{"id":3576116,"uri":"https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3576116/?format=json","airdate":"2025-11-09T18:28:01-08:00","show":65067,"show_uri":"https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65067/?format=json","image_uri":"https://coverartarchive.org/release/102c2a30-bfdf-42cb-8ca5-e4fa030bccbe/14243808345-500.jpg","thumbnail_uri":"https://coverartarchive.org/release/102c2a30-bfdf-42cb-8ca5-e4fa030bccbe/14243808345-250.jpg","song":"Dune, Part II: Sandworms","track_id":null,"recording_id":"0cd406d1-ae00-437a-8585-58300c780cda","artist":"David Matthews","artist_ids":["bf0ba0da-13ff-43c7-b8bc-b2598d4f8843"],"album":"Dune","release_id":null,"release_group_id":"4d4177a4-6a4e-30f5-9967-23d3c0167abc","labels":["Epic"],"label_ids":["8f638ddb-131a-4cc3-b3d4-7ebdac201b55"],"release_date":"1977-01-01","rotation_status":null,"is_local":false,"is_request":false,"is_live":false,"comment":"Jazz keyboardist David Matthews released \"Dune, Part II: Sandworms\" in 1977 on the album Dune.\n\nIn 1970, he began working as both an arranger and bandleader for James Brown. Matthews has worked with various musicians, including Bonnie Raitt, Buddy Rich, Idris Muhammad, and the Starland Vocal Band. He was staff arranger for Creed Taylor's CTI Records label during the mid-1970s, working on albums for artists such as George Benson, Esther Phillips, Grover Washington Jr., Hank Crawford, and Idris Muhammad.\n\nIn 1977, he became one of the first artists to dedicate an entire composition to Frank Herbert's Dune, publishing an album that went by the same name.\nIn 1978, Matthews arranged strings and orchestra and played piano on Nina Simone's album Baltimore.\n\nMatthews music has been heavily sampled by many hip-hop artists such as The Notorious B.I.G., Nas, MF DOOM, Method Man, Redman and Large Professor and others.","location":1,"location_name":"Default","play_type":"trackplay"}