Jazz Articles about Bobby Watson

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Bobby Watson, Monty Alexander, JD Allen, Zuri Alexander and more

by Benjamin Boddie
October 7, 2026

Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Bobby Watson, Monty Alexander, JD Allen, Zuri Alexander, Hendrik Meurkens & Steve Sandberg, The Dave Fox Group, Tommy Muellner, Adonis Rose, Springfield Symphony Jazz Orchestra, Dennis Mitcheltree, Sullivan Fortner, Stefon Harris & Blackout, Haruna Fukazawa, Janis Siegel, Jane Ira Bloom, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Yainer Horta & Joey Calveiro, Enoch Smith Jr., Branford Marsalis Quartet with Dianne Reeves, Kelly Green, Josh Lawrence, Jalen Baker, Sebastian Zawadzki, Greg Chako, Denise Donatelli, Dave Bass, Clark Sommers, Donald Vega, ...

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Classics from John Coltrane, Horace Silver, Others; New Music from Christine Tobin, Bobby Watson, Carmen Lundy and More

by David W. Daniels
October 6, 2026

In addition to the artists in the title, this edition of Exploration honors the birthdays of Patrice Rushen, Dave Holland, Jean-Luc Ponty, and others. Playlist Charles McPherson “Explorations" from McPherson's Mood (Prestige) 00:00 John Coltrane “Naima (Take 1)" from Blue World (Impulse!/Verve Label Group) 7:50 Miles Davis “A Night In Tunisia" from The Musings Of Miles (Prestige) 12:18 Ella Fitzgerald and Count Basie “Ain't Misbehavin'" from Ella And Basie! (Verve) 19:37 Art Blakey and Kenny Burrell “Swingin'" from ...

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Meet Bobby Watson

by Craig Jolley
March 14, 2024

This article was first published at All About Jazz in October 1999. Background and early career... I started playing clarinet and piano in my grandfather's church. I played saxophone in junior high school: originally tenor and switched to alto when I got to high school. From there I got hip to jazz and tried to do as much as I could. I went to the University of Miami and got a degree in theory and composition. In 1976 ...

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Bobby Watson Birthday Tour at Dolomiti Ski Jazz 2023

by Danilo Codazzi
March 22, 2023

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Sylwester Ostrowski: Jammin' With KC

by Kyle Simpler
November 30, 2020

Sylwester Ostrowski traveled from his native Poland to Kansas City in February 2020 to participate in a centennial celebration of Charlie Parker's life and music. During the visit, Ostrowski visited Parker's childhood home, his grave, and other historical landmarks. He also sat in with some of Kansas City's finest jazz musicians at several local venues. He got a taste of not only the Kansas City jazz scene but American life and culture as well. While visiting the US, Ostowski recorded ...

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Bobby Watson at the Attucks Jazz Club

by Mark Robbins
December 30, 2019

From 1977 to 1981, Bobby Watson was a student at the “University of Blakey," otherwise known as the Jazz Messengers led by drummer Art Blakey. After “graduation," Watson went on to become an acclaimed alto saxophonist, sought out by instrumentalist and vocalists alike while he led his own band, Horizon. Now, in addition to a fulltime touring schedule, Watson is the director of jazz studies at the University of Missouri-Kansas City's Conservatory of Music and Dance. When Watson ...

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Bobby Watson: The Gates BBQ Suite

by AAJ Italy Staff
July 1, 2011

Non è cosa da tutti giorni una suite per big band dedicata a un ristorante di Kansas City famoso per la carne alla griglia! Eppure l'aspetto orale e gustativo della nutrizione sembra ideale per l'espressività del jazz, ricca di aspetti terreni, ironici, conviviali. Di sicuro il Gates Barbeque è entrato nell'animo di Bobby Watson che lo ha eletto a luogo simbolo di relax familiare o post lavorativo. Un mondo di sapori, profumi, salse e cortesia che lo ha spinto a ...