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Trumpeter Ken Watters and trombonist Harry Watters are Summit recording artists and Conn-Selmer (Bach) Performing Artists. Being trumpet & trombone playing siblings, Ken & Harry have an onstage rapport that is electrifying to audiences. Their last three CDs for Summit Records (Brothers, Brothers II & Brothers III) climbed to the top 50 on the US jazz charts where they remained for at least six weeks each - Brothers III for 11 weeks - and are continually receiving airplay across the US, Canada, Australia, Europe & parts of the Far East. Their music has been featured on NPR's All Things Considered, NPR's Jazz South program, PRI's Jazz After Hours (hosted by Jim Wilke) & has been used on a feature television documentary by The Freedom Forum (Washington, DC). Below is a sampling of artists they have performed and/or recorded with (together & individually): Frank Sinatra, Natalie Cole, Greg Allman, Marc Anthony, Army Blues, Deniece Williams, Kelis, Brad Mehldau, Larry Goldings, Al Hirt, Kevin Mahogany, Erich Kunzel, James Moody, Pete Fountain, Philip Harper, Russell Malone, Chris Potter, Arturo Sandoval, Reginald Policard, Carl Fontana, Steve Coleman, Bill Watrous, Marvin "Smitty" Smith, Jean Luc Guanel, Bobby "Blue" Bland, John Abercrombie, Dave Holland, Terry Gibbs, Mundell Lowe, Ravi Coltrane, Mingus Big Band, Toshiko Akiyoshi, The Vanguard Orchestra (Village Vanguard, NYC), Roger Hawkins, Fred Wesley, Roland Vazquez, Harry Connick Jr., Mike Stern, Richie Cole, Tommy Talton, Dave Valentin, Anthony Jackson, Dan Penn, David Liebman, Eartha Kitt, Rick Hall, Peter Bernstein, The Fifth Dimension, Herbie Mann, Petula Clarke, Gregory Hutchinson, Tabou Combo, The Platters, Little Milton, Marilyn McCoo, Phyllis Diller, Jimmy Hall, Clarence Carter, Russell Malone, Bonnie Bramlett, Billy Swann, Randy Brecker & many more. All of their CDs are released internationally on Summit Records & distributed by Allegro Corporation. Featured on their first CD (Brothers) are pianist Kenny Werner, bassist Scott Colley & drummer Scott Neumann. Their second CD (Brothers II) features pianist David Marlow, bassist Roy Yarbrough, drummer Jay Frederick, guitarist Tom Wolfe & pianist John Miller. Southern Exposure, the Summit Records debut CD by Ken Watters Group, features David Marlow, Roy Yarbrough, Jay Frederick & special guest saxophonist & Palmetto Recording Artist Joel Frahm. All Watters' recordings for Summit Records are produced by Southern music legend Johnny Sandlin (Allman Brothers, Widespread Panic, Cher, Marshall Tucker, Dixie Dregs, Colonel Bruce Hampton & The Aquarium Rescue Unit, etc) & all Watters CDs have spent time in the top 50 on the US jazz charts. Ken & Harry both attended The University of North Texas. Harry has been a teaching assistant at University of New Orleans (under Ellis Marsalis), and then, at 24 years old, became the youngest leader to date of the Dukes of Dixieland. Ken went on to attend Manhattan School of Music and has studied privately with Wynton Marsalis, Joe Lovano, Harold Danko, Jack Walrath, Lew Soloff, Harold Lieberman, Roland Vazquez, Dave LaLama, Rodney Jones & Kenny Wheeler.

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