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Jeff "Tain" Watts

Born: Jan 20, 1960 in Pittsburgh, PA

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Genre: Jazz

Styles: Post-Bop, Fusion, Hard Bop, Avant-Garde Jazz

Biography: Jeff "Tain" Watts came to fame as drummer with the early Wynton Marsalis band. He has been greatly in demand ever since, playing and recording with such musicians as Geri Allen, Ricky Ford, Robin Eubanks, Betty Carter, McCoy Tyner, Gary Thomas, and Branford Marsalis, among others. He made his debut as ...Read full biography

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Megawatts

Released: 1991

Label: Sunnyside Communications

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The reissue of this 1991 session -- Jeff "Tain" Watts' debut as a leader -- in 2004 suggested that the age of the neo-bopping "Young Lions" had already passed into history, and some of its artifacts were ...Read full review

Detained at the Blue Note

Released: 2004

Label: Half Note

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Drummer Jeff "Tain" Watts leads his quintet plus guest altoist Kenny Garrett through extended versions of four of his originals (all of which he had recorded previously in the studio) plus Björk's "107 ...Read full review

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