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Jeff "tain" Watts Blue Release Show at The Cutting Room
Courtesy of Troy Roberts | Posted on April 24, 2015
Where
The Cutting Room
44 E 32nd St
New York, NY
Map
(212) 691-1900
When
Sat, June 6, 2015
6:30 pm
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Musicians
Jeff Tain Watts
drumsTroy Roberts
saxophoneAbout
Jeff Watts, the drummer they call "Tain" spent his formative years with Wynton and Branford Marsalis, and his compositional skills now command equal attention.
Initially majoring in classical percussion at Pittsburgh's Duquesne University, Jeff then enrolled at the Berklee School of Music before joining the Wynton Marsalis Quartet in 1981. The ensemble proceeded to win three Grammy Awards for Black Codes From The Underground, J Mood and Marsalis Standard Time - Volume 1. 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....