Blues For Alto – Robert Watson
A call-and-response blues head, contrasting two riffs in different range and dynamic. Bobby Watson plays this as essentially a duet with himself, featuring the alto sax's high and low registers.
- Recording: Bobby Watson - Love Remains
- Recorded on: November 13, 1986
- Label: Red Records (NS 212)
- Concert Key: A-flat
- Vocal Range: , to
- Style: Swing (medium)
- Alto Sax - Bobby Watson
- Piano - John Hicks
- Bass - Curtis Lundy
- Drums - Marvin “Smitty” Smith
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- Drum Corner
- Guitar Corner
- Inside & Beyond
- Minus You
Our lead sheet shows the basic melody, but as you will hear Bobby often changes a few notes in the high-register part of the riff. On this recording he continues a high and low call-and-response format into the beginning of his solo.
This version, from "Love Remains," is a complete take.
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- Recording: Bobby Watson - Back Home In Kansas City
- Recorded on: 2022
- Label: Smoke Session Records (SSR 2205)
- Concert Key: A-flat
- Vocal Range: , to
- Style: Swing (medium)
- Alto Sax - Bobby Watson
- Piano - Cyrus Chestnut
- Bass - Curtis Lundy
- Drums - Victor Jones
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- Drum Corner
- Guitar Corner
- Inside & Beyond
- Minus You
Drummer Victor Jones also played on Bobby's second album for Smoke Sessions, 2020's "Keepin' It Real." Bobby appears on one other recording with pianist Cyrus Chestnut: Dee Dee Bridgewater's "Prelude To A Kiss" from 1996.
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Robert Watson
born on August 23, 1953
Robert "Bobby" Watson, who was born and raised in Kansas City, Kansas, grew up to become a jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and education of formidable talent and acclaim. He got his degree from the University of Miami before becoming a member (and later the musical director) of legendary drummer Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. He remained an invaluable member for four years, from 1977 until 1981. Read more...