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News: Recording

CD: Jeff "Tain" Watts

February 26, 2009

Jeff Tain" Watts, Watts (Dark Keys). The vigorous drummer is in charge of a quartet with saxophonist Branford Marsalis, trumpeter Terence Blanchard and bassist Christian McBride. There's a lovely ballad ("Owed"), shuckin' and jivin' ("Dancin' 4 Chicken," take 25), a variation on Monk's “Trinkle, Tinkle" called “Dingle-Dangle" and an audio theater sketch about dealing with the ...

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Article: Album Review

Jeff "Tain" Watts: Watts

Read "Watts" reviewed by Terrell Kent Holmes

by Terrell Kent Holmes
February 24, 2009

The title of drummer Jeff “Tain" Watts new CD, Watts, isn't as superficial as it seems. While referring naturally to the leader, it also recalls the site of the apocalyptic riots in 1965, a neighborhood that produced jazz legend Charles Mingus. This is important because the tunes on the disc, written by Watts, are reverential, referential ...

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Article: Album Review

Jeff "Tain" Watts: Watts

by Mark F. Turner
February 19, 2009

Noted for his distinct and propulsive style, the eminent drummer/composer Jeff “Tain" Watts is a longtime member of the Branford Marsalis quartet and a leading sideman for many artists; yet it's his own recordings as a leader that are the most telling. True to form, this eponymous release has plenty of the drummer's fireworks but also ...

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Article: Live From New York

February 2009

by AAJ Staff
February 7, 2009

Jeff “Tain" WattsJeff Tain" WattsWinter JazzfestLe Poisson RougeNew York City January 10, 2009The big draw of Winter Jazzfest was drummer Jeff “Tain" Watts' midnight set at Le Poisson Rouge Jan. 10th in honor of Max Roach's birthday, with Terence Blanchard (trumpet), Branford Marsalis (tenor and soprano ...

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Article: Live Review

L.A. Jazz Scene 2008: Alive and Swingin'

by Chuck Koton
January 22, 2009

The Los Angeles scene has often been referred to in patronizing terms by jazz lovers, musicians and writers. It has been said that the city's laid-back vibe deprives musicians of the energy that a New York audience can impart to the bandstand. Others complain that the growth of a hip jazz scene has been impeded by ...

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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Jeff "Tain" Watts

January 20, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Jeff “Tain" Watts' birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Jeff “Tain" WattsJeff “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... ...

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News: Interview

Drummer/Bandleader Jeff "Tain" Watts Interviewed at AAJ

January 19, 2009

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 ...

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Article: Interview

Jeff "Tain" Watts: The Tain Self-Test

by Russ Musto
January 19, 2009

Album

Quartet

By McCoy Tyner

Label: Half Note Records
Released: 2008
Track listing: Walk Spirit, Talk Spirit; Mellow Minor; Sama Layuca; Passion Dance; Search for Peace; Blues on the Corner; For All We Know.

Album

Folk's Song

By Jeff Tain Watts

Label: Dark Key Music
Released: 2007
Track listing: Samo; Rotation; Ling's Lope; Seed of Blakzilla; Laura Elizabeth; Galilee; Blues 4 Curtis; Rotation II Same Page...;Blasphemy.