Bios      Atlanta-based trumpeter Ken Watters has performed, toured with, or recorded with Frank Sinatra, Marc Anthony, John Abercrombie, Terry Gibbs, Ravi Coltrane, Brad Mehldau, Mingus Big Band, Roger Hawkins, Bobby "Blue" Bland, Fred Wesley, Roland Vazquez, Richie Cole, Clarence Carter, Dave Valentin, Mike Stern, Anthony Jackson, Chris Potter, Little Milton, Dan Penn, Steve Coleman, David Liebman, Harry Connick Jr., Eartha Kitt, Peter Bernstein, The Fifth Dimension, Petula Clarke, Herbie Mann, Gregory Hutchinson, Tabou Combo, Marvin "Smitty" Smith, The Manhattans, The Platters, Marilyn McCoo, Phyllis Diller, David Holland, Larry Goldings & many other icons of the music world.      Ken received his formal education from Interlochen Arts Academy, University of North Texas, The Banff Centre & Manhattan School of Music. He has also studied privately with Wynton Marsalis, Joe Lovano, David Liebman, Jack Walrath & Kenny Wheeler. He is a Yamaha Performing Artist/Clinician, a Summit Recording Artist & a SESAC affiliated jazz composer.     Ken performs regularly around the southeastern US with either Ken Watters Quartet (Kevin Bales - piano, Robert "Dig" Dickson - bass, Justin Varnes - drums, Ken Watters - trumpet) or Wizard Clip (same rhythm section, but with guitarist Tom Wolfe added).     Harry Watters serves with the Army Blues Jazz Ensemble in Washington, DC. His recordings include The Island of Dr. Trombone, Centaur Records' S'Wonderful: The Music of George Gershwin with arranger and conductor William Grimes, and Summit Records' Brothers and Brothers II with trumpeter Ken Watters. After graduation from the University of North Texas, Watters spent four years touring and recording with the Dukes of Dixieland. While working at night on Bourbon Street, Harry attended the University of New Orleans by day, serving as graduate assistant to Professor Ellis Marsalis. Watters has performed with Al Hirt, Pete Fountain, Erich Kunzel, Shirley Jones, Peter Nero, Kevin Mahogany, Wycliffe Gordon, Joe Piscopo, Maureen McGovern, Bill Watrous, Carl Fontana, Jiggs Whiggam, Tom "Bones Malone" & James Moody. Also, Harry has appeared as a featured soloist with the West Virginia Symphony, the Syracuse Symphony, the Baton Rouge Symphony, the Tusla Pops, the Louisiana Philharmonic, the Janacek Philharmonic, the University of North Texas One O'Clock Lab Band, the Kishinev Festival Orchestra & the U.S. Army Orchestra.     Harry is constantly on the move as a Yamaha Artist. His clinic, "Effective Use of Practice Time," has been presented at the University of North Texas, Southeastern Louisiana University, New Mexico State University, the University of Tennessee, East Carolina State University, the University of Central Florida, Virginia Commonwealth University, Louisiana State University and in high schools throughout the United States.