Ernest James Watts (born October 23, 1945) is an American jazz and rhythm and blues
saxophonist who plays
soprano
A soprano () is a type of classical female singing voice and has the highest vocal range of all voice types. The soprano's vocal range (using scientific pitch notation) is from approximately middle C (C4) = 261 Hz to "high A" (A5) = 880& ...
,
alto
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, and
tenor saxophone
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. He has worked with
Charlie Haden's
Quartet West
''Quartet West'' is an album by the American jazz bassist Charlie Haden recorded in 1986 and released on the Verve label. and toured with the
Rolling Stones. On
Frank Zappa
Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American musician, composer, and bandleader. His work is characterized by nonconformity, free-form improvisation, sound experiments, musical virtuosity and satire of ...
's album ''
The Grand Wazoo'' he played the "Mystery Horn", a straight-necked
C melody saxophone. He played the notable saxophone riff on "
The One You Love" by
Glenn Frey.
Biography
Watts was born in
Norfolk
Norfolk () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in East Anglia in England. It borders Lincolnshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the west and south-west, and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the Nor ...
, Virginia, and began playing saxophone at thirteen. After a brief period at
West Chester University, he attended the
Berklee College of Music on a ''
Down Beat'' magazine scholarship. He toured with
Buddy Rich in the late-1960s, occupying one of the alto saxophone chairs. He visited Africa on a U.S. State Department tour with
Oliver Nelson's group. For twenty years he played alto saxophone with
The Tonight Show Band
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under
Doc Severinsen. He was a featured soloist on many of
Marvin Gaye's albums on
Motown
Motown Records is an American record label owned by the Universal Music Group. It was founded by Berry Gordy Jr. as Tamla Records on June 7, 1958, and incorporated as Motown Record Corporation on April 14, 1960. Its name, a portmanteau of ''moto ...
during the 1970s, as well as on many other pop and R&B sessions during his twenty-five years as a
studio musician in Los Angeles. He has won two
Grammy Award
The Grammy Awards (stylized as GRAMMY), or simply known as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize "outstanding" achievements in the music industry. They are regarded by many as the most pr ...
s 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
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, drummer
Steve Smith, and keyboardist
Tom Coster. He was invited to join
Charlie Haden's Quartet West. They met backstage one night after Haden heard Watts play "Nightbird" by
Michel Colombier. Watts played on soundtracks for the movies ''
Grease'' and ''
The Color Purple
''The Color Purple'' is a 1982 epistolary novel by American author Alice Walker which won the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Award for Fiction. '' and on the theme song for the TV show ''
Night Court''.
In 1982, his version of "Chariots of Fire" was featured in the Season 4 episode of ''WKRP in Cincinnati'' ("The Creation of Venus") as Andy Travis and Venus Flytrap are playing games in the studio when Momma Carlson walks in and surprises them.
He was featured in one of
Windows XP
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's sample music, "Highway Blues" by New Stories.
In 1986, he visited South America with the Pat Metheny Special Quartet, alongside Charlie Haden and Paul Wertico, playing at Shams in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
In 2008, his album ''Analog Man'' won the Independent Music Award for Best Jazz Album. He played on Kurt Elling's album ''Dedicated to You'', which won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album in 2011.
Discography
As leader
* ''Planet Love'' (
Pacific Jazz
Pacific Jazz Records was a Los Angeles-based record company and label best known for cool jazz or West coast jazz. It was founded in 1952 by producer Richard Bock (1927–1988) and drummer Roy Harte (1924–2003). Harte, in 1954, also co-founded ...
, 1969)
* ''The Wonder Bag'' (Vault, 1972)
* ''Look in Your Heart'' (
Elektra, 1980)
* ''Chariots of Fire'' (
Qwest, 1982)
* ''Musician'' (Qwest, 1985)
* ''Sanctuary'' (Qwest, 1986)
* ''The Ernie Watts Quartet'' (
JVC
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, 1987
991
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Events
* March 1: In Rouen, Pope John XV ratifies the first Truce of God, between Æthelred the Unready and Richard I of ...
* ''Afoxe'' with
Gilberto Gil
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(
CTI, 1991)
* ''Reaching Up'' (JVC, 1994)
* ''Unity'' (JVC, 1995)
* ''Long Road Home'' (JVC, 1996)
* ''Classic Moods'' (JVC, 1998)
* ''Reflections'' with Ron Feuer (Flying Dolphin, 2000)
* ''Alive'' (Flying Dolphin, 2004)
* ''Spirit Song'' (Flying Dolphin, 2005)
* ''Analog Man'' (Flying Dolphin, 2006)
* ''To The Point'' (Flying Dolphin, 2007)
* ''Four Plus Four'' (Flying Dolphin, 2009)
* ''Oasis'' (Flying Dolphin, 2011)
* ''A Simple Truth'' (Flying Dolphin, 2014)
* ''Wheel of Time'' (Flying Dolphin, 2016)
* ''Home Light'' (Flying Dolphin, 2018)
With
Karma
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*''Celebration'' (Horizon/A&M, 1976)
*''For Everybody'' (Horizon/A&M, 1977)
[Karma - For Everybody (LP liner notes). Horizon/A&M Records. SP-723]
As sideman
With the GRP All-Star Big Band
* ''
GRP All-Star Big Band'' (GRP, 1992)
*
''Dave Grusin Presents the GRP All-Star Big Band Live!'', (GRP, 1993)
* ''
All Blues
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,'' (GRP, 1995)
With Jean-Luc Ponty
*''King Kong: Jean-Luc Ponty Plays the Music of Frank Zappa'' (World Pacific/Liberty,1970)
With
Steely Dan
Steely Dan is an American rock band founded in 1971 in New York by Walter Becker (guitars, bass, backing vocals) and Donald Fagen (keyboards, lead vocals). Initially the band had a stable lineup, but in 1974, Becker and Fagen retired from liv ...
*''
Countdown to Ecstasy
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'' (ABC Records, 1973)
With Gamalon
*''Project: Activation Earth'' (Amherst Records, Inc.,1989)
With Billy Alessi and Bobby Alessi
* ''Words and Music'' (
A&M, 1979)
* ''Long Time Friends'' (Qwest, 1982)
With
Gene Ammons
* ''
Free Again'' (
Prestige, 1971)
With
Paul Anka
* ''The Music Man'' (United Artists, 1977)
* ''Walk a Fine Line'' (CBS, 1983)
With
Willie Bobo
* ''
Tomorrow Is Here'' (1977)
With
Brass Fever
* ''
Time Is Running Out'' (
Impulse!, 1976)
With
Kenny Burrell
* ''
Both Feet on the Ground
''Both Feet on the Ground'' is an album by guitarist Kenny Burrell recorded in 1973 and released on the Fantasy Records label. '' (
Fantasy
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, 1973)
With
Donald Byrd
Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II (December 9, 1932 – February 4, 2013) was an American jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter and vocalist. A sideman for many other jazz musicians of his generation, Byrd was one of the few hard bop ...
* ''
Donald Byrd and 125th Street, N.Y.C.'' (Elektra, 1979)
With
Jennifer Holliday
* ''
Get Close to My Love'' (Geffen, 1987)
With
Dion DiMucci
* ''
Streetheart'' (Warner Bros., 1976)
With
Lee Ritenour
* ''Friendship'' (
JASRAC, 1979)
* ''Stolen Moments'' (
GRP, 1989)
With
David Axelrod
* ''
Earth Rot'' (
Capitol, 1970)
With
Donald Byrd
Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II (December 9, 1932 – February 4, 2013) was an American jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter and vocalist. A sideman for many other jazz musicians of his generation, Byrd was one of the few hard bop ...
* ''
Caricatures'' (
Blue Note, 1976)
With
Joe Cocker
John Robert "Joe" Cocker (20 May 1944 – 22 December 2014) was an English singer known for his gritty, bluesy voice and dynamic stage performances that featured expressive body movements. Most of his best known singles were recordings of son ...
* ''
Have a Little Faith'' (550 Music, 1994)
With
Boz Scaggs
* ''
Slow Dancer
''Slow Dancer'' is the sixth album by Boz Scaggs, originally released by Columbia in 1974. It was produced by former Motowner Johnny Bristol of "Hang On In There Baby" fame.
The album was initially released with a cover photo of Scaggs walking ...
'' (Columbia Records, 1974)
* ''
Down Two Then Left
''Down Two Then Left'' is the eighth album by singer Boz Scaggs, released in 1977. The album peaked at No. 11 on the ''Billboard'' 200.
Track listing
All tracks composed by Boz Scaggs; except where indicated.
Side One
#"Still Falling for You" ...
'' (Columbia Records, 1977)
With
Stanley Clarke
* ''Time Exposure'' (CBS, 1984)
With
Gloria Gaynor
Gloria Gaynor (née Fowles; born September 7, 1943) is an American singer, best known for the disco era hits " I Will Survive" (1978), " Let Me Know (I Have a Right)" (1979), " I Am What I Am" (1983), and her version of " Never Can Say Goodbye" ( ...
* ''
Stories
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Common uses
* Story, a narrative (an account of imaginary or real people and events)
** Short story, a piece of prose fiction that typically can be read in one sitting
* Story (American English), or storey (Briti ...
'' (Polydor, 1980)
With
Sarah Vaughan
* ''
Brazilian Romance'' (CBS, 1987)
With
Aaron Neville
* ''The Grand Tour'' (A&M Records, 1993)
With
Bill Withers
* ''
Making Music'' (Columbia, 1975)
* ''Watching You Watching Me'' (Columbia, 1985)
With
Natalie Cole
* ''
Don't Look Back'' (Capitol, 1980)
With
Randy Crawford
* ''
Secret Combination'' (Warner Bros. Records, 1981)
With
James Taylor
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* ''
In the Pocket'' (Rhino Records, 1976)
With
Rickie Lee Jones
* ''
Rickie Lee Jones'' (Warner Bros., 1979)
With
Paul McCartney
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* ''
Pipes of Peace'' (Parlophone Records, 1983)
With
Kurt Elling
* ''
Dedicated to You: Kurt Elling Sings the Music of Coltrane and Hartman'' (
Concord
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Meaning "agreement"
* Pact or treaty, frequently between nations (indicating a condition of harmony)
* Harmony, in music
* Agreement (linguistics), a change in the form of a word depending on grammatical features of other ...
, 2009)
With
Patti Austin
Patti Austin (born August 10, 1950) is an American R&B, pop, and jazz singer and songwriter.
Music career
Austin was born in Harlem, New York, to Gordon Austin, a jazz trombonist. She was raised in Bay Shore, New York on Long Island. Quincy ...
* ''
Patti Austin
Patti Austin (born August 10, 1950) is an American R&B, pop, and jazz singer and songwriter.
Music career
Austin was born in Harlem, New York, to Gordon Austin, a jazz trombonist. She was raised in Bay Shore, New York on Long Island. Quincy ...
'' (Qwest Records, 1984)
* ''
The Real Me'' (Qwest Records, 1988)
* ''
Love Is Gonna Getcha
''Love Is Gonna Getcha'' is the eighth studio album by American singer Patti Austin, released in 1990, and recorded for the GRP label. The album reached No. 4 on '' Billboard'' Jazz chart.
Track listing
#"Through the Test of Time" ( David Pack, ...
'' (GRP, 1990)
With
Dionne Warwick
Marie Dionne Warwick (; born December 12, 1940) is an American singer, actress, and television host.
Warwick ranks among the 40 biggest U.S. hit makers between 1955 and 1999, based on her chart history on ''Billboards Hot 100 pop singles ch ...
* ''Love at First Sight'' (Warner Bros. Records, 1977)
With
Bob Seger
* ''
Like a Rock
''Like a Rock'' is the thirteenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Seger, released in 1986. The title track is best known for being featured in Chevrolet truck commercials throughout the 1990s and early 2000s.
Content
"Fortunat ...
'' (Capitol Records, 1986)
With
Deniece Williams
* ''
This Is Niecy
''This Is Niecy'' is the debut album of American R&B singer Deniece Williams released on August 13, 1976 by Columbia Records. The album reached No. 3 on the ''Billboard'' Top Soul Albums chart and No. 33 on the ''Billboard'' 200. The album ha ...
'' (Columbia, 1976)
* ''I'm So Proud'' (Columbia, 1983)
With
Marvin Gaye
* ''
Let's Get It On'' (Tamla, 1973)
* ''
I Want You'' (Tamla, 1976)
With
Christopher Cross
* ''
Another Page
''Another Page'' is Christopher Cross's second studio album, recorded in 1982 and released in early 1983. It was not as commercially successful as its predecessor (it was certified Gold by the RIAA, but only after his self-titled debut album had ...
'' (Warner Bros., 1983)
* ''
Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)
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'' (Arthur - The Album. Warner Bros., 1981)
With
Maria Muldaur
* ''Southern Winds'' (Warner Bros., 1978)
With
Dizzy Gillespie
John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie (; October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, educator and singer. He was a trumpet virtuoso and improviser, building on the virtuosic style of Roy Eldridge but a ...
* ''
Free Ride'' (
Pablo, 1977)
With
Gino Vannelli
* ''
Brother to Brother'' (A&M Records, 1978)
With
Benny Golson
Benny Golson (born January 25, 1929) is an American bebop/ hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger. He came to prominence with the big bands of Lionel Hampton and Dizzy Gillespie, more as a writer than a performer, before laun ...
* ''
Killer Joe'' (Columbia, 1977)
With
Aretha Franklin
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* ''
You'' (Atlantic, 1975)
With
Michael Franks
* ''
Burchfield Nines'' (Warner Bros., 1978)
With
Bonnie Raitt
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* ''
Takin' My Time'' (Warner Bros., 1973)
With
Cheryl Lynn
* ''
Cheryl Lynn'' (Columbia Records, 1978)
With
Charlie Haden
* ''
Quartet West
''Quartet West'' is an album by the American jazz bassist Charlie Haden recorded in 1986 and released on the Verve label. '' (
Verve, 1987)
* ''
The Private Collection'' (
Naim
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Notable persons with the name include:
*Naim ibn Hammad (died 843 AD), H ...
, 1987–88
000
* ''
In Angel City'' (Verve, 1988)
* ''
The Montreal Tapes: Liberation Music Orchestra'' (Verve, 1989
999
* ''
Haunted Heart'' (Verve, 1992)
* ''
Always Say Goodbye'' (Verve, 1994)
* ''
Now Is the Hour'' (Verve, 1996)
* ''
The Art of the Song'' (Verve, 1999)
* ''
Sophisticated Ladies'' (
EmArcy
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During the 1950s and 1960s, musicians such as Max Roach, Clifford Brown, ...
, 2010)
With
Betty Wright
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* ''Betty Wright'' (Epic Records, 1981)
* ''Wright Back At You'' (Epic Records, 1983)
With
Cher
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* ''
Take Me Home'' (Casablanca, 1979)
With
Frankie Valli
* ''
Valli'' (Private Stock, 1976)
* ''
Frankie Valli... Is the Word'' (Warner Bros., 1978)
With
Bobby Hutcherson
* ''
Head On'' (Blue Note, 1971)
* ''
Linger Lane'' (Blue Note, 1975)
* ''
Montara'' (Blue Note, 1975)
With
Milt Jackson
* ''
Memphis Jackson'' (Impulse!, 1969)
With
Barbra Streisand
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* ''
Songbird'' (Columbia, 1978)
With
Jim Messina
* ''One More Mile'' (Warner Bros., 1983)
With
Peabo Bryson and
Natalie Cole
* ''
We're the Best of Friends
''We're the Best of Friends'' is a 1979 duet album by American vocalists Natalie Cole and Peabo Bryson. It was released on November 2, 1979 by Capitol Records.
Reception
The album reached peak positions of number 44 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and ...
'' (Capitol Records, 1979)
With
Willis Alan Ramsey
* ''
Willis Alan Ramsey'' (Shelter, 1972)
With
J. J. Johnson
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Johnson was one of the earliest trombonists to embrace bebop.
Biograph ...
* ''
Concepts in Blue'' (Pablo Today, 1981)
With
Teena Marie
* ''
Wild and Peaceful'' (Gordy, 1979)
* ''
Roobery'' (Epic, 1983)
* ''
Starchild'' (Epic, 1984)
With
Quincy Jones
* ''
Roots
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Root or roots may also refer to:
Art, entertainment, and media
* ''The Root'' (magazine), an online magazine focusing ...
'' (A&M, 1977)
With
Jeffrey Osborne
* ''
Jeffrey Osborne'' (A&M, 1982)
With
Carole King
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* ''
Music
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'' (Ode, 1971)
* ''
Rhymes & Reasons'' (Ode, 1972)
* ''
Fantasy
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'' (Ode, 1973)
* ''
Wrap Around Joy
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'' (Ode, 1974)
* ''
Simple Things'' (Capitol, 1977)
* ''
Welcome Home'' (Capitol, 1978)
With
Glenn Frey
* ''
No Fun Aloud
''No Fun Aloud'' is the debut solo studio album by Glenn Frey. It was released in 1982 on Asylum.
The album reached #32 on the charts and contained two top 40 singles, " The One You Love" and "I Found Somebody". The album was certified Gold by t ...
'' (Asylum Records, 1982)
With
Charles Kynard
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Kynard first played piano then switched to organ and led a trio in Kansas City including Tex Johnson (flute, sax) an ...
* ''
Charles Kynard
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Kynard first played piano then switched to organ and led a trio in Kansas City including Tex Johnson (flute, sax) an ...
'' (
Mainstream, 1971)
With
Eric Martin
* ''Eric Martin'' (Capitol, 1985)
With
John Mayall
* ''Moving On'' (
Polydor
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, 1973)
With
Randy Newman
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* ''
Trouble in Paradise'' (Reprise Records, 1983)
With
Carmen McRae
* ''
Can't Hide Love
"You Can't Hide Love" is a single by soul group Creative Source released in 1973 on Sussex Records. The song reached No. 48 on the ''Billboard'' Hot R&B Singles chart.
Overview
"You Can't Hide Love" was produced by Michael Stokes and composed b ...
'' (Blue Note, 1976)
With
Blue Mitchell
* ''
Vital Blue'' (Mainstream, 1971)
With
Helen Reddy
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* ''
Reddy'' (Capitol, 1979)
With New Stories
* ''Speakin' Out'' (1999)
With
Moacir Santos
* ''
Carnival of the Spirits
''Carnival of the Spirits'' is an album by Brazilian composer Moacir Santos recorded in 1975 and released on the Blue Note label. '' (Blue Note, 1975)
With
Lalo Schifrin
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* ''
Gypsies'' (Tabu, 1978)
* ''
No One Home'' (Tabu, 1979)
With
Bud Shank
* ''
Windmills of Your Mind
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The song (with the English l ...
'' (
Pacific Jazz
Pacific Jazz Records was a Los Angeles-based record company and label best known for cool jazz or West coast jazz. It was founded in 1952 by producer Richard Bock (1927–1988) and drummer Roy Harte (1924–2003). Harte, in 1954, also co-founded ...
, 1969)
With
Donna Summer
*''
Donna Summer'' (Geffen, 1982)
With Rob Mullins
*''Tokyo Nights'' (Nova, 1990)
With the Super Black Blues Band:
T-Bone Walker,
Otis Spann and
Joe Turner
*''
Super Black Blues'' (BluesTime, 1969)
With
Gábor Szabó
* ''
Faces'' (
Mercury, 1977)
With
Mariya Takeuchi
* ''Variety'' (Moon Records, 1984)
With
Gino Vannelli
* ''
Brother to Brother'' (A&M, 1978)
With
Gerald Wilson
* ''
Eternal Equinox
''Eternal Equinox'' is an album by the Gerald Wilson Orchestra recorded in 1969 which became his last released on the Pacific Jazz label.Lomelin
''Lomelin'' is an album by the Gerald Wilson Orchestra of the 80's recorded in 1981 and released on the Discovery label.Discovery
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* Discovery (fiction), a character's learning something unknown
* Discovery (law), a process in courts of law relating to evidence
Discovery, The Discove ...
, 1981)
* ''
Jessica'' (
Trend, 1982)
* ''
Calafia'' (Trend, 1985)
With
Torsten de Winkel
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and
Hellmut Hattler
* ''Mastertouch'' (
EMI, 1985)
With
Rufus and
Chaka Khan
* ''
Stompin' at the Savoy – Live
''Stompin' at the Savoy – Live'' is an album by American R&B/funk band Rufus with singer Chaka Khan, released on the Warner Bros. Records label in 1983.
''Stompin' at the Savoy'' was a double-record set featuring three sides of live materia ...
'' (
Warner Bros. Records, 1983)
With
Paul Clark
* ''Aim for the Heart'' (
Seed Records
Seed Records has been the name of multiple record labels.
1970s American label
Seed Records was a record label started in 1972 by Paul Clark, a musician involved in the Jesus music movement. The label ran until circa 1981, when he started ...
, 1980)
References
External links
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Ernie Watts InterviewNAMM Oral History Library (2020)
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1945 births
Living people
American jazz saxophonists
American male saxophonists
American jazz flautists
Berklee College of Music alumni
Musicians from Norfolk, Virginia
Mainstream Records artists
Grammy Award winners
Qwest Records artists
Independent Music Awards winners
21st-century American saxophonists
Jazz musicians from Virginia
21st-century American male musicians
American male jazz musicians
GRP All-Star Big Band members
The Tonight Show Band members
Karma (American band) members
CTI Records artists
Elektra Records artists
JVC Records artists
The Love Unlimited Orchestra members
21st-century flautists