Stuart Matthewman
English musician and producer, guitarist and saxophonist for Sade.
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He has also worked as a songwriter, record producer, and member of the bands Sweetback and Twin Danger.[1][2][3] The musician Stuart Colin Matthewman, who plays guitar and saxophone for Sade, is English.[1]
Key facts and history
Matthewman co-produced, co-wrote, and played on Maxwell's albums including Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite (1996) and Embrya (1998).[4][5] He later composed scores for films including Twin Falls Idaho (1999) and The Astronaut Farmer (2006).[6] His birthplace is Hull, which is in the East Riding of Yorkshire.[7] A move to London happened in 1982.[7][8]
Saxophone, guitar, keyboards, and programming are all instruments he plays on recordings.[8] Karl Vanden Bossche, a percussionist, acted as the connection between Matthewman and the then-unknown singer Maxwell in 1995.[4] Two albums came from Sweetback: one titled Sweetback (1996) and another called Stage 2 (2004).[2] For the 1996 short film Bajo del Perro, Matthewman created the musical score.[6][5]
What the research sources say
That same source notes he composed and performed music for the short films Bajo Del Perro and To Be a Black Man.[5] The Okayplayer article confirms Matthewman provided music with Maxwell for the 1997 short film To Be a Black Man.[9] The Threee.com biography states Matthewman relocated to London in 1982 and formed Sweetback in 1996.[8]
References
- Wikipedia, "Stuart Matthewman" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "STUART MATTHEWMAN", Threee.com (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Stuart Matthewman" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Gunnar Homdrum, "SADE - The Band", Homdrum.net (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Stuart Matthewman" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Grammy Pro Interview With Twin Danger", 28 May 2015; "Twin Danger - Twin Danger", Discogs.com; Hayden, "Driver in Fatal 154 Crash Was a Ticking Time Bomb", The Santa Barbara Independent, 29 October 2019 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Stuart Matthewman" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Leight, "Maxwell Wasn't Sure He Wanted to Be a Star. 'Urban Hang Suite' Left Him No Choice", 1 April 2021; "How Maxwell Captured the Sounds of Timeless Soul on 'Urban Hang Suite': 25 Years Later", Ratedrnb.com, 2 April 2021 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- "Twin Falls Idaho", Sonyclassics.com. facts only, no text reused. sonyclassics.com
- Wikipedia, "Stuart Matthewman" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Stuart Matthewman", BFI; "Watch A Throwback: 'To Be A Black Man' By Nelson George Ft. Chris Rock + More", Okayplayer.com; "Twin Falls Idaho", Sonyclassics.com; "The Double", IMDb.com, 15 June 2005; Harvey, "Film Review: 'Nona'", Variety.com, 15 December 2018; "The Erotic Dreams of the Chelsea Hotel Trailer", 24 August 2018 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Stuart Matthewman" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Stuart Matthewman", Stuartmatthewman.com (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- "STUART MATTHEWMAN", Threee.com. facts only, no text reused. threee.com
- "Watch A Throwback: 'To Be A Black Man' By Nelson George Ft. Chris Rock + More", Okayplayer.com. facts only, no text reused. okayplayer.com
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- Wikipedia: Stuart Matthewman (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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