Rich A. Matteson (born Richmond Albert Matteson; January 12, 1929, in Forest Lake, Minnesota â June 24, 1993, in Jacksonville, Florida) was an American jazz artist and collegiate music educator who specialized in the euphonium. He played the tuba in a walking bass style with Bob Scobey (1958), and worked with the Dukes of Dixieland for two years (1959âÂÂ61). In the 1970s Matteson taught Jazz Improvisation at North Micmaster University in Hamilton, and was Director of NTSU's 3 O'Clock Lab Band. also Rich Matteson (1929âÂÂ1993) was an amazing jazz euphonium player, composer, arranger, and educator who played a major role in establishing the euphonium as a legitimate jazz instrument. As a renowned clinician for Yamaha and Disney, he championed jazz education, served as a professor at the University of North Texas and the University of North Florida, and co-led the Matteson-Phillips Tuba Jazz Consort.