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ERNIE WATTS
Watts was born in Norfolk, Virginia. He began playing saxophone at thirteen and later attended the Berklee College of Music on a Downbeat scholarship, after a brief period at West Chester College. He toured with Buddy Rich in the mid-1960s, occupying one of the tenor saxophone chairs, with Lou Marini occupying the other. Later, he visited Africa with Oliver Nelson's group. Watts also played tenor saxophone with The Tonight Show Band under Doc Severinsen for 20 years. He also was a featured soloist on many of Marvin Gaye's original albums on Motown during the 1970s, as well as on many other pop and r&b sessions during 25 years as a first-call musician in the studios in LA. He has won Grammy Awards as an instrumentalist.
In the mid-1980s Watts decided to rededicate himself to jazz. He recorded and toured with German guitarist and composer Torsten de Winkel, drummer Steve Smith and keyboardist Tom Coster. He was invited to join bassist Charlie Haden's Quartet West. Watts and Haden had met in relation to work on film soundtracks. Watts had earlier played the saxophone on the Grease soundtrack and clarinet on The Color Purple.
In early 2008, Watts' Analog Man won the award in the 7th Annual Independent Music Awards for Best Jazz Album. Recently he has recorded a new Quartet West album with Charlie Haden, and also works with vocalist Kurt Elling, whose album Dedicated To You, featuring Watts, won a Grammy in 2010 for Best Jazz Vocal Album.
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ERNIE WATTS Afoxé (1991 Japanese 11-track advance promotional CD album featuring the R & B/Jazz Saxophonist teamed up with Brazilian musician Gilberto Gil. Includes the brilliant 2-parter The Green Giant alongside Meditation Show Me and Rituals OfSpring. With picture sleeve booklet fold-out Japanese biography and lyric insert and matching obi-strip POCJ-1082) 1. The Green Giant Part 12. Show Me3. Youre My Thrill4. From Japan5. Meditation6. Rituals Of Spring7. A Raca Humana8. Afoxé9. Gondwana10. Oriente11. The Green Giant Part 2
This performance featuring Ernie Watts (saxophone), Joe Debartalow (bass), Bob Laderbarrow (drums), and Pat Qual (keyboards) was filmed at St Anthony Main Street Festival in 1986. Watt's reed work can be heard on numerous classic recordings from artists such as: Arturo Sandoval, Sergio Mendez, Cannonball Adderley, Oliver Nelson, and Toots Thielmans to name but a few. His strengths however are much more ubiquitous than the jazz realm, having played on sessions for pop's most respected artists, namely, Quincy Jones, Whitney Houston, Chaka Khan, Frank Zappa, Julio Iglesias, Joe Cocker, Bonnie Raitt and he joined The Rolling Stones on stage for their 1981 U.S. Tour.
This incredible performance featuring Ernie Watts (saxophone), Joe Debartalow (bass), Bob Laderbarrow (drums), and Pat Qual (keyboards) was filmed at the St. Anthony Main Street Festival in 1986.
Recorded live at St Anthony Main Street Festival in 1986, Ernie Watts and his band perform several tracks, including: 'No Doubt About It', 'Urban Renewal', 'Skylark', 'Looking Glass', 'Bullet Train', 'Coffee Achievers' and 'Savage Bliss'.
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