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Bobby Watson and Tailor Made with the Tokyo Leader Big Band: Live At The "Someday" in Tokyo

Read "Live At The "Someday" in Tokyo" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


Alto Saxophonist Bobby Watson is showing up everywhere on RED these days. The last number of months have witnessed the release of Quiet As It's Kept (RED 123284) and the Jazz Tribe's The Next Step (RED 123285). Presently, Watson pops up with a very fine Japanese big band performing a sextet of Watson originals (excepting his ...

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The Jazz Tribe / Ray Mantilla and Bobby Watson: The Next Step

Read "The Next Step" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


Another Latin Lovefest. Bobby Watson’s last RED release, Quiet As It’s Kept (RED 123284, 1999, reviewed in AAJ, November 1999) had a decidedly Latin personality. If Quiet As It’s Kept had a “Latin fragrance”, then The Next Step is the spewing plume from an erupting Latin volcano. Almost every band member submits his vision of Latin ...

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Quiet As It's Kept

Label: Red Records
Released: 1999
Track listing: Looking Into Your Eyes; Always a Friend; Afternoon in Ottobrun; Just Bobby Watson: Alto and Soprano Saxophones, Terell Stafford: Trumpet; Orrin Evans: Piano; Lenny Argese: Guitar; Curtis Lundy: Bass; Ralph Peterson: Drums; Marlon Simon: Percussion; Pamela Watson: Vocals.

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Bobby Watson: Quiet As It's Kept

Read "Quiet As It's Kept" reviewed by David Adler


Bobby Watson is a great alto saxophonist, but his latest album is nothing to write home about. The first few tunes, with their light latin grooves and trite melodies, border on schlocky. Bassist Curtis Lundy and drummer Ralph Peterson provide a hipness factor that somewhat diminishes the easy listening vibe. But Greg Skaff’s acoustic guitar and ...

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Bobby Watson: Round Trip / This Little Light of Mine

Read "Round Trip / This Little Light of Mine" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


A Big Month for Bobby Watson. October welcomed the newest release by Bobby Watson ( Quiet As It’s Kept RED Records 123284), also reviewed this month). As an introduction to Bobby Watson on RED, I wanted to look at two older RED recordings. But first, a little history of this exceptional artist in the shadows. A ...

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Bobby Watson: Quiet As It's Kept

Read "Quiet As It's Kept" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


Bobby Watson has recorded on and off for RED Records since the mid-1980s. His RED releases, all critically acclaimed, comprise an impressive collection had he never recorded another note. His other RED recordings include Round Trip, Appointment in Milano, Love Remains, This Little Light of Mine, and now Quiet As It’s Kept. All are uniformly fine ...

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New York Stories

Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 1992
Track listing: Dolly's Ditty; Wheel Within A Wheel; Ice Maidens; Out A Day; Mike The Cat; The Move; A Clear Thought; 5/4; One For Lenny;

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The Inventor

Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 1990

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The Year of the Rabbit

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Released: 1987


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