David
Newman was a musician's musician. Whenever someone wanted
to add something special to their own recording, they
called ‘Fathead.’ His horn graced the recordings
of such diverse artists as Ray Charles, Dr. John, Eric
Clapton, Jane Monheit, the Average White Band, Queen
Latifah and others. Sadly, this was to be David's last
recording but it finds no decline in his creativity
or his formidable chops. Ever the master, David leads
a band of his friends and preferred sidemen in a fine
session caught at the famed Rudy Van Gelder Studio.
David's authoritative playing sums up a lifetime of
experience and grants us a look at his final intensely
personal thoughts on music and, by extension, life itself.
