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Keepin' it Real (2020)
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  • 1.Condition Blue
  • 2.Keepin' It Real
  • 3.Elementary, My Dear Watson 2020
  • 4.Someday We'll All Be Free
  • 5.Mohawk
  • 6.My Song
  • 7.One for John (747)
  • 8.Flamenco Sketches
  • 9.The Mystery of Ebop
Bobby Watson - Alto Saxophone | Curtis Lundy - Bass | Victor Jones - Drums | Victor Gould - Piano | Josh Evans - Trumpet | Giveton Gelin - Trumpet

Made in America (2017)
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  • 1.The Aviator "For Wendell Pruitt"
  • 2.The Guitarist "For Grant Green"
  • 3.The Butterfly "For Butterfly Mcqueen"
  • 4.The Cyclist "For Major Taylor"
  • 5.The G.O.A.T. "For Sammy Davis, Jr."
  • 6.The Entrepreneur "For Madam C.J. Walker"
  • 7.The Jockey "For Isaac Murphy"
  • 8.A Moment of Silence
  • 9.The Real Lone Ranger "For Bass Reeves"
  • 10.The Computer Scientist "For Dr. Mark Dean"
  • 11.I've Gotta Be Me
Bobby Watson - Alto Saxophone | Curtis Lundy - Bass | Lewis Nash - Drums | Stephen Scott - Piano

Check Cashing Day (2013)
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  • 1.Sweet Dreams
  • 2.Check Cashing Day (For Ms.Trudy
  • 3.At the Crossroads
  • 4.Black is Back
  • 5.A Blues of Hope
  • 6.Forty Acres and a Mule
  • 7.Dark Days
  • 8.Seekers of the Sun (Son)
  • 9.Progress
  • 10.Black is Back (Reprise)
  • 11.The Triad (Martin, Malcolm, Ghandi)
  • 12.My Song
  • 13.MLK on Jazz (Love Transforms)
  • 14.Revival (Ovedia)
  • 15.Come Sunday
Bobby Watson - Alto Saxophone | Hermon Mehari - Trumpet | Horace Washington - Flute | Glenn North - Poetry and spoken word | Karita Carter - Trombone,(Dark Days) | Pamela Baskin-Watson - Comp.(Seekers of the Sun)& Vocals | Richard Johnson - Piano | Curtis Lundy - Bass Composition(MLK on Jazz,Revival) | Eric Kennedy - Drums

The Gates BBQ Suite (2010)
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  • 1. May I Help You?
  • 2. Beef on Bun
  • 3. Heavy on the Sauce!
  • 4. Blues for Ollie
  • 5. The President's Tray
  • 6. One Minute too Late!
  • 7. Wilkes BBQ
Bobby Watson - Composer and Director, Alto Saxophone | The UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance Concert Jazz Orchestra

From the Heart (2008)
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  • 1. Wilkes' BBQ
  • 2. Purple Flowers
  • 3. Deep Pockets
  • 4. Climbing the Stairs
  • 5. Aye Carumba
  • 6. For Milt
  • 7. Peace, Love, and Carrots
  • 8. Del Corazon
  • 9. Timeless
  • 10. From the Heart
  • 11. Marcus Vein
Bobby Watson - Alto Saxophone | Leron Thomas - Trumpet | Harold O'Neal - Piano | Warren Wolf - Vibes/Piano | Curtis Lundy - Bass | Quincy Davis - Drums

Soulful Serendipity (2006)
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  • 1. Speak Low
  • 2. Moanin'
  • 3. Alter Ego
  • 4. Skylark
  • 5. Jamespeak/Modesty
  • 6. Wheel Within A Wheel
  • 7. Spirit(ually) James
  • 8. Relaxin' At Camarillo
Bobby Watson - Alto Saxophone | James Williams - Piano | Pamela Watson - Vocals

Horizon Reassembled (2004)
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  • 1. Lemoncello
  • 2. Pere
  • 3. Love We Had Yesterday
  • 4. Ginger Bread Boy
  • 5. Horizon Reassembled
  • 6. Look of Love
  • 7. Eeeyyess
  • 8. Permanoon
  • 9. Dark Days
  • 10. Dark Days (Interlude)
  • 11. Xangongo
Bobby Watson - Alto Saxophone | Edward Simon - Piano | Essiet Essiet - Bass | Victor Lewis - Drums | Terell Stafford - Trumpet

Live and Learn (2002)
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  • 1. Stanky P
  • 2. Faith in Action
  • 3. We Fall Down, But We Get Up
  • 4. Thank You
  • 5. Why Not
  • 6. River Jordan
  • 7. Postlude
  • 8. Landmarks Lost
  • 9. I've Gotta Be Me
Bobby Watson - Alto & Soprano Saxophones | Orrin Evans - Piano Greg Skaff - Guitar | Curtis Lundy - Bass | Montez Coleman - Drums

In the Groove (2001)
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  • 1. Confirmation
  • 2. All Blues
  • 3. The Shadow of Your Smile
  • 4. Cherokee
  • 5. Blues for Claude
  • 6. The Theme
Bobby Watson - Alto Saxophone | Dado Moroni - Piano | Hein van de Geyn - Bass | Hans VanOosterhout - Drums

Live at Someday in Tokyo (2000)
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  • 1. Dual Conversation
  • 2. Ms. B.C.
  • 3. Karita
  • 4. Long Way Home
  • 5. Unfold
  • 6. In Case You Missed It
Bobby Watson - Alto Saxophone | Tailor Made Big Band

Project (1998)
  • 1. Two Steppin With Dawn
  • 2. Avotcja
  • 3. Quiet As It's Kept
  • 4. Blade Of Grass
  • 5. Hold Over
  • 6. Round About Midnight
  • 7. Tear Drops
  • 8. Joe Nathan
  • 9. Mou's Shuffle
Bobby Watson - Alto Saxophone | Curtis Lundy - Bass

Quiet as it's Kept (1998)
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  • 1. Looking In Your Eyes
  • 2. Always A Friend
  • 3. Afternoon In Ottobrun (For Manfred And Dorothee)
  • 4. Just For Today
  • 5. Back Home Again With You
  • 6. Watch The Children Play
  • 7. Quiet As It's Kept
  • 8. Nubian Breakdown
  • 9. Nanatsu-No-Ko
  • 10. Concentric Circles
  • 11. Interlude (To Be Continued...)
Bobby Watson - Alto Saxophone | Ralph Peterson - Drums | Curtis Lundy - Bass | Terell Stafford - Trumpet | Greg Skaff - Electric Guitar | Orrin Evans - Piano | Marlon Simon - Percussion | Lenny Argese - Guitar | Pamela Watson - Vocals

Urban Renewal (1995)
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  • 1. Lou B
  • 2. Agaya
  • 3. Hi-Tech Trap
  • 4. If
  • 5. Love/Hate
  • 6. Beattitudes
  • 7. Here's To You Babe
  • 8. Back In The Day
  • 9. P.D. On Great Jones Street
  • 10. Reachin' And Searchin'
  • 11. Welcome To My World
Bobby Watson - Alto Saxophone | Gregory Jones - Bass | Greg Skaff - Guitar | Rachel Z - Piano | Mark Soskin - Piano | Victor Lewis - Drums | Sammy Figueroa - Percussion | Dejah - Vocals

Midwest Shuffle (1993)
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  • 1. Excuse Me Mr. Watson! [Spoken Intro]
  • 2. Blues of Hope
  • 3. Time Will Tell
  • 4. Cats
  • 5. Welcome
  • 6. Complex Dialogue
  • 7. Mirrors (We All Need)
  • 8. Ladies
  • 9. Midwest Shuffle
  • 10. I'll Love You Always
  • 11. He's More Good Than Bad
  • 12. Finger Games
  • 13. Mabel Is Able
  • 14. Simon Says
Bobby Watson - Alto Saxophone | Essiet Essiet - Bass | Edward Simon - Piano | Terell Stafford - Trumpet | Victor Lewis - Drums

Present Tense (1992)
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  • 1.Present Tense
  • 2. Beam Me Up
  • 3. Monk He See, Monk He Do
  • 4. I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)
  • 5. Mystery of Ebop
  • 6. Hey Now
  • 7. Minority
  • 8. Bush Song
  • 9. Love Remains
  • 10. Dex Mex
  • 11. At the Crossroads
  • 12. Epilogue 1
Bobby Watson - Alto Saxophone | Essiet Essiet - Bass | Edward Simon - Piano | Terell Stafford - Trumpet | Victor Lewis - Drums

Tailor Made (1992)
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  • 1. Ms. B.C. (For Betty Carter)
  • 2. Old Time Ways
  • 3. Catch Me If You Can (Jazz Mambo)
  • 4. Lafiya
  • 5. Tudo Bem (All Is Okay)
  • 6. Conservation
  • 7. T.P. Call Home (Afro Brazilian)
  • 8. Like It Was Before
  • 9. Free Yourself
  • 10. To See Her Face
  • 11. Thing's You Do (Jazz Mambo)
  • 12. What's Next
Bobby Watson - Alto Saxophone | Stephen Scott - Piano | Robin Eubanks - Trombone | Jon Faddis -Trumpet | Bob Stewart -Tuba | Tom Varner - French Horn | James Williams - Piano | Ray Mantilla - Conga | Ryan Kisor - Trumpet | Victor Lewis - Drums | Danílo Perez - Piano | Bill Saxophoneton - Tenor Saxophone | Craig Bailey - Alto Saxophone | Steve Berrios - Drums | Essiet Essiet - Bass | Jim Hartog - Saxophone | Patience Higgins - Clarinet & Saxophone | Ed Jackson - Saxophone | Frank Lacy - Trombone | Eddie Martinez - Piano | Melton Mustafa - Trumpet | Douglas Purviance - Trombone | Bobby Porcelli - Flute & Alto Saxophone | Rich Rothenberg - Saxophone | Victor See-Yuen - Percussion | Paul Socolow - Electric Bass | Terell Stafford - Trumpet | Steve Turre - Trombone

Post Motown Bop (1991)
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  • 1. The Punjab Of Java Po
  • 2. Big Girls
  • 3. Falling In Love With Love
  • 4. 7th Avenue
  • 5. Appointment In Milano
  • 6. In Case You Missed It
  • 7. In A Sentimental Mood
  • 8. Slippin' And Slidin'
  • 9. Bad-Da-Da-Da-Dah-Dah
  • 10. Last Chance To Groove
Bobby Watson - Alto Saxophone | Carroll Dashiell - Bass | Edward Simon - Piano | Melton Mustafa - Trumpet | Victor Lewis - Drums

This Little Light of Mine (1991)
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  • 1.Misterioso
  • 2. Donna Lee
  • 3. These Foolish Things
  • 4. Rock The House
  • 5. This Little Light of Mine
  • 6. Tico Tico
  • 7. Body and Soul
  • 8. Sundance
  • 9. Rercordame
  • 10. Giant Step
  • 11. Mes' Tou Bosporou Ta Stena
  • 12. Over and Over
  • 13. Yebga and Me
  • 14. Five One Four
  • 15. Blue Saxophone
  • 16. Mes' Tou Bosporou...(Take 2)
Bobby Watson - Alto Saxophone

The Inventor (1989)
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  • 1. Heckle And Jeckle
  • 2. The Inventor
  • 3. P.D. On Great Jones Street
  • 4. The Sun
  • 5. For Children Of All Ages
  • 6. Dreams So Real (Ammoyaianh)
  • 7. The Shaw Of Newark
  • 8. Homemade Blues
  • 9. The Long Way Home
Bobby Watson - Alto Saxophone | Edward Simon - Piano & Synth | Melton Mustafa - Trumpet | Benny Green - Piano | Willie Williams - Tenor Saxophone | Carroll Dashiell - Bass | Victor Lewis - Drums

No Question About It (1988)
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  • 1. Country Corn Flakes
  • 2. Forty Acres And A Mule
  • 3. What Can I Do For You
  • 4. Blood Count
  • 5. No Question About It
  • 6. Moonrise
  • 7. And Then Again
Bobby Watson - Alto Saxophone | Victor Lewis - Drums | Roy Hargrove - Trumpet | Frank Lacy - Trombone | John Hicks - Piano | Curtis Lundy - Bass | Victor Lewis - Drums | Kenny Washington - Drums

Year of the Rabbit (1987)
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  • 1. The Jeep Is Jumpin'
  • 2. Good Queen Bess
  • 3. Things Ain't What They Used To Be
  • 4. Squatty Roo
  • 5. Blues For Alto
  • 6. Isfahan
  • 7. Jeep's Blues
  • 8. A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing
  • 9. Honey Bunny
  • 10. Day Dream
Bobby Watson - Alto Saxophone | Bill Easley - Clarinet & Tenor Saxophone | Curtis Lundy - Bass | Kenny Washington - Drums | Art Baron - Trombone | Jim Hartog - Baritone | Lawrence Lucie - Guitar | Mulgrew Miller - Piano | Irv Stokes - Trumpet

Love Remains (1986)
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  • 1. The Mistery Of Ebop
  • 2. Love Remains
  • 3. Blues For Alto
  • 4. Ode For Aaron
  • 5. Dark Days
  • 6. Sho Thang
  • 7. The Love We Had Yesterday
Bobby Watson - Alto Saxophone | Curtis Lundy - Bass | John Hicks- Piano | Marvin 'Smitty' Smith - Drums

Appointment in Milano (1985)
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  • 1. Appointment In Milano
  • 2. Ballando (Dancing)
  • 3. If Bird Could See Me Now
  • 4. Watson's Blues
  • 5. (I'm) Always Missing You
  • 6. Funcalypso
Bobby Watson - Alto Saxophone | Atilio Zanchi - Bass | Piero Bassini - Piano | Giampiero Prina - Drums

Round Trip (1985)
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  • 1. Round Trip
  • 2. There Is No a Greater Love
  • 3. Blue In Green
  • 4. Sweet Dreams
  • 5. Ceora
  • 6. All The Things of Jo Maka
Bobby Watson - Alto Saxophone | Atilio Zanchi - Bass | Piero Bassini - Piano | Giampiero Prina - Drums

Advance (1984)
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  • 1. But Not for Me
  • 2. Karita
  • 3. 'Round Midnight
  • 4. You're Lucky to Me
  • 5. E.T.A.
Bobby Watson - Alto Saxophone | Charles Fambrough - Bass | Bill Pierce - Tenor Saxophone | James Williams - Piano | Art Blakey - Drums | Wynton Marsalis - Trumpet

Beatitudes (1983)
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  • 1. To See Her Face
  • 2. Karita
  • 3. Jewel
  • 4. E.T.A.
  • 5. Minority
  • 6. Orange Blossom
  • 7. Beatitudes
  • 8. On the One
  • 9. Karita [Alternate Take]
  • 10. To See Her Face [Alternate Take]
Bobby Watson - Alto Saxophone | Curtis Lundy - Bass | Kenny Washington - Drums | Mulgrew Miller - Piano

Gumbo (1983)
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  • 1. Unit Seven
  • 2. Point The Finger
  • 3. Luqman's Dream
  • 4. From East To West
  • 5. Gumbo
  • 6. Wheel Within A Wheel
  • 7. Premonition
Bobby Watson - Alto Saxophone | Curtis Lundy - Bass | Mulgrew Miller - Piano | Marvin 'Smitty' Smith - Drums | Steve Nelson - Vibraphone | Hamiet Buiett - Baritone Saxophone

Jewel (1983)
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  • 1.To See Her Face
  • 2. Orange Blossom
  • 3. Jewel
  • 4. Karita
  • 5. You're Lucky To Me
  • 6. And Then Again
Bobby Watson - Alto & Soprano Saxophone | Steve Nelson - Vibraphone | Mulgrew Miller - Piano | Curtis Lundy - Bass | Marvin "Smitty" Smith - Drums | Dom Um Romao - Congas & Percussion

Perpetual Groove: Live in Europe (1983)
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  • 1. Cherokee
  • 2. Mr. P.C.
  • 3. Perpetual Groove
  • 4. Oleo
  • 5. Blue'n Boogie
Bobby Watson - Alto Saxophone | Atilio Zanchi - Bass | Piero Bassini - Piano | Giampiero Prina - Drums

All Because of You (1979)
  • 1. In Maya's Apartment
  • 2. All Because of You
  • 3. Fuller Love
  • 4. Pamela
  • 5. Second Party
  • 6. Days of Wine and Roses
Bobby Watson - Alto Saxophone | Charles Bowen - Tenor Saxophone | Curtis Fuller - Trombone | Victor Lewis - Drums | Ray Drummond - Bass | James Williams - Piano | Pamela Watson - Vocals

E.T.A. (1977)
  • 1.Reachin’, Searchin’
  • 2. Time Will Tell
  • 3. NYC
  • 4. Requiem for George
  • 5. Hum for the People
  • 6. Dubious Meditation
  • 7. Take a Ride on Love
  • 8. The Roland Prince
Bobby Watson - Alto Saxophone & Keyboards | Pat Patrick - Baritone Saxophone | Charles Davis - Baritone Saxophone | Arthur White- Alto Saxophone | Bill Saxophoneton - Tenor Saxophone | Sinclair Acey - Trumpet | Frank Williams - Trumpet | Valeri Ponomarev - Trumpet | Terumasa Hino - Trumpet | Dick Griffin - Trombone | Michael Treni - Trombone | Richard Caruso - Trombone | Clifford Adams - Trombone | Dennis Irwin - Acoustic Bass | Curtis Lundy- Electric Bass | Joe Caro - Guitar | Roland Prince - Guitar | Monti Ellison - Percussion | Jabali Billy Hart - Drums | Billy Higgins - Drums | Wilby Fletcher - Drums | Walter Davis - Keyboards | Pamela Watson - Keyboards and vocals
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29th Street Saxophone Quartet

Milano/NY Bridge (1994)
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  • 1.Chelsea Bridge
  • 2. Maiden Voyage
  • 3. Bye Ya
  • 4. Time Curtain
  • 5. Late
  • 6. Reflections
  • 7. IIBS
  • 8. Love For Sale
  • 9. Pent Up House
  • 10. How About You
  • 11. Perpetual Groove
  • 12. Somewhere
  • 13. Take The Coltrane
Bobby Watson - Alto Saxophone | Ed Jackson - Alto Saxophone | Rich Rothenberg - Tenor Saxophone | Jim Hartog - Baritone Saxophone

Your Move (1992)
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  • 1. Your Move
  • 2. Jimmy Kay
  • 3. Just One More Thing
  • 4. Priority Waltz
  • 5. Frequent Flyer
  • 6. Pamela
  • 7. Forecast
  • 8. Mind Journey
  • 9. Solitaire
  • 10. Need To Know
Bobby Watson - Alto Saxophone | Ed Jackson - Alto Saxophone | Rich Rothenberg - Tenor Saxophone | Jim Hartog - Baritone Saxophone

Live (1991)
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  • 1. The Originator
  • 2. Pannonica
  • 3. 'B' On The Break
  • 4. Claudia's Car
  • 5. Night Dreamer
  • 6. New Moon
  • 7. The Halcyon
  • 8. My Little Suede Shoes
  • 9. Sundance
  • 10. The Happy Song
Bobby Watson - Alto Saxophone | Ed Jackson - Alto Saxophone | Rich Rothenberg - Tenor Saxophone | Jim Hartog - Baritone Saxophone

Underground (1991)
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  • 1. In Case You Missed It
  • 2. What Happened?
  • 3. Underground
  • 4. The Nasty
  • 5. Old Devil Moon
  • 6. Manteca/ Freedom Jazz Dance
  • 7. Free at Last (For Mandela)
  • 8. Canto Triste
  • 9. River man
  • 10. Conservation
  • 11. It's Your Thing/ Jackson's Thing
  • 12. After the Rain
  • 13. Hard Times
Bobby Watson - Alto Saxophone | Ed Jackson - Alto Saxophone | Rich Rothenberg - Tenor Saxophone | Jim Hartog - Baritone Saxophone | Pamela Watson - Vocals | Benny Green - Piano | Curtis Lundy - Bass | Victor Lewis - Drums | Hugh Masekela - Flugelhorn

The Real Deal (1987)
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  • 1. Free Yourself
  • 2. I Mean You
  • 3. The Long Way Home
  • 4. Un Poco Loco
  • 5. Confirmation
  • 6. Wheel Within A Wheel
  • 7. Are/Were
  • 8. 29th Street Theme
Bobby Watson - Alto Saxophone | Ed Jackson - Alto Saxophone | Rich Rothenberg - Tenor Saxophone | Jim Hartog - Baritone Saxophone

Watch Your Step (1985)
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  • 1. T.P.T.
  • 2. Watch Your Step
  • 3. K.C.Q.
  • 4. Hotel De Funk
  • 5. Lafiya
Bobby Watson - Alto Saxophone | Ed Jackson - Alto Saxophone | Rich Rothenberg - Tenor Saxophone | Jim Hartog - Baritone Saxophone

Pointillistic Groove (1983)
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  • 1. Curious Child
  • 2. Pointillistic Groove
  • 3. Still
  • 4. Love for Sale
  • 5. Bigfoot
  • 6. Anthropology
  • 7. One Chance at Life
Bobby Watson - Alto Saxophone | Ed Jackson - Alto Saxophone | Rich Rothenberg - Tenor Saxophone | Jim Hartog - Baritone Saxophone
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With Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers

Album of the Year (1981)
  • 1. Oh, By the Way
  • 2. Duck Soup
  • 3. Cheryl
  • 4. Ms. B.C.
  • 5. In Case You Missed Me
  • 6. Little Man
  • 7. Witch Hunt
  • 8. Soulful Mr. Timmons
Charles Fambrough - Bass | Bill Pierce - Saxophone | Bobby Watson - Saxophone | James Williams - Piano | Terence Blanchard - Trumpet | Art Blakey - Drums | Donald Harrison - Alto Saxophone | Wynton Marsalis - Trumpet

Live in Sweden (1981)
  • 1. Webb City
  • 2. How Deep Is the Ocean?
  • 3. Skylark
  • 4. Gypsy Folk Tales
Charles Fambrough - Bass | Bill Pierce - Saxophone | Bobby Watson - Saxophone | James Williams - Piano | Art Blakey - Drums | Wynton Marsalis - Trumpet

Straight Ahead (1981)
  • 1. Falling In Love With Love
  • 2. My Romance
  • 3. Webb City
  • 4. How Deep Is The Ocean
  • 5. E.T.A.
  • 6. The Theme
Charles Fambrough - Bass | Bill Pierce - Saxophone | Bobby Watson - Saxophone | James Williams - Piano | Art Blakey - Drums | Wynton Marsalis - Trumpet

Jazzbohne Berlin (1980)
  • 1. Announcement
  • 2. Lift Every Voice and Sing (National Black Anthem of the USA)
  • 3. Gypsy Folk Tales
  • 4. Gershwin-Medley
  • 5. Blues March
  • 6. I'll Remember Clifford
  • 7. Theme Song
Charles Fambrough - Bass | Bill Pierce - Saxophone | Bobby Watson - Saxophone | James Williams - Piano | Art Blakey - Drums

Live at Bubba's (1980)
  • 1. Moanin
  • 2. My Funny Valentine
  • 3. Soulful Mr. Timmons
  • 4. My Ideal
  • 5. Free For All
Charles Fambrough - Bass | Bill Pierce - Saxophone | Bobby Watson - Saxophone | James Williams - Piano | Art Blakey - Drums | Wynton Marsalis - Trumpet

Live at Northsea and Montreaux (1980)
  • 1. Minor Thesis
  • 2. Wheel Within a Wheel
  • 3. Bit a Bittadose
  • 4. Stairway to the Stars
  • 5. Linwood
Robin Eubanks - Trombone | Charles Fambrough - Bass | Bill Pierce - Tenor Saxophone | Bobby Watson - Alto Saxophone | James Williams - Piano | Art Blakey - Drums | Kevin Eubanks - Guitar | Branford Marsalis - Alto Saxophone | Wynton Marsalis - Trumpet | Valery Ponomarev - Trumpet | John Ramsey - Drums

Night in Tunisia (1979)
  • 1. A Night in Tunisia
  • 2. Messengers Moanin'
  • 3. Blues March
Charles Fambrough - Bass | David Schnitter - Saxophone | Bobby Watson - Saxophone | James Williams - Piano | Art Blakey - Drums | Valery Ponomarev - Trumpet

One by One (1979)
  • 1. Gershwin Medley
  • 2. Rhapsody In Blue
  • 3. Summertime
  • 4. It Ain't Necessarily So
  • 5. Someone To Watch Over Me
  • 6. The Man I Love
  • 7. The Song Is You
  • 8. One By One
  • 9. Moanin
Dennis Irwin - Bass | David Schnitter - Saxophone | Bobby Watson - Saxophone | James Williams - Piano | Art Blakey - Drums | Valery Ponomarev - Trumpet

In this Korner (1978)
  • 1. Moanin
  • 2. My Funny Valentine
  • 3. Soulful Mr. Timmons
  • 4. My Ideal
  • 5. Free For All
Dennis Irwin - Bass | David Schnitter - Saxophone | Bobby Watson - Saxophone | James Williams - Piano | Art Blakey - Drums | Valery Ponomarev - Trumpet

Reflections in Blue (1978)
  • 1. Reflections in Blue
  • 2. E.T.A.
  • 3. Say Dr.J
  • 4. Mishima
  • 5. Ballad Medley
  • 6. MyFoolish Heart
  • 7. My One And Only Love
  • 8. Chelsea Bridge
  • 9. In A Sentimental Mood
  • 10. Stretching
Curtis Fuller - Trombone | Dennis Irwin - Bass | David Schittner - Tenor Saxophone | Bobby Watson - Alto Saxophone | James Williams - Piano | Art Blakey - Drums | Ray Mantilla - Percussion | Valery Ponomarev - Trumpet

Gypsy Folk Tales(1977)
  • 1. Jodi
  • 2. Cami
  • 3. Miwako
  • 4. Gypsy Folk Tales
  • 5. Time Will Tell
  • 6. Ronnie’s a Dynamite Lady
  • 7. Hawkman
  • 8. Malibu
Dennis Irwin - Bass | David Schnitter - Saxophone | Bobby Watson - Saxophone | Walter Davis - Piano | Art Blakey - Drums | Valery Ponomarev - Trumpet

In My Prime (1977)
  • 1. Jodie
  • 2. 1978
  • 3. To See Her Face
  • 4. Lift Every Voice and Sing
  • 5. Hawkman
  • 6. People Who Laugh
  • 7. Time Will Tell
  • 8. Reflections in Blue
  • 9. E.T.A.
Curtis Fuller - Trombone | Dennis Irwin - Bass | David Schittner - Tenor Saxophone | Bobby Watson - Alto Saxophone | James Williams - Piano | Art Blakey - Drums | Ray Mantilla - Percussion | Valery Ponomarev - Trumpet
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As a Guest Artist

Bird at 100 - Bobby Watson | Vincent Herring | Gary Bartz (2019)
  • 1. Klactoveedsedstene
  • 2. Bird-ish
  • 3. Love Man
  • 4. The Hymn
  • 5. These Foolish Things
  • 6. Folklore
  • 7. Bird Lives
  • 8. April in Paris
  • 9. Yardbird Suite
Bobby Watson - Saxophone | Vincent Herring - Saxophone | Gary Bartz - Saxophone | David Kikoski - Piano | Yasushi Nakamura - Bass | Carl Allen - Drums

Legacy Alive - Ralph Peterson and the Messenger Legacy (2019)
  • 1. A La Mode
  • 2. Wheel Within a Wheel
  • 3. The Core
  • 4. My One and Only Love
  • 5. 3 Blind Mice
  • 6. Blues March
  • 7. In Case You Missed It
  • 8. Along Came Betty
  • 9. Children of the Night
  • 10. That Old Feeling
  • 11. Caravan
Ralph Peterson - Drums | Bobby Watson - Saxophone| Bill Pierce - Saxophone | Brian Lynch - Trumpet | Geoffrey Keezer - Piano | Essiet Essiet - Bass

Renewal of the Spirit - Vince Ector (2005)
  • 1. Rooftop
  • 2. Renewal of the Spirit
  • 3. Luiza
  • 4. Melly's Blues
  • 5. Moving On
  • 6. Butterfly
  • 7. Call
  • 8. Remembrance
  • 9. Night Dreamer
  • 10. My Foolish Heart
  • 11. For Our Fathers
Bobby Watson - Alto Saxophone | Leon Lee Dorsey - Bass | Vince Ector - Percussion & Drums | John diMartino - Piano | Dan Faulk - Saxophone | Eddie Allen - Trumpet | Jay Collins - Saxophone

Jazz and the New Songbook: Live in Madrid - Carmen Lundy (2005)
  • Disc 1
  • 1. In Love Again
  • 2. One More River To Cross
  • 3. Something To Believe In
  • 4. Better Days
  • 5. Where'd It Go
  • 6. Wild Child
  • 7. Afrasia!
  • 8. Happy New Year
  • 9. Long Journey Home
  • Disc 2
  • 1. You're Not In Love
  • 2. All Day, All Night
  • 3. Walking Code Blue
  • 4. Send Me Somebody To Love
  • 5. Old Friend
  • 6. (I Dream)In Living Color
  • 7. Firefly (Bonus Track)
  • 8. Vu Ja De (Bonus Track)
  • 9. Good Morning Kiss (Bonus Track)
Carmen Lundy - Vocals | Marvin "Smitty" Smith - Drums | Phil Upchurch - Guitar | Victor Lewis - Drums | Kenny Davis - Electric Bass | Curtis Lundy - Bass | Nathan East - Electric Bass | David Roitstien - Piano| Steve Turre - Trombone & Conch Shell | Alberto Romero - Violin | Mark Shim- Soprano & Tenor Saxophone | Billy Childs - Piano | Robert Glasper - Piano | Bobby Watson - Alto Saxophone | Catherine Lamb - Viola | Los Angeles String Quartet | Krystal Davis Williams - Vocals

A Balance of Light - Mark Kleinhaut (2003)
  • 1. Ferdinand and Isabelle
  • 2. Long Look Back
  • 3. Four Lane Clover
  • 4. South of Mason
  • 5. Field of Greens
  • 6. Start it Up
  • 7. Erikita
  • 8. Summers
Bobby Watson - Alto Saxophone | Mark Kleinhaut - Guitar | Jim Lyden - bass | Les Harris, Jr. - drums

This is Carmen Lundy (2002)
  • 1. All Day, All Night
  • 2. This Is The End Of A Love Affair
  • 3. Now That He's Gone
  • 4. Better Luck Next Time
  • 5. Send Me Somebody To Love
  • 6. (I Dream) In Living Color
  • 7. Is It Love
  • 8. One More River To Cross
  • 9. Seventh Heaven
Carmen Lundy - Vocals | Curtis Lundy - Bass | Onaje Allen Gumbs - Piano Anthony Wonsey - Piano & Fender Rhodes | Ralph Peterson Jr. - Drums | Victor Lewis - Drums | Mayra Casales - Percussion | Bobby Watson - Alto Saxophone | Mark Shim - Tenor & Soprano Saxophone | Kevin Louis - Trumpet & Fluegelhorn

Old Friends, New Point - KC All Stars (2001)
  • 1. Moanin'
  • 2. Them There Eyes
  • 3. Strangers on a Train
  • 4. Centerpiece
  • 5. Cubicle
  • 6. Sunnyside of the Street
  • 7. Confirmation
  • 8. Witchita Lineman
  • 9. Satin Doll
  • 10. In a Sentimental Mood
  • 11. Take the A Train
  • 12. Baby all the Time & Juke Joint Blues
Bobby Watson - Alto Saxophone | David Basse - Vocals | Angela Hagenbach - Vocals

Live at the Blue Note- Will Calhoun (2000)
  • 1. Dorita
  • 2. Minority
  • 3. Umoja
  • 4. Fe-Fi-Fo-Fum
  • 5. Dawn Of The Great Eastern Sun
  • 6. Africa's Afternoon
  • 7. Drum Hymn For Ana Marie Shorter
  • 8. Dolphin Dance
Bobby Watson - Alto Saxophone | John Benítez - Electric Bass | Will Calhoun - Drums | Terell Stafford - Trumpet | Orrin Evans - Piano

Hello Friend: To Ennis, With Love - Bill Cosby (2000)
  • 1.Wide Open
  • 2. Moanin'
  • 3. Sister Sadie
  • 4. Laura
  • 5. Freedom Jazz Dance
  • 6. Stella By Starlight
  • 7. Side Winder
  • 8. Senor Blues
Bobby Watson - Alto Saxophone | Craig Handy - Tenor Saxophone | Lester Bowie - Trumpet Philip Harper - Trumpet | Cedar Walton - Piano | Peter Washington - Bass | Billy Higgins - Drums | Steve Kroon - Percussion

The Next Step - The Jazz Tribe (2000)
  • 1. Mantilla's Jam
  • 2. Karita
  • 3. River Jordan
  • 4. Camino Al Cielo
  • 5. Ella Dunham
  • 6. Percussion Poutpourri
  • 7. Chili Plaza Suite
  • 8. Good Bait
  • 9. Know One Has To Know
  • 10. Los Apolypticanos
Jack Walrath - Trumpet | Bobby Watson - Alto Saxophone | Ray Mantilla - Percussion | Victor Lewis - Drums | Curtis Lundy - Bass | Ronnie Mathews - Piano

Blues on the Corner - Peter Leitch (2001)
  • 1. Blues on the Corner
  • 2. The Hillary Step
  • 3. Nothing Ever Changes My Love for You
  • 4. Johan Carolyn
  • 5. Monk's Mood/Bemsha Swing
  • 6. K. Zee
  • 7. Wendy's Shoes
  • 8. Bud 'N Bird
  • 9. How Long Has This Been Going On?
  • 10. From This Moment On
Billy Hart - Drums | Renee Rosnes - Piano | Bobby Watson - Alto & Soprano Saxophone | Peter Leitch - Guitar | Dwayne Burno - Bass | Kendra Shank - Voices

Friends and Mentors - Mel Martin (2000)
  • 1. Song For M
  • 2. Music Is (Benny Carter)
  • 3. Whizbang
  • 4. For Duke and Mingus
  • 5. Riding with C
  • 6. In Walked Diz
  • 7. Longhorn
  • 8. From Pops to Bop
  • 9. Hub-Trane
Mel Martin - Tenor & Soprano Saxophone | Bobby Watson - Alto Saxophone | Jack Walrath- Trumpet | Mike Longo - Piano | George Cables - Piano | Ray Drummond - Bass | Winard Harper - Drums | Billy Hart - Drums

Classic Ellington - Simon Rattle (2000)
  • 1. Take The 'A' Train
  • 2. You're The One
  • 3. Sophisticated Lady
  • 4. Harlem (A Tone Parallel To Harlem)
  • 5. Far East Suite: Isfahan
  • 6. Far East Suite: Ad Lib On Nippon
  • 7. That Doo-Wah Thing
  • 8. Something To Live For
  • 9. Come Sunday
  • 10. Solitude In Transblucency
  • 11. Maybe
  • 12. Things Ain't What They Used To Be
Clark Terry - Trumpet | Bobby Watson - Alto Saxophone | Joshua Redman, Joe Lovano - Tenor Saxophone | Regina Carter - Violin | Geri Allen, Mike Renzi - Piano | Lewis Nash - Drums | Peter Washington - Bass | Lena Horne - Vocals | The Birmingham Symphony Orch., Simon Rattle - Conductor

Rumba a la Patato - Marlon Simon (2000)
  • 1. Rumba A La Patato
  • 2. Songo Pa Monk
  • 3. Humble And Innocent
  • 4. Ericka
  • 5. Something For Carol
  • 6. Easy Mood
  • 7. Sandra Malandra
  • 8. Belleza India
  • 9. Clear To Take Off
Marlon Simon- drum set, batas, timbales, percussion | Edward Simon, Luis Perdomo- piano | John Benitez, Andy Gonzalez- bass | Bobby Watson- alto Saxophone, soprano Saxophone | Peter Brainin- tenor Saxophone | Brian Lynch, Michael Simon- trumpet5 | Roberto Quintero- congas, bongo, guiro

Swingin the Blues - Claude Fiddler Williams (2000)
  • 1. The Preacher
  • 2. Things Ain't What They Used To Be
  • 3. Somewhere Over The Rainbow
  • 4. A Smooth One
  • 5. Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You
  • 6. I'm Just A Lucky So And So
  • 7. Moten Swing
  • 8. These Foolish Things
  • 9. One For The Count
  • 10. There Is No Greater Love
Bobby Watson - Alto Saxophone | Keter Betts - Bass | Joe Cohn - Guitar & Drums | Jimmy Lovelace - Drums | Claude "Fiddler" Williams - Violin

Scoop - Cornelius Claudio Kreusch (1998)
  • 1. Niles
  • 2. Yarum
  • 3. Salif
  • 4. Scoop
  • 5. Imbao
  • 6. Pulse
  • 7. Faith
  • 8. Feel!
  • 9. Wocal
  • 10. Flame
  • 11. Nomad
  • 12. Jafro
Cornelius Claudio Kreusch - Piano | Thomas Grimes - Rap, Poetry | Zaf Zapha - Bass | Elisabeth Kontomanou - Vocals | Richard Bona - Vocals | Cyril Atef - Percussion | Johannes Tonio Kreusch - Guitar | Anthony Cox - Bass | Ron Blake - Saxophone | Will Calhoun - Percussion & Drums | Camille Gainer - Drums | James Genus - Bass | Salif Keita - Vocals | Terri Lyne Carrington - Drums | Greg Osby - Saxophone | Bobby Watson - Alto Saxophone

Together Again for the First Time - Red Records All Stars (1998)
  • 1. Out House
  • 2. De Voyeur A Voyeur
  • 3. Look At You
  • 4. Neptunian Verses
  • 5. That's All Folks!!!
  • 6. New York Attitude
  • 7. Out Of The Frying Pan
  • 8. Free Movement
  • 9. Those Who Get From Having Not
Bobby Watson - Alto Saxophone | Victor Lewis - Drums | Jerry Bergonzi - Tenor Saxophone Kenny Barron - Piano | David Finck- Bass | Curtis Lundy - Bass

Live at Birdland - Jimmy Bruno(1997)
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. F 8
  • 3. Move
  • 4. Groove Yard
  • 5. Valse Hot
  • 6. Segment
  • 7. Au Privave
  • 8. These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You)
  • 9. For J.T.
  • 10. Anthropology
  • 11. My One And Only Love
Bobby Watson - Alto Saxophone | Jimmy Bruno - Guitar Vince Ector - Drums | Jim Ferguson - Liner Notes Craig Thomas - Bass

America/Brazil - Herbie Mann (1997)
  • 1. Keep The Spirits Singing
  • 2. Summertime
  • 3. Peri's Scope
  • 4. Baghdad/Candle Dance
  • 5. Ovo
  • 6. All Blues
  • 7. America/Brasil
Ron Carter - Bass | Paquito d'Rivera - Alto Saxophone | Eddie Gomez - Bass | Herbie Mann - Flute Bobby Watson - Alto Saxophone | Ray Mantilla - Percussion | Bruce Dunlap - Guitar | Victor Lewis - Drums Mark Soskin - Piano | Milton Cardona - Percussion | Cyro Baptista - Percussion Sergio Brandao - Bass | Randy Brecker - Trumpet | Café - Percussion Adam Cruz - Drums | Duduka Da Fonseca - Drums | Larry Grenadier - Bass Romero Lubambo - Guitar | Nilson Matta - Bass | Jim Pugh - Trombone | Claudio Roditi - Trumpet Ricky Sebastian - Drums | Edward Simon - Piano | Paul Socolow - Bass Terell Stafford - Trumpet | Billy Taylor - Piano

Monk on Monk - TS Monk (1997)
  • 1. Little Rootie Tootie
  • 2. Crepuscule with Nellie
  • 3. Boo Boo's Birthday
  • 4. Dear Ruby (Ruby, My Dear)
  • 5. Two Timer
  • 6. Bright Mississippi
  • 7. Suddenly
  • 8. Ugly Beauty
  • 9. Jackie-Ing
Geri Allen - Piano | David Amram - French Horn | Eddie Bert - Trombone | Ron Carter - Bass Herbie Hancock - Piano | Roy Hargrove - Flageolet & Flugelhorn | Jimmy Heath - Tenor Saxophone Dave Holland - Bass | Arturo Sandoval - Trumpet | Wayne Shorter - Soprano & Tenor Saxophone Bobby Watson - Alto Saxophone | Howard Johnson - Tuba & Baritone Saxophone | Nnenna Freelon - Vocals Danílo Perez - Piano | Wallace Roney - Trumpet | Don Sickler - Trumpet Willie Williams - Soprano & Tenor Saxophone | John Clark - French Horn | Clark Terry - Trumpet Laurie Frink - Trumpet | Virgil Jones - Trumpet | Kevin Mahogany - Vocals | Ronnie Mathews - Piano Christian McBride - Bass | Bobby Porcelli - Alto & Baritone Saxophone | Dianne Reeves - Vocals Roger Rosenberg - Baritone & Tenor | Grover Washington, Jr. - Tenor Saxophone | T.S. Monk - Drums

Bout Time - Al Pearson (1997)
  • 1. That's Right
  • 2. Whisper Not
  • 3. Love for Sale
  • 4. Nature Boy
  • 5. Jayhawk Talk
  • 6. What's Going On
  • 7. Save Your Love for Me
  • 8. A Baptist Beat
  • 9. Guitaca City
  • 10. This Is for Albert
Al Pearson- trumpet, flugelhorn | Bobby Watson- alto Saxophone | Doug Talley- tenor Saxophone | Wayne Hawkins- piano, organ | Ricky Anderson- bass | Mike Warren- drums | Michael DeLeon- percussion

Prelude to a Kiss - Dee Dee Bridgewater(1996)
  • 1. Midnight Indigo
  • 2. I'm Beginning To See The Light
  • 3. BLI - BLIP
  • 4. Fleurette Africaine
  • 5. Prelude To A Kiss
  • 6. Caravan
  • 7. Solitude
  • 8. Mood Indigo
  • 9. Night Creature: Fast
  • 10. Night Creature: Andante misterioso
  • 11. Night Creature: Moderato - Faster Swing - Moderato
  • 12. Come Sunday
No Personnel Available

Piece for my Peace - John Hicks (1996)
  • 1. Faith
  • 2. Piece for My Peace
  • 3. Mood Swings
  • 4. Diane
  • 5. Mudd's Mode
  • 6. Don't Let It Go
  • 7. So in Love
  • 8. I Should Care
  • 9. My Shining Hour
  • 10. Star-Crossed Lovers
John Hicks - Piano | Bobby Watson - Alto Saxophone | Cecil Brooks III - Drums Curtis Lundy - Bass | Vincent Herring - Tenor Saxophone | Elise Wood - Flute

The Grand Encounter - Dianne Reeves (1996)
  • 1. Old Country
  • 2. Cherokee
  • 3. Besame Mucho
  • 4. Let Me Love You
  • 5. Tenderly
  • 6. After Hours
  • 7. Ha!
  • 8. Some Other Spring
  • 9. Side By Side
  • 10. I'm Okay
Harry "Sweets" Edison - Trumpet | Al Grey - Trombone | J ames Moody - Tenor Saxophone James Moody - Vocals | Bobby Watson - Alto Saxophone | Joe Williams - Vocals Herlin Riley - Drums | Kenny Barron - Piano | Germaine Bazzle - Vocals Clark Terry - Trumpet & Vocals | Dianne Reeves - Vocals | Toots Thielemans - Harmonica Rodney Whitaker - Bass | Phil Woods - Alto Saxophone

Greetings from Skamania -Skatalites (1996)
  • 1.Skalloween
  • 2. Skamania
  • 3. El Pussycat
  • 4. Right Now
  • 5. Have A Good Time
  • 6. Phoenix City
  • 7. Trip To Mars
  • 8. Triangle
  • 9. Wood And Water
  • 10. I Wish You Love
  • 11. S'Kool
Bobby Watson - Alto Saxophone | Roland Alphonso - Tenor Saxophone | Doreen Shaffer - Vocals Nathan Breedlove - Trumpet | Lloyd Brevett - Bass | Devon James - Guitar Lloyd Knibbs - Drums | Tommy McCook - Tenor Saxophone | Larry McDonald - Percussion Lester Sterling - Alto Saxophone | Steve Turre - Trombone William D. "Smitty" Smith - Keyboards | Will Clark - Trombone | Bill Smith - Keyboards

Journey, Man - Jack Walrath and Hard Corps(1996)
  • 1. Bouncin' With Balholzka
  • 2. Ancient Intrigues
  • 3. When Love Has Gone (It Comes Out Like This)
  • 4. Pete's Steps
  • 5. (I Wanna Be) Out There Somewhere
  • 6. Butt! (Tails From The Backside)
  • 7. Sarah Hurts
  • 8. Song Of Everywhen
  • 9. Orange Has Me Down
Ray Drummond - Bass | Jack Walrath - Trumpet | Bobby Watson - Alto Saxophone Kenny Drew, Jr. - Piano | Victor Lewis - Drums | Craig Handy - Soprano & Tenor Saxophone

Bluesiana Hurricane (1995)
  • 1.Big Fine Hunk of Woman
  • 2. Hubidy
  • 3. World Is Round
  • 4. On and Off
  • 5. Bitter Dose
  • 6. Honky Tonk, Pt. 1
  • 7. Honky Tonk, Pt. 2
  • 8. Barefootin'
  • 9. Some Shady Stuff
  • 10. Walking the Dog
  • 11. Half Steppin'
  • 12. Soulful High Yellow
No personnel available

Bop n Blues- Cornell Dupree (1994)
  • 1. Freedom Jazz Dance
  • 2. Bags' Groove
  • 3. Manteca
  • 4. 'Round Midnight
  • 5. The Hucklebuck/Now's the Time
  • 6. Love Letter
  • 7. My Little Suede Shoes
  • 8. Walkin'
  • 9. Bop 'N' Blues
Ronnie Cuber - Baritone Saxophone | Bobby Watson - Alto Saxophone | Chuck Rainey - Bass Cornell Dupree - Guitar | Sammy Figueroa - Percussion Leon Pendarvis - Organ & Piano Ricky Sebastian - Drums | Terell Stafford - Trumpet

Light and Lively - Louis Hayes (1994)
  • 1.After the Tears (I'm Gonna Make It)
  • 2. Only You
  • 3. Sweet Thing
  • 4. Island Spice
  • 5. Sicilian Nights
  • 6. Until
  • 7. Flight of the Spirit
  • 8. Strutt'n
  • 9. Naima's Love Song
  • 10. State of Mind
  • 11. My Heart
Norman Hedman - Percussion | Horace Arnold - Drums | Delmar Brown - Keys Will Calhoun - Drums | Charlie DeChant - Saxophone | Nate Fitzgerald - Horn Chico Freeman - Saxophone | Bob Mayo - Keyboards | Tommy Campbell - Drums John Hicks - Piano | Piro Rodriguez - Trumpet | Lou Soloff - Trumpet Bobby Watson - Alto Saxophone | Chris Walker - Bass & Vocals

Flight of the Spirit - Norman Headman(1994)
  • 1. Bouncin' With Balholzka
  • 2. Ancient Intrigues
  • 3. When Love Has Gone (It Comes Out Like This)
  • 4. Pete's Steps
  • 5. (I Wanna Be) Out There Somewhere
  • 6. Butt! (Tails From The Backside)
  • 7. Sarah Hurts
  • 8. Song Of Everywhen
  • 9. Orange Has Me Down
Ray Drummond - Bass | Jack Walrath - Trumpet | Bobby Watson - Alto Saxophone Kenny Drew, Jr. - Piano | Victor Lewis - Drums | Craig Handy - Soprano & Tenor Saxophone

All My Tomorrows - Grover Washington ,Jr (1994)
  • 1. E Preciso Perdoar (One Must Forgive)
  • 2. When I Fall In Love
  • 3. I'm Glad There Is You
  • 4. Happenstance
  • 5. All My Tommorows
  • 6. Nature Boy
  • 7. Please Send Me Someone To Love
  • 8. Overjoyed
  • 9. Flamingo
  • 10. For Heaven's Sake
  • 11. Estate ('Ess-Tah-Tay') (In Summer)
No personnel available

A Bronx Tale- Various Artists (1993)
  • Bustalk - Bobby Watson
Various Artists

Dance- Kamal and the Brothers(1993)
  • 1.Dance
  • 2.Al Nafs
  • 3.Peace
  • 4.Brotherhood
  • 5.Prayer
Kamal Abdul Alim - Trumpet and Bugle Bobby Watson - Alto and Soprano Saxophone James Spaulding - Alto Saxophone and Flute | Rahn Burton - Piano Abdul-Wali - Guitar | Sabu Adeyola - Bass | Idris Muhammed - Drums Abdus-Saboor - Percussion

Pride of Lions - Various(1992)
  • 1. Chopin in Brazil
  • 2. Nearness of You
  • 3. Crystal Silence
  • 4. You Are the Reason
  • 5. Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5
  • 6. Girl from MT. Parnassus
  • 7. Elegy for String Bass
  • 8. Edge of Wedge
Philip Bailey - Vocals | Roy Hargrove - Trumpet Bobby Watson - Alto Saxophone | Billy Childs - Piano | Tony Williams - Drums

Straight to My Heart: The Music of Sting - Bob Belden (1991)
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Wrapped Around Your Finger
  • 3. Roxanne
  • 4. Straight To My Heart
  • 5. Sister Moon
  • 6. Dream Of The Blue Turtles
  • 7. Every Breath You Take
  • 8. They Dance Alone
  • 9. Shadows In The Rain
  • 10. Children's Crusade
  • 11. I Burn For You
Bob Belden - Synthesizer | Joey Calderazzo - Piano | Billy Childs - Piano | Fareed Haque - Guitar John Hart - Guitar | John Scofield - Guitar | Bob Stewart - Tuba | Bobby Watson - Saxophone | Jay Anderson - Bass Glenn Wilson - Saxophone | Phil Perry - Vocals | Jimi Tunnell - Guitar & Vocals | Tim Hagans - Trumpet David Earle Johnson - Percussion & Conga | Jerry Gonzalez - Percussion, Conga & Timbales Ladji Camara - Drums | Dennis Chambers - Drums | Adam Holzman - Synthesizer | Marc Copland - Piano John Fedchock - Trombone | Benny Green - Piano | Doug Hall - Synthesizer | Kevin Hays - Piano Jeff Hirshfield - Drums | Darryl Jones - Bass | Tony Kadleck - Trumpet | Ron Kozak - Flute, Clarinet & English Horn Mark Ledford - Vocals | Rick Margitza - Saxophone | Mike Migliore - Flute, Piccolo & Saxophone | George Moran - Trombone Pat Rebillot - Organ | Dianne Reeves - Vocals | Peter Reit - French Horn | Tim Ries - Flute & Saxophone Marcus Rojas - Tuba | Kirk Whalum - Saxophone | Abraham Adzeneya - Drums | Chuck Wilson - Clarinet & Flute Charlie Wilson - Clarinet & Flute | Jim Powell - Trumpet & Flugelhorn

My Apprecation - Bill Cosby (1991)
  • 1.Camille
  • 2. Trinkle, Tinkle
  • 3. Wholy Holy I
  • 4. Come Sunday
  • 5. Have a Little Talk With Jesus (Vocal)
  • 6. Have a Little Talk With Jesus (Instrumental)
  • 7. 3rd Avenue Job
  • 8. All Blues (Interlude)
  • 9. Wholy Holy II
  • 10. If I Had My Way (Vocal)
  • 11. If I Had My Way (Instrumental)
No Personnel Available

Wheel Within a Wheel -Bernie Senensky (1991)
  • 1. Bop-Be
  • 2. Adam
  • 3. Lolito's Theme
  • 4. What Is Happening Here?
  • 5. Soul Eyes
  • 6. Wheel Within a Wheel
  • 7. No More Tears
  • 8. Silver Trane
  • 9. Floating
  • 10. Eye of the Hurricane
Bernie Senensky - Piano | Ray Drummond - Bass Marvin "Smitty" Smith - Drums | Bobby Watson - Alto & Soprano Saxophone

Bluestuck - Terumasa Hino(1990)
  • 1. Romancero Gitano
  • 2. Sweet Love of Mine
  • 3. Bluestruck
  • 4. Rain Again
  • 5. Hugo
  • 6. Autumn Leaves
  • 7. Alone, Alone and Alone
  • 8. Time-Outing
Terumasa Hino - Trumpet | John Scofield - Guitar | Rob Scheps - Tenor Saxophone Bobby Watson - Alto Saxophone | Onaje Allan Gumbs - Piano Michael Formanek - Bass | Bob Hurst - Drums

Live - The Jazz Tribe (1990)
  • 1. Valley Land
  • 2 Pamela
  • 3. The Straight Caballero
  • 4. Synergy
  • 5. Six for Kim
  • 6. Bird's Poem
  • 7. Star Eyes
  • 8. Mantilla's Blues
Walter Bishop, Jr. - Piano | Joe Chambers - Drums | Charles Fambrough - Bass Jack Walrath - Trumpet | Bobby Watson - Alto Saxophone Steve Grossman - Tenor Saxophone | Ray Mantilla - Percussion

It's Supposed to be Fun - Lou Rawls (1990)
  • 1. It's Supposed To Be Fun
  • 2. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
  • 3. All Around The World
  • 4. Good Morning Blues
  • 5. Moonglows
  • 6. Any Day Now
  • 7. This Bitter Earth
  • 8. If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody
  • 9. One More Time
  • 10. You're The One
  • 11. I Wonder Where Our Love Has Gone
  • 12. But I Do (I Don't Know Why)
  • 13. Good Night My Love
  • 14. The Last Night Of The World
Lou Rawls - Vocals | Steve Khan - Guitar | Jack Walrath - Trumpet Bobby Watson - Alto Saxophone | Howard Johnson - Baritone Saxophone | Seldon Powell - Baritone Saxophone Ralph MacDonald - Percussion | Ray Obiedo - Guitar | Tinker Barfield - Bass Cornell Dupree - Guitar | Greg "Gigi" Gonaway - Percussion | Mike Mani - Keyboards Rick Margitza - Tenor Saxophone | Narada Michael Walden - Drums | Dick Oatts - Alto Saxophone Chris Parker - Drums | Rev. Ron Stallings - Flute | Richard Tee - Organ & Piano Steve Turre - Trombone | Frank Martin - Keyboards | Gary Brown - Bass

Super Blue - Vol 1 (1990)
  • No tracklisting available
Don Sickler - Trumpet | Roy Hargrove - Trumpet | Frank Lacy - Trombone Bobby Watson - Alto Saxophone | Bill Pierce - Tenor Saxophone | Mulgrew Miller - Piano Bob Hurst - Bass | Kenny Washington - Drums

Super Blue - Vol 2 (1990))
  • 1. Flight to Jordan
  • 2. Nica’s Dream
  • 3. ‘Round Midnight
  • 4. Take Your Pick
  • 5. Blue Minor
  • 6. Autumn Leaves
  • 7. Blue Bossa
  • 8. Desert Moonlight
  • 9. Low Tide
  • 10. Cool Struttin’
Don Sickler - Trumpet | Wallace Roney - Trumpet | Robin Eubanks - Trombone Bobby Watson - Alto Saxophone | Ralph Moore - Tenor Saxophone | Renee Rosnes - Piano Bob Hurst - Bass | Marvin “Smitty” Smith - Drums

A Holiday Feeling - Joe Williams (1990)
  • 1. Christmas Rainbows
  • 2. Winter Wonderland
  • 3. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
  • 4. What Are You Doing New Years Eve
  • 5. Kissing By The Mistletoe
  • 6. Silent Night
  • 7. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
  • 8. Silver Bells
  • 9. Christmas Waltz
  • 10. The Christmas Song
  • 11. A Child Is Born
Ted Dunbar - Guitar | Al Grey - Trombone | Norman Simmons - Piano Bobby Watson - Alto Saxophone | Joe Williams - Vocals | Seldon Powell - Baritone Joe Wilder - Trumpet | Bob Cranshaw - Bass | Kenny Burrell - Guitar Clark Terry - Trumpet | Ellis Larkins - Piano | Dennis Mackrel - Drums Frank Wess - Tenor Saxophone

Live Session Vol 1 - Steve Nelson Quintet(1989)
  • 1. New Beginning
  • 2. Quiet At Is Kept
  • 3. Afro Blue
  • 4. Blues At Acireale
  • 5. New Beginning
Victor Lewis - Drums | Steve Nelson - Vibraphone | Curtis Lundy - Bass Donald Brown - Piano | Bobby Watson - Alto Saxophone

Live Session Vol 2 - Steve Nelson Quintet(1989)
  • 1. The Song Is You
  • 2. I Can't Get Started
  • 3. Sweet And Lovely
  • 4. Quartet Piece
  • 5. This Time The Dream On Me
  • 6. Bonus Track 1
Victor Lewis - Drums | Steve Nelson - Vibraphone | Curtis Lundy - Bass Donald Brown - Piano | Bobby Watson - Alto Saxophone

Ephitaph - Gunther Schuller/Mingus (1989)
  • DISC 1:
  • 1.Main Score (Part 1)
  • 2.Percussion Discussion
  • 3.Main Score (Part 2)
  • 4.Started Melody
  • 5.Better Get It In Your Soul
  • 6.Soul, The
  • 7.Moods In Mambo
  • 8.Self Portrait / Chill Of Death
  • 9.O. P. (Oscar Pettiford)
  • 10.Please Don't Come Back From The Moon
  • DISC 2:
  • 1.Monk, Bunk & Vice Versa (Osmotin')
  • 2.Peggy's Blue Skylight
  • 3.Wolverine Blues
  • 4.Children's Hour Of Dream, The
  • 5.Ballad (In Other Words, I Am Three)
  • 6.Freedom
  • 7.Interlude (The Underdog Rising)
  • 8.Noon Night
  • 9.Main Score (Reprise)
No personnel available

Naima's Love Song- John Hicks (1988)
  • 1. Elementary My Dear Watson
  • 2. Someday Soon
  • 3. Soul Eyes
  • 4. On the One
  • 5. Pent-Up House
  • 6. Naima's Love Song
John Hicks - Piano | Bobby Watson - Alto Saxophone Victor Lewis - Drums | Curtis Lundy - Bass

Portraits and Dedications - Peter Leitch(1988)
  • 1. Pepper
  • 2. Visage De Cathryn
  • 3. Modes For Wood
  • 4. Warm Valley
  • 5. Colorado
  • 6. Portrait Of Sylvia
  • 7. The Winter Of My Discontent
  • 8. A Blues For 'Nita
  • 9. The Bulldog
  • 10. Shades Of Stein
Marvin "Smitty" Smith - Drums | James Williams - Piano | Bobby Watson - Alto Saxophone | Peter Leitch - Guitar | Ray Drummond - Bass | Jed Levy - Flute

Good Morning Kiss- Carmen Lundy(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

Just be Yourself- Curtis Lundy (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

Dark Powers - Ray Mantilla (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

Clarion Echoes - Frank Gordon(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

In Case You Missed It- Charlie Persip and superband(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 Saxophoneton - Tenor | 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

Everything Swings - Panama Francis and the Savoy Sultans (1983)
  • 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

Interpretations- Ricky Ford (1982)
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John Hicks - Piano | Wallace Roney - Trumpet | Jimmy Cobb - Drums Bobby Watson - Alto Saxophone | Walter Booker - Bass | Ricky Ford - Tenor Saxophone

Colours - Sam Rivers Winds of Manhattan (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
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