Some call it jazz. Ernie Watts Quartet / producer/director, Gregg Kubera.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Kubera, Greg, director, producer.

Ernie Watts Quartet, performer.

Qwest TV, publisher.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

No linguistic content

Subjects (All):

Jazz--1981-1990.

Jazz.

Genre:

Concert films.

Jazz.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (59 minutes)

Other Title:

Ernie Watts Quartet - live

Place of Publication:

Paris, France : Qwest TV, 1986.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

video file

Summary:

Ernie Watts is a jazzman open to the world. A graduate of the prestigious Berklee Conservatory in Boston, the saxophonist made a name for himself with drummer Buddy Rich before collaborating with many musicians and groups such as the great Michel Colombier, Gilberto Gil, and even the Rolling Stones. For the record, at the beginning of the 80s, it was he who was the saxophonist on the live album Still Life (American Concert 1981) by the Siamese Twins, to the delight of Charlie Watts, the jazz fan-drummer of the famous English band. Recorded in 1986, the American composer and sideman begins the set with a groovy theme whose energy is immediately seductive. The same goes for the following track, whose dense chords occupy the space with authority. Concise and powerful, this set by Ernie Watts is a reflection of his career and offers titles sometimes focused on pop or funk. Among these tracks, different sequences revealing the 80s stand out, with punchy rhythms and twirling riffs. Falsely debonair, these compositions are no less brilliant. A rendering certainly explained by an innate sense of melody and a simplicity that compels admiration.

Participant:

Ernie Watts Quartet (Ernie Watts, saxophone ; Pat Coil, keyboards ; Joel Dibartolo, bass ; Bob Leatherbarrow,drums).

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed November 30, 2022).

Recorded live Main Street Jazz, Minneapolis, Minnesota July 24, 1986.

OCLC:

1358780570

Publisher Number:

ASP5363536/marc