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Marzette Watts and Company, also known as Marzette and Company, is the debut album by saxophonist and composer Marzette Watts. It was recorded in December 1966 in New York City, and was released by ESP-Disk in 1968.
May 4, 2010 · Marzette Watts (March 9, 1938, Montgomery, Alabama - March 2, 1998, Nashville) was an American jazz alto saxophonist. He had a brief career in music but is revered for his 1966 self-titled free jazz release. Watts played piano early in his life, but did not play music regularly in his teens.
This debut date is best known for the presence of players, who like Watts, were to become renowned for the rareness of their recorded output, including Sonny Sharrock, Byard Lancaster, Clifford Thornton, Karl Berger and Henry Grimes.
Mar 31, 2014 · It takes but one listening of his path-breaking album Marzette Watts & Company and it becomes patently clear that here is a musician gifted in both the aural and spectrally visual nature of music. In other words, Mr. Watts could paint pictures as he set aspects of his experiences to music.
Marzette Watts – Marzette And Company (1971, Vinyl) - Discogs. Tracklist. Credits. Bass – Henry Grimes, Juney Booth * ( tracks: A) Bass Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Written-By – Marzette Watts. Drums – J.C. Moses. Flute, Alto Saxophone, Bass Clarinet – Byard Lancaster. Graphics [Back Cover] – Baby Jerry. Guitar – Sonny Sharrock.
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- ESP Disk-ESP 1044
Henry Grimes (November 3, 1935 – April 15, 2020) was an American jazz double bassist and violinist. After more than a decade of activity and performance, notably as a leading bassist in free jazz , Grimes completely disappeared from the music scene by 1970. [1]
This debut date is best known for the presence of players, who like Watts, were to become renowned for the rareness of their recorded output, including Sonny Sharrock, Byard Lancaster, Clifford Thornton, Karl Berger and Henry Grimes.
