Matty Matlock

Matty Matlock
File:Ray Bauduc, Herschel Evans, Bob Haggard, Eddie Miller, Lester Young, Matty Matlock, Howard Theatre, Washington D.C., ca. 1941.jpg Ray Bauduc, Herschel Evans, Bob Haggard, Eddie Miller, Lester Young, Matty Matlock, Howard Theatre, Washington D.C., ca. 1941.
Background information
Birth name	Julian Clifton Matlock
Born	(1907-04-27)April 27, 1907
Origin	Paducah, Kentucky, U.S.
Died
Genres	Dixieland Swing
Instruments	Saxophone Clarinet
Years active	1950s – 1970s
Associated acts	Matty Matlock's All Stars

Julian Clifton "Matty" Matlock (April 27, 1907 – June 14, 1978) was an American Dixieland jazz clarinettist, saxophonist and arranger born in Paducah, Kentucky. From 1929 to 1934, Matlock replaced Benny Goodman in the Ben Pollack band doing arrangements and performing on clarinet.

Select discography

As bandleader

• Dixieland (Douglass Phonodisc)
• Four-Button Dixie (Douglass Phonodisc, 1959) [credited as Matty Matlock and the Paducah Patrol]
• They Made It Twice As Nice As Paradise And They Called It Dixieland (Douglass Phonodisc)

With Ella Fitzgerald

• Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Irving Berlin Song Book (Verve Records)

With Ray Heindorf

• Pete Kelly's Blues (Columbia Records)

With Ben Pollack

• Ben Pollack's Pick-A-Rib Boys: Dixieland (Savoy Records)
• Dixieland Vols. 1, 2 & 3 (Savoy Records)

With Beverly Jenkins

• Gordon Jenkins Presents My Wife The Blues Singer (Impulse!)