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Jeff 'tain' Watts Travel Band at The Falcon
Courtesy of Sally Lynch | Posted on July 7, 2022
When
Sun, July 17, 2022
7:00 pm
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Musicians
Jeff Tain Watts
drumsAbout
"Underlying everything.... is Watts' propulsive, empathetic drumming. He reacts immediately and specifically to every musical nuance dropped by his bandmates and has the ability to make his presence known on bombastic funk jams as well as on delicate ballads." - All Music
Jeff Watts, the drummer they call "Tain," spent his formative years with Wynton and Branford Marsalis, and his compositional skills now command equal attention.
Jeff joined the Wynton Marsalis Quartet in 1981 and proceeded to win three Grammy Awards with the ensemble: Black Codes From The Underground, J Mood and Marsalis Standard Time. Watts left Wynton Marsalis in 1988. After working with George Benson, Harry Connick. Jr. and McCoy Tyner, he joined the Branford Marsalis Quartet in 1989, winning Grammy's for I Heard You Twice the First Time and Contemporary Jazz....