Jazz Articles about Ernie Watts

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Ernie Watts, Jeremy Monteiro & Organamix: Chamber at the Arts House, Singapore

by Ian Patterson
August 13, 2010

Ernie Watts, Jeremy Monteiro & OrganamixChamber at the Arts HouseSingaporeJuly 31, 2010 As Jeremy Monteiro's composition “One People, One Nation, One Singapore" filled the air, jet planes roared at supersonic speed overhead followed by formations of helicopters. Armored personnel carriers and tanks rolled down the streets and fireworks filled the sky. This is not a typical set-up for a Monteiro gig. It had been his fiftieth birthday celebration recently and sax legend Ernie Watts ...

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Bettina Corradini - Jazzen Group with Ernie Watts: Debandade

by AAJ Italy Staff
November 12, 2009

Vuole farci credere che sia un'artista allo sbando. Che passava il suo tempo a prestare canzoni per eventi importanti ("La vie est un grand cinéma" diventa la sigla dei Cesar del cinema francese cantata dalla svedese Sofie Kremen) o scrivere colonne sonore ("Le Voyage" di Michel Portal) o a dimenarsi tra una casa discografica e l'altra con manager che cercavano in lei più l'immagine da “femme fatale" che la sostanza di una cantante vera. 25 anni a Parigi e poi ...

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Ernie Watts: To The Point - Live at the Jazz Bakery

by Andrew Velez
January 20, 2009

Recorded live at the Jazz Bakery in Los Angeles, To The Point is the first non-studio recording of Ernie Watts' longtime quartet. Together for over 20 years, they have a cohesion and musical empathy that is palpable. The musically eclectic Watts has toured with The Rolling Stones and played in settings from Carmen McRae to Jean-Luc Ponty. A Grammy winner for his performance on the soundtrack of Chariots of Fire (1981), Watts is best known for his work with bassist ...

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Ernie Watts: To the Point - Live at the Jazz Bakery

by Nicholas F. Mondello
November 13, 2008

Ernie WattsTo The Point - Live At The Jazz BakeryFlying Dolphin Records2008

After hearing saxophonist Ernie Watts' CD To The Point - Live At The Jazz Bakey , it's easy to imagine that he possesses superhuman talents similar to those held by members of the fictional Fantastic Four. He breathes fire, can cool with ice, whip up a storm, and shape his sax sound in ways otherworldly. This is a powerful, yet ...

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Ernie Watts: Flying High

by Ian Patterson
September 11, 2007

Very few musicians have a resume quite as varied or as impressive as saxophonist Ernie Watts. His musical curiosity and tremendous versatility have led him to perform in contexts as diverse as a TV show band, with orchestras, on small and big screen soundtracks, on over five hundred recording sessions which include many of the greatest names in Motown, in duo and in quartet settings as well as in a number of the most distinguished big bands in modern jazz ...

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Ernie Watts Quartet: Analog Man

by Ian Patterson
July 6, 2007

The opening two-note piano riff, the crisp rim shots from the drums and the walking bass line on the opening number and title track get Analog Man off to the most swinging of starts. Saxophonist Ernie Watts introduces the melody and proceeds to craft a solo so full of invention, strength and lyricism that when he lays out to allow pianist Christof Saenger his turn the surprise is that only three minutes have passed.

Watts' playing on “Analog ...

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Ernie Watts at The Living Room

by Ian Patterson
September 19, 2006

Ernie Watts, Jeremy Monteiro, Belinda Moody, Shawn Kelley.

The Living Room Sheraton Grande Bangkok

12 June 2006

A saxophone that beautiful, black, embossed in gold leaf, and whose bell seemed to radiate golden light, is made to produce the finest of music. For that, it should be in the hands of a master craftsman and tonight it was. In Ernie Watts, it couldn't have had a better conduit for communication with the audience.

Backed by The Living Room's ...