In The Valpariso Foundation

Bobby Watson, Duccio Bertini & Clasijazz Big Band Pro

Release date:

  1. Beautitudes
  2. Quiet As It’s Kept
  3. Always a Friend
  4. Landmarks Lost
  5. The Love We Had Yesterday
  6. Nubian Breakdown
  7. ETA

Bobby Watson – Alto Saxophone

Duccio Bertini – Arranger and Composer

Clasijazz Big Band Pro

Back Home in Kansas City

Bobby Watson

Release date: 2022

  1. Back Home in Kansas City
  2. Red Bank Heist
  3. Our Love Remains (featuring Carmen Lundy)
  4. Bon Voyage
  5. The Star in the East
  6. Mind Wine
  7. Celestial
  8. Dear Lord
  9. Side Steps
  10. I’m Glad There Is You
  11. Blues for Alto

It features an all-star quintet with trumpeter Jeremy Pelt, pianist Cyrus Chestnut, bassist Curtis Lundy and drummer Victor Jones, with a guest appearance by singer Carmen Lundy.

Colours

Sam Rivers Winds of Manhattan

Release date: 1982

  1. Lilacs
  2. Colours
  3. Spiral
  4. Matrix
  5. Revival
  6. Blossoms

Steve Coleman – Flute & Alto Saxophone | Sam Rivers – Flute, Soprano & Tenor Saxophone |  Bobby Watson – Flute & Alto Saxophone | Eddie Alex – Piccolo & Tenor Saxophone Marvin Blackman – Flute, Soprano & Tenor Saxophone | Bill Cody – Oboe & Tenor Saxophone |  Jimmy Cozier – Flute & Baritone Saxophone | Nat Dixon – Clarinet, Flute & Tenor Saxophone |  Patience Higgins – Flute & Baritone Saxophone | Chris Roberts – Flute & Soprano Saxophone | Talib Qadir Kibwe – Clarinet, Flute, Soprano & Tenor Saxophone

Interpretations

Ricky Ford

Release date: 1982

  1. Interpretations Opus 5
  2. Moon Mist
  3. Se AABBA
  4. Fix Or Repair Daily
  5. Lady A
  6. Bostonova
  7. Dexter

John Hicks – Piano | Wallace Roney – Trumpet | Jimmy Cobb – Drums |  Bobby Watson – Alto Saxophone | Walter Booker – Bass | Ricky Ford – Tenor Saxophone

Everything Swings

Panama Francis and the Savoy Sultans

Release date: 1982

  1. Air Mail Special
  2. Stolen Sweets
  3. Stomping at the Savoy
  4. Sentimental Journey
  5. It Don’t Mean a Thing
  6. In the Mood
  7. Just You, Take Me
  8. Take the ‘A’ train
  9. Funky Willie
  10. Undecided

Phil Bodner – Saxophone | George Kelly – Saxophone | Spanky Davis – Trumpet Panama Francis – Drums | Bill Pemberton – Bass | Irv Stokes – Trumpet | John “BJ John” Smith – Guitar | Bobby Watson – Saxophone

In Case You Missed It

Charlie Persip and Superband

Release date: 1984

  1. In Case You Missed It
  2. Marching Out and Dancing In
  3. Round about Midnight
  4. Plutonian Images
  5. Willow Weep for Me
  6. Killer Joe

Jack Walrath – Trumpet | Bobby Watson – Alto Saxophone | Anthony Cox – Bass |  Frank Gordon – Trumpet | Bill Saxton – Tenor Saxophone | Eddie Allen – Trumpet |  Clarence Banks – Trombone | Richard Clements – Piano | Jason Forsythe – Trombone |  Eli Fountain – Percussion | Orpheus Gaitanopoulos – Tenor Saxophone |  Al Givens – Tenor Saxophone | David Graf – Trombone | Fred Ho – Baritone Saxophone | Ambrose Jackson – Trumpet | Carl Kleinsteuber – Tuba | Charlie Persip – Drums |  Ron Tooley – Trumpet | Monty Waters – Alto Saxophone

Clarion Echoes

Frank Gordon

Release date: 1985

  1. Takeoff
  2. I Remember Clifford
  3. Libra
  4. Illusion
  5. Convulsion
  6. Clarion Echoes
  7. El Toro

Carl Allen – Drums | Ari Brown – Tenor Saxophone & Flute | Frank Gordon – Trumpet |  Rufus Reid – Bass | Bobby Watson – Alto Saxophone & Flute | James Williams – Piano

Dark Powers

Ray Mantilla

Release date: 1988

  1. Dark Powers
  2. Catch Me If You Can
  3. Dialogue
  4. Curve Ball
  5. The Things You Do
  6. Hostage
  7. Rostro De Ti

Bobby Watson – Alto Saxophone | Ray Mantilla – Percussion | Steve Berrios – Percussion |  Eddie Martinez – Piano | Viven Ara Martinez – Vocals |  Dick Oatts – Flute, Soprano & Tenor Saxophone | Rubén Rodríguez – Bass

Just be Yourself

Curtis Lundy

Release date: 1988

  1. Jabbo’s Revenge
  2. Silver’s Serenade
  3. Funny (Not Much)
  4. Crossroads
  5. Never Gonna Let You Go
  6. Just Be Yourself
  7. Ballando
  8. Shaw ‘Nuff

Hank Jones – Piano | Bobby Watson – Alto Saxophone | Carmen Lundy – Vocals |  Steve Nelson – Vibraphone | Curtis Lundy – Bass | Kenny Washington – Drums

Good Morning Kiss

Carmen Lundy

Release date: 1988

  1. Time Is Love
  2. Dindi
  3. The Lamp Is Low
  4. Perfect Stranger
  5. Good Morning Kiss
  6. Show Me That You Love Me
  7. Love For Sale
  8. Quiet Times
  9. Dindi (Alternate Take)
  10. Perfect Stranger (Alternate Take)
  11. Good Morning Kiss (Alternate Take)

Carmen Lundy – Vocals | Rene McLean – Tenor Saxophone | Bobby Watson – Alto Saxophone | Jim Hartog – Baritone Saxophone | Jon Faddis – Trumpet | Cecil Bridgewater – Trumpet | Earl Gardner – Trumpet | Steve Turre – Trombone | Harry Whitaker – Piano | Curtis Lundy – Bass | Ben Brown – Bass | Victor Lewis – Drums | Mayra Casales – Percussion