Ernies superb sax work has graced albums by artists as diverse as barbra streisand, the crusaders, christopher cross, the jacksons, boz scaggs, rickie lee jones and earth, wind and fire, and hes played on a number of. Assisted by david witham piano, bruce lett bass, and bob leatherbarrow drums, the twodecadesold ernie watts quartet surpasses the expectations of. Two years, three albums, and a tour of the globe later, watts was still there. His fifth release was the aptly named, its about time, the acoustic project. Blue mitchell discography jazz discography project. In 2008, his album analog man won the independent music award for best jazz album.
In 1935 he began playing in local cleveland area nightclubs, and also formed a. Art of saxophone aims to transform musicians by covering all. Download jazzplanet brian bromberg discography mp3. Ernie watts at great american music hall, san francisco, california, august 8, 1987. Born ernest james watts on october 23, 1945 in norfolk, virginia, he is an american jazz and rhythm and blues musician. See below for a list of ernie wattss grammy awards history. In 1989 gamalon collaborated with legendary american sax player ernie watts in the album project. This is an allacoustic jazz record that went to 4 on the mainstream jazz charts in 1991. Unfortunately recognized by most from the windows xp preloaded highway blues, yet memorable to the intheknow as a grammy winning, modern kingofswing, ernie watts tells an electric jazz bakery crowd what it means to get to the point. Ernie watts falls into that hallowed category of a musicians musician.
Click here to download the exercises in a more readable, printerfriendly pdf. He is known for his work on midnight in the garden of good and evil 1997, the color purple 1985 and survivor 1987. He has also made some fine albums as a leader, like 1995s unity and 98s classic moods. Frank zappa aka lamarr bruister aka obdewl x aka stucco homes main list united mutations the ramblers c.
Kenny kirkland discography artist title label year. Ernie watts quartet alive 2004 provides watts with a new forum for recording. He has enhanced ensembles large gerald wilson orchestra, small charlie hadens quartet west and rude the rolling stones. After a brief period at west chester university, he attended the berklee college of music on a down beat magazine scholarship. Robert sadin arranger, coproducer, creed taylor producer, david darlington engineer, david baker engineer, rich novak assistant engineer, chrystin nevarez assistant engineer, ben fowler assistant engineer, aaron kropf assistant engineer, brian weber. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from gamalon at the discogs marketplace. Bobby hutcherson discography jazz discography project.
Listen to your favorite songs from ernie watts quartet alive by ernie watts now. Discography tonya watts outlaw country music artist. Ernie watts was born on october 23, 1945 in norfolk, virginia, usa. Stream adfree or purchase cds and mp3s now on amazon. Original jazz classics ojc615, ojccd6152 blue mitchell big 6 riverside rm 3505, rs 93505 various artists great jazz artists play compositions of benny golson milestone m47055 blue mitchell a blue time original jazz classics ojc6009, ojccd60092 blue mitchell blues on my mind. Ernie watts quartet featuring ernie watts tenor saxophone, christof saenger piano, rudi engel acoustic bass, heinrich koebberling drums on a composit. The first quartet tune is the exquisitelystructured ballad no lonely nights by keith jarrett, introduced by a solo cadenza by watts. He played on kurt ellings album dedicated to you, which won the grammy award for best jazz vocal album in 2011.
The ernie watts quartet january 2020 san luis obispo county. Because he was involved in many commercial recording projects from the. Implosions wstanley clarke, randy brecker, mccoy tyner, frank morgan,peter erskine, roger kellaway and ernie watts, 1987 stanley clarkeal di. Albums include ginseng woman, in concert, volume two, and multiplication. Activation earth, a relationship which continued further onto the bands third album aerial view, released again in triple format on mca records and amherst in 1990. Following tunes the road were on, and acceptance this by watts increase the energy level. He plays saxophone tenor, alto and soprano and flute. Because our mp3s have no drm, you can play it on any device that supports mp3, even on your ipod. The concert opened with acceptance, from watts 2014 album, a simple truth.
Watts was born in norfolk, virginia, and began playing saxophone at thirteen. Miles davis album kind of blue, which featured bill evans, jimmy cobb, and. The album is an eclectic mix of jazz funk using pop material, with some straight ahead tunes thrown in. Discography karimata19871991200mb torrent download. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from ernie watts at the discogs marketplace. Here, bromberg is content with a trio that includes freddie hubbard and ernie watts. Ernie watts listen and stream free music, albums, new. The ernie watts quartet was coming off a tour, and they promised to.
Bumble and the stingers, sir chauncey and joiner, arkansas junior high school band usa 44 uk 16 netherlands 11 germany 9 canada 6. Twotime grammy award winner ernie watts is one of the most versatile and. The project a simple truth is the jazz energy arc of a day, starting with sunrise. Its my pleasure to present to you ernie watts, a man i have known for a long time, and whether you know it or not so have you. Because he was involved in many commercial recording projects from the mid70s through. Now approaching seventy, watts is arguably at the peak of his powers as he amply demonstrates on another fine addition to a discography as leader that stretches back to world pacific, 1969. Backed by his working quartet of fifteen years standing, watts serves up five striking originals and three stellar interpretations of tunes by pianist. Coproduced by schuur and grammy winning saxophonist ernie watts, this project features music by some of her heroes. Ernie watts biography, albums, streaming links allmusic.
Ernie watts quartet alive by ernie watts on amazon music. John valby cd discography buy it now at cd universe. Bishop and fellow drummer and web designer matt jorgensen release 3 dozen albums. Implosions wstanley clarke, randy brecker, mccoy tyner, frank morgan, peter erskine, roger kellaway and ernie watts, 1987 stanley clarkeal di. Big bandswing, brazilian traditions, fusion, hard bop, jazz instrument, latin jazzworld fusion. All flying dolphin releases are available at watts concerts. Ernie wattss profile including the latest music, albums, songs, music videos and more updates. Mp3 is a digital audio format without digital rights management drm technology. He was responsible for arranging many successful rhythm and blues and pop records from the 1950s to the 1970s. In the late 1950s he spent a stint on the east coast, where he befriended the likes of charles mingus. Best jazz instrumental performance, individual or group. Ernest aaron freeman august 16, 1922 may 16, 1981 was an american pianist, organist, bandleader, and arranger.
Music profile for eric gale, born 20 september 1938. Studied at the berklee college of music before joining the orchestra of buddy rich. Watts appears as a guest musician in one track, same as with tom schuman, who plays minimoog synth in one track and guest. It is bookended with two orchestral pieces, the sound. Ernie watts with new stories live at the ballard jazz festival. Throughout his long and fruitful career, he has not previously made a live recording of his own, capturing a stage performance with no editing or overdubs.
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