill Douglass and Dmitri Matheny, Bimbo's 365 Club

When Mr. Eastwood was Mayor of Carmel, he would sometimes come to our concerts at the Jazz & Blues Company. He's a musician, a big jazz supporter, and a very warm, down to earth gentleman, but his steely gaze never failed to intimidate the entire band.

Amina Figarova, Ruth Davies, Buckshot Strik, Bart Platteau and Dmitri Matheny in concert, Palm Springs, California.

SF JAZZ & WINE FESTIVAL
Dmitri Matheny Group [L-R]: Alex Candelaria, Dmitri Matheny, Bill Douglass, Dave Ellis, Robert Kaufman

The Athenaeum is a hip, clubby music and arts library in La Jolla, California - one of our favorite intimate rooms on tour. This is a rare trio appearance with Ruth Davies and the late Smith Dobson, a great musician and friend.

Ruth Davies, Eddie Marshall and I performed with the San Francisco Symphony at Davies Symphony Hall. I snapped this on the way in. What an ominous fascade!

PALO ALTO JAZZ ALLIANCE
Dr. Herb Wong produced this concert at the Cubberley Theater: Bart Platteau, Dmitri Matheny, Akira Tana, Ruth Davies, Amina Figarova.

A nice audience shot from one of our annual SnowCat concerts for kids at the Bay Area Discovery Museum. Photo credit: Scott Chernis.

This young musician at a San Francisco elementary school produced a surprisingly clear and bright trumpet tone.

Our neighbor in the Berkeley Hills. He came to one of our concerts and remarked, about pianist Amina Figarova, "Amazing...she plays like she has ten hands."

I like the deep shadows in this portrait by Pat Johnson.

Grant & Matheny portrait by Pat Johnson.

The salon concert, a Grant & Matheny staple.

SAN FRANCISCO JAZZ FESTIVAL
Discussing the music of John Coltrane with Bobby Hutcherson

THE JAZZ BAKERY
[L-R]: Tom Wakeling, Dmitri Matheny, Chuck Johnson, Culver City, California

With Ruth Davies at the Jazzschool, Berkeley, California.

My all time favorite Tom Kwas photo. I was a little irritated that Peter Klabunde, our art director, made us get up before sunrise, but I'll never question his vision again. Looking at this image makes me miss San Francisco deeply.

Tom Kwas [photographer], Peter Klabunde [art director] and I crept around in the shadows South of Market until we had this shot, the cover image for Nocturne.

My buddy Tom Kwas came all the way from Milwaukee to shoot these great portraits at the Golden Gate Bridge.

"The Lone Busker" [another Kwas keeper].

Dmitri Matheny at the Golden Gate Bridge by Tom Kwas.

My cat contemplates whether flugelhorns are necessary.

NORTH BEACH JAZZ FESTIVAL
Dmitri Matheny, Sterling James, Coit Tower, San Francisco, California

SAN JOSE JAZZ FESTIVAL
Dmitri Matheny Orchestra at San Jose Repertory Theater, [L-R]: Dmitri Matheny, Kim Nalley, Clairdee, Red Holloway.

BIG SUR JAZZ FESTIVAL
[L-R]: Dmitri Matheny, Mark Taylor, Bill Douglass, John Heller, Jason Lewis.

SFJAZZ SPRING SEASON
Josh Redman and I gave a talk at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, California

After our 20th and final Home Season, we loaded up the truck and moved to Arizona.

I enjoyed being a guest VJ for BET-TV, but could have done without the cameo appearance by Miguel Raton.

NORTH BEACH JAZZ FESTIVAL
A beautiful photo by Scott Chernis, through the frosted window, of Grant & Matheny performing at the Shrine of St. Francis.

Embarcadero Center, San Francisco, California

YOSHI'S
Our venue of choice

YOSHI'S
Poster for Best of Dmitri Matheny CD Release Party, March 18, 2009

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Dmitri Matheny Group [L-R]: Matthew Clark, Dmitri Matheny, Charles McNeal, Brad Buethe, Dave Ellis, Ruth Davies, Deszon X. Claiborne.

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Claudia Villela, Ruth Davies, Dmitri Matheny, Oakland, California

Our Home Season was the cover story of San Francisco Key Magazine.

FLORENCE GOULD THEATER
Dmitri Matheny and Dave Ellis, Penumbra CD release concert, San Francisco, California

YOSHI'S
[L-R]: Dave Ellis, Leonard Thompson, Dmitri Matheny, Charles McNeal, playing "Shaw Nuff"

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Our annual "Diva Night" was a hit: [L-R] Claudia Villela, Kim Nalley, Dmitri Matheny.

The event raised approximately $5k annually for our Art Farmer Scholarship administered by UC Berkeley's Young Musicians Program.

YOSHI'S
Two of my all-time favorite vocalists to work with: Mary Stallings and Clairdee, backstage during the Home Season.

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Benefit for the Art Farmer Scholarship Fund: [L-R] John Handy, Dmitri Matheny, Peter Apfelbaum, Larry Coryell.

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The post concert champagne reception, a Home Season ritual. The beautiful girl behind me is Sterling James, our master of ceremonies.

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Grant & Matheny
Photo by Stuart Brinin

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[L-R] Dmitri Matheny, Charles McNeal, Dave Ellis. Photo by Scott Chernis.

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Dmitri Matheny by Scott Chernis.

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Charles McNeal, Dmitri Matheny by Scott Chernis.

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Dmitri Matheny, Charles McNeal by Scott Chernis.

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I can't look at Dave when I speak to the audience or I will laugh. I don't know why.

YOSHI'S
The Rhythm A-Team: Ruth Davies and Deszon X. Claiborne.

YOSHI'S
A beautiful "Audience POV" Scott Chernis photo of pianist Matthew Clark, with Dmitri Matheny in the background.

Darrell Grant
Photo by Phyllis Lane

Clairdee

Bill Douglass