Bobby Watson & Horizon

Bobby Watson & Horizon: Horizon Reassembled

by Mark Sabbatini
July 26, 2004

Bobby Watson & Horizon Horizon Reassembled Palmetto Records 2004

To properly appreciate this CD, according to its leader, you need to listen to it five times.

No problem.

Horizon Reassembled finds alto saxophonist Bobby Watson reuniting with his hard-bop Horizon quintet from the early 1990s. Fans of the “happy band" no doubt will wonder if this stands up to their previous work since members have, as Watson ...