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Ken & Harry Watters
Ken & Harry Watters: Brothers III
by Jim Santella
Their most adventurous album to date places the Watters brothers in a position to lead. Today’s jazz world contains many directions all at the same time, and its umbrella continues to grow. However, the spirit that drove Buddy Bolden will not fade.
Ken & Harry Watters ensure that tradition remains a clear and central part of their plan. Their compositions contain the foundation that has served jazz for over a century. Syncopation, improvised expression, exotic impressions, and plaintive cries weave ...
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by Jim Santella
Two brothers, who grew up with similar interests and engaged in the same activities, studied trumpet and trombone. Ken & Harry Watters, who are only two years apart, attended North Texas State University at the same time and then accepted performance careers. Trumpeter Ken moved to New York City and worked the hard bop circuit, while trombonist Harry moved to New Orleans and immersed himself in a more traditional culture. One brother worked with hot, aggressive jazz bands, such as ...
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by Joel Roberts
The jazz world has had no shortage of brother acts -- Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, Nat and Cannonball, three Heaths, three Montgomerys, and three Joneses, the young Harper brothers, those Marsalis guys... just to mention a few. And now we have the Watters boys of Huntsville, Alabama, trumpeter Ken and trombonist Harry, with their new release, aptly titled Brothers."Although they are brothers and both graduates of the fine jazz program at North Texas State, Ken and Harry Watters ...
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by Glenn Astarita
“Brothers”: Ken and Harry Watters is a fine new release by these Huntsville, Alabama natives. Ken, a post-bop Trumpet maestro has appeared on 25 CDs and has performed with the likes of: Sinatra, Herbie Mann, Terry Gibbs, Mike Stern and even the pop group “The Fifth Dimension”. Harry Watters served as graduate assistant under Ellis Marsalis at the University of New Orleans and besides stints with the US Army Blues Jazz Ensemble also spent four years performing with those venerable ...
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by Jim Santella
The Summit Records jazz catalog isn’t large, but it offers nothing but the very best. Their emphasis is on brass instruments, and a list of their recordings may be found at http://www.summitrecords.com/records/jazz.rel.html .
The quintet on Brothers performs mainstream jazz with a modern twist. They also reach back to more traditional standards such as Harry Watters’ ballad rendering of the Tommy Dorsey theme song I’m Getting Sentimental over You" and Ken Watters’ similar ballad approach to Duke Ellington’s In a ...
read moreWatters Brothers (Ken & Harry Watters) Sign on as Newest Jupiter Artists
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All About Jazz
AUSTIN, TEXAS October 29, 2008 Musicians and brothers, Harry and Ken Watters, have signed on as artists and clinicians for Jupiter. Playing the trombone and trumpet, respectively, the Watters brothers are key educators who will provide clinics at schools and universities with a portion of their fee paid by Jupiter through the artist program. They are frequently asked to perform guest solos with ensembles, including winds, jazz, and orchestra. It is truly an honor to be a member of the ...
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