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Jeff "Tain" Watts: Bar Talk

Read "Bar Talk" reviewed by Jim Santella

by Jim Santella
September 11, 2002

Propelling his modern mainstream ensemble with clarity, through rigorous action, drummer Jeff “Tain" Watts combines free form humor with swinging rhythms. Complex patterns mingle with delicate waves of motion. For his second Columbia recording as a leader, Watts returns to the studio with a familiar band. As a result of his firm leadership and thoughtful planning, ...

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Jeff "Tain" Watts: Bar Talk

by Paul West
July 4, 2002

Now here’s a guy (and a group) that can play: Jeff “Tain” Watts, who is quite simply one hell of a drummer, is an artist growing in popularity but building impressive skill and power after having served as a supporting player for the likes of such prominent jazz masters as pianist McCoy Tyner and guitarist George ...

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Bar Talk

By Jeff Tain Watts

Label: Thrill Jockey
Released: 2001

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Citizen Tain

By Jeff Tain Watts

Label: Columbia Records
Released: 1999
Track listing: 1. The Impaler (Watts) - 9:18 2. Muphkin Man (Watts) - 6:04 3. Attainment (Watts) - 8:44 4. Pools of Amber (Watts) - 5:10 5. Blutain, Jr. (Watts) - 4:45 6. Wry Koln (Watts) - 9:42 7. MLK Shake-Up Call (Watts) - 1:01 8. Paen (Watts) - 2:27 9. Sigmund Groid (Watts) - 8:37 10. Trieste (Motain) - 7:28 11. Blutain's Big Adventure (Watts) - 7:43

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Jeff "Tain" Watts: Citizen Tain

Read "Citizen Tain" reviewed by David Adler

by David Adler
October 1, 1999

In the mid 80s a single record got me hooked on straight-ahead jazz, and that record was Wynton Marsalis’s Black Codes from the Underground. The powerhouse drumming of Jeff “Tain" Watts was one of the elements that floored me. Watts remains a pillar of the current scene, playing in Branford Marsalis’s brilliant quartet and doing fine ...