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Guitarist/Composer David Gilmore Releases "Numerology" "Live at the Ja77 Standard" Featuring David Gilmore with Claudia Acua A, Miguel Zenon, Luis Perdomo, Christian McBride, Jeff "Tain" Watts and Mino Cinelu
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Two for the Show Media
Numerology Suite is musical exploration into the mystical, divine, and spiritual meaning of numbers, which reflect the creation of the Universe and the underlying structure upon which the material world is built. Music is the language of the Universe, and the elements of music - harmony, melody and rhythm, are all expressions of number. Pythagoras, the father of mathematics, taught that the numbers one through nine represent the universal principles and progressive cycles in life. Here David Gilmore invites the ...
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Two for Tain!: Jeff "Tain" Watts - Family and Laura Kahle - Circular (2011)
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Something Else!
It's been a couple of years since we last heard from pre-eminent jazz rhythmist Jeff “Tain" Watts, when his star-studded engagement Watts was introduced. This past April 19, Watts' own Dark Key Music label trotted out two new records, one by the thirty-year vet Watts, and the first one by an Australian-born pocket trumpet player by the name of Laura Kahle. There’s more that brings these two records together than the simple fact that they are coming from the same ...
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Watts, the Place, Inspires Jeff 'Tain' Watts
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Michael Ricci
It was more than a shared name that first got the attention of drummer Jeff “Tain" Watts. Even as a kid growing up in the Hill District of Pittsburgh, he recognized something profound about a distant neighborhood in Los Angeles.
He knew of those six days of rioting in 1965, but he also knew that Watts was the hometown of Charles Mingus, the monumental bassist and jazz composer whose work was often fueled by the heavier sociopolitical issues of his ...
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Jazz Musician of the Day: Jeff "Tain" Watts
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Michael Ricci
All About Jazz is celebrating Jeff “Tain" Watts' birthday today!
JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Jeff “Tain" Watts
Jeff “Tain" Watts is one of the most in demand jazz drummers in the world today. Jeff Watts majored in classical percussion at Pittsburgh\'s Duquesne University, where he was primarily a timpanist... more
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Drummer/Bandleader Jeff "Tain" Watts Interviewed at AAJ
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All About Jazz
The most visible and exciting drummer of his generation, Jeff “Tain" Watts burst into the jazz spotlight in the early '80s as a member of Wynton Marsalis' first quintet and into the general public's eye in the role of Rhythm Jones in Spike Lee's film Mo' Better Blues (1990) and as a member of The Tonight Show band led by Branford Marsalis, in whose quartet he's drummed for over 25 years. Since leaving the world of television and returning to ...
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Drummer Jeff "Tain" Watts Interviewed at AAJ
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All About Jazz
If you've listened to any jazz at all in the past couple decades, you've probably heard drummer Jeff “Tain" Watts. His discography is long and impressive, including appearances on many Grammy-winning and critically acclaimed recordings by various men named Marsalis. He's also led several of his own dates, including the new album Folk's Songs (Dark Key Music, 2007) with his band The Ebonix.
All About Jazz contributor Jason Crane talked with Watts about his roots, his musical relationships, and the ...
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The Jazz Session: Jeff "Tain" Watts
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All About Jazz
On the new episode of The Jazz Session, Jason Crane interviews drummer Jeff “Tain" Watts. You might know him from his years with Wynton Marsalis, or his years with Branford Marsalis, or his stint as the drummer on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, or from his many, many recordings as a leader and sideman. Tain's new album is Folk's Songs (Dark Key Music, 2007). It features his band The Ebonix with Marcus Strickland on saxophone, David Kikoski on piano ...
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Dekel Bor, Francois Moutin, Jeff "Tain" Watts Upcoming Performance Dates
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All About Jazz
Dekel Bor will be playing a series of three shows with two of the most important musicians in the jazz world: Bassist Francois Moutin-who plays regularly in Bor's trio-is among the most important bass players alive, and is a true innovator on his instrument. Drummer Jeff “Tain" Watts came into the jazz world in the early 80's in a legendary band led by Wynton and Branford Marsalis. The music he created in that band changed the way drummers play all ...
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