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Matthew "Atlanta Bliss" Blistan (born c. 1952) is an American jazz trumpeter. He is best known for his work with Prince from 1985–1991. He won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals for the 1986 single " Kiss " by Prince.
More images. Real Name: Matthew Blistan. Profile: Professional jazz trumpeter, joined The Revolution in 1985 - Prince named him Atlanta Bliss - and stayed in Prince's band (s) until 1991. Sites: Wikipedia , Facebook. Aliases: Atlanta Bliss.
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When someone mentions jazz-influenced pop music in the eighties, one might think Sting or Sade. But Prince? His most well-known songs have mined classic pop, rock, funk and rhythm and blues. But the jazz-informed side to Prince’s work, including club shows, spontaneous studio sessions and pseudonymous satellite projects, under the moniker ‘Madhouse...
“Miles Davis was my first trumpet mentor,” Matt recalls. “I listened to ‘Kind of Blue’day and night to the point where I could play his solos right along with him on the record.” He also cites Randy Brecker and Freddie Hubbard as major influences. “Miles and Prince were very much alike, very eclectic and never satisfied with standing still musicall...
Prior to Takin’ Names, Matt Blistan played in Alki Steriopolous Quintet, a five-piece band, and On The Corner, a ten-piece. All three groups included his friend and “musical brother” Eric Leeds. In 1979, Blistan formed his own outfit, The Parker Brothers (sans Leeds), an eight-piece in which he played trumpet and flugelhorn. “We were the house band...
In November of 1985, Matt Blistan was summoned to the Twin Cities by his friend and former band mate Eric Leeds, who was already playing in the expanded Revolution, to try out for Prince, who was looking for a trumpet player. At the time, Blistan was living in Atlanta, where he had relocated from Pittsburgh, and hadn’t played for several months. Th...
Upon querying Matt Blistan about his own musical background asking: Did he think that he and Prince were coming from different places musically? “I think Prince was listening to many of the bands Eric and I were covering every night in our bands: Earth Wind & Fire, Average White Band, Tower of Power, Kool and the Gang, etc. And his father was a jaz...
That year of Madhouse, 1987, would prove to be a benchmark year in Prince’s remarkable career. In the spring, Prince embarked on the ‘Sign O’ The Times’ Tour in Europe, a concert run considered by some to be one of his finest. Although the tour didn’t make it to North America, it was brilliantly documented on film. A good majority of audio and vide...
Three years earlier, the ‘Purple Rain’ album and movie had taken Prince from hot artist on the verge to bona fide superstar. It was a true watershed. Although what he released in the wake of that success would never top it in sales, one could argue that it is more fascinating and musically intriguing. ‘Around the World In A Day’ was the first Princ...
Genius loves company, even thrives on it. In the wake of 1999 and its success, Prince was being exposed to different kinds of music via his closest collaborators. Wendy Melvoin, guitarist of the Revolution, and her twin sister Susannah, female voice of ‘The Family’ had grown up on Led Zeppelin and The Beatles records; Lisa Coleman of the Revolution...
“That was a super creative time for Prince. Eric and I spent tons of time in the studio with him during that period,” Bliss remembers fondly of 1986-88. Even more remarkable is that, in addition to the aforementioned albums, the same era produced a number of projects that were cancelled (‘Dream Factory’), truncated (‘Crystal Ball’), or like ‘The Bl...
When I first connected with Matt, he had been away from the music business for the better part of 25 years. Prince’s unexpected death that April had brought him back into the spotlight when several Pittsburgh TV stations and newspapers, upon learning that a former Prince associate was living in the area, contacted him for an interview. When he lear...
21 de out. de 2019 · Interestingly, Prince had hired a trumpet player by the name of Matt Blistan, who Prince referred to as ‘Atlanta Bliss,’ for his band. Blistan was known for being able to do an uncanny impersonation of Miles’s famous trumpet sound, which makes it difficult at times to sort through bootlegs and unreleased recordings where Davis ...
21 de abr. de 2016 · Matthew Blistan, who played trumpet in Prince's band in the 1980s, poses for a portrait in his Ligonier home on Thursday, April 21, 2016. CHANHASSEN, Minn. — Prince could play guitar like...
20 de fev. de 2024 · If somebody was in the union and recording, whether it was a guest harp, or Eric Leeds, who was doing sax, or Matt Blistan who was doing trumpet, and (The Revolution members) Wendy & Lisa many ...
