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Ernie Watts

Born: October 23, 1945

Two-time Grammy Award winner Ernie Watts is one of the most versatile and prolific saxophone players on the music scene. In a diverse career that has spanned more than thirty years, he has been featured on more than 500 recordings by artists ranging from Cannonball Adderley to Frank Zappa, always exhibiting his unforgettable trademark sound. After 18 solo records for a variety of labels, large and small, Watts started Flying Dolphin Records, a company he runs with his wife Patricia. Flying Dolphin (distributed by Burnside Distribution Corp.) begins a new chapter for the artist’s creative expression

Live Your Dream

By Brad Goode

Label: Origin Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Covid Nightmare; For Michael; Half Moon; Lover Man; Live Your Dream; I Miss Missing You; Some Day My Prince Will Come; Goose Dance.

Linda May Han Oh, Melissa Aldana, Cindy Blackman Santana, Bernd Lhotzky & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
September 22, 2026

A collection of newly released gems in which jazz goes rock and baroque, modern and traditional, political and existential.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Cindy Blackman Santana “Blue Whale" Coherence (Mack Avenue) 0:16 Host talks 7:15 Jacques Schwarz-Bart “Sarah" Resistance (Quai Son) 8:56 Host ...

Goose Dance

July 22, 2026

Album: Live Your Dream
By Brad Goode
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2026
Duration: 07:36

New Music From Ralph Alessi, Columbia Icefield, Flavio Zanuttini And More

by Bob Osborne
July 16, 2026

This playlist brings together a blend of contemporary jazz, avant-garde improvisations, and expansive orchestral textures from across the globe. Seamlessly shifting between intimate duos, driving quintets, and the rich, layered dynamics of modern big bands, the collection celebrates both the precision of meticulous composition and the raw freedom of sonic exploration. From hushed, atmospheric soundscapes and ...

Brad Goode: Live Your Dream

by Jack Bowers
June 21, 2026

Live Your Dream is the second album on which trumpet master Brad Goode and acclaimed tenor saxophonist Ernie Watts have shared the front line. The first, That's Right!, was recorded eight years earlier, in 2018. The sophomore enterprise was taped live at the North Street Cabaret in Madison, Wisconsin, something the musicians were unaware of until ...

New Music from Lakecia Benjamin, Yazz Ahmed, New Jazz Underground and Brad Goode with Ernie Watts

by Hobart Taylor
June 3, 2026

Loads of new releases and Sonny Rollins answers the question, “Why was I Born?"Playlist Host Speaks 00:00 Claudia Acuña “Meditation in Two Chords" from Ave de Luz (Delfin) 00:11 Okan “Ajé (Owo Nla Nla)" from (Single) (Lulaworld) 05:33 Julian Muro “Ay (feat. Bergamot Quartet, Ethan Cohn)" from Apfus, Vol.1 (ears&eyes) 08:30 Host Speaks 14:15 ...

It Only Takes One Note

by Monk Rowe
April 5, 2026

Marc Seales & Ernie Watts at Jazz Alley

by Paul Rauch
January 28, 2026

Marc Seales & Ernie Watts Jazz Alley Seattle, WA January 20, 2026 The career paths of pianist Marc Seales and saxophonist Ernie Watts couldn't be more different. While Seales was becoming a local jazz stalwart in Seattle, the Los Angeles based Watts was making his way through studio sessions that included ...

People & Places

By Marc Seales

Label: Origin Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Rue Cler; Palladium; Prelude; For You My Dear; The Muddy Chicago Blues; The Gingi; Ascending Truth; Home Light.