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Watters Brothers
Ken Watters / Harry Watters
Summit Recording Artists / Jupiter Artists-Clinicians
 
click here for song samples
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All Watters CDs available at major CD outlets,
or directly through Summit Records (www.summitrecords.com).
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RIYEL
(RIYEL leaders Andre Atkins, Ken Watters & Yves Abel)
RIYEL is Ken Watters' new Haitian / Roots flavored jazz group.
Their first CD (as a band) is COMPLETED & will be released internationally on Summit Records
April 6, 2010.
For song samples & band info, please visit our MySpace page:
www.myspace.com/riyeljazz
Co-led with bassist Yves Abel & trombonist / vocalist Andre Atkins,
Riyel (pronounced ree-YELL, meaning "alleyway" or "backstreet" in Haitian Creole) members also include: Dener Ceide and/or Ralphe Conde (guitars), Mushy Widmaier (piano & keyboards), Frantz Timothe' aka "Ti Fanfan" (drums),
Alix Nozille (congas, percussion), Wid Pierre (percussion)
& Ken Watters (trumpet, flugelhorn & co-leader).
Their self-titled debut CD will feature all of the musicians listed above, plus special guest artists Dadou Pasquet (guitar), Kevin Bales (piano / keyboard), Abel Pabon (piano / keyboard), Reginald Petit-Homme (drums) & Tom Mitchell (saxophones).
Ken Watters was recently interviewed about this new band
by a prominent Haitian Jazz site, Karijazz.
Click here to read interview.
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KEN WATTERS DATES
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WATTERS BROTHERS DATES
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W/ John Miller
Date: December 18
Time: TBA
Venue: BA
Huntsville, AL
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W/ Ray Reach Quintet
Dates: December 21-22
Times: 6-9PM
Venue: The Club
Birmingham, AL
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W/ Jim Cavender
Date: December 31
(New Years Eve gig)
Time: 7:30 (ish)-midnight (ish)
Venue: 801 Franklin
Huntsville, AL
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W/ Elsie Azar
(trumpet/piano jazz duo music)
Date: January 8
Time: 7-10PM
Venue: 801 Franklin
Huntsville, AL
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W/ Larry Barker
(excellent ATL-based jazz pianist)
Date: January 9
Time: 7PM
Venue: Gainesville Art Museum
Part of the Gainesville Arts Council's Jazz Series
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UAH Jazz Faculty Concert
(featuring Steve Motz - saxophones, Don Bowyer - trombone, Keith Taylor - piano, Jim Cavender - bass, Tom Branch - drums, me - trumpet & flugelhorn)
Date: January 15
Time: 7:30PM
Venue: Roberts Recital Hall, University of Alabama in Huntsville
Huntsville, AL
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W/ Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Big Band
Dates: January 22-23
Times: TBA
Venue: Symphony Hall
Atlanta, GA
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W/ RIYEL @ 4th Annual Port-au-Prince International Jazz Festival
Dates: January 25-28
Times: TBA
Venues: TBA
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
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W/ Elsie Azar
(trumpet/piano jazz duo music)
Date: February 6
Time: 7-10PM
Venue: 801 Franklin
Huntsville, AL
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W/ Moxie
Date: October 9, 2010
Time: TBA
Venue: TBA
Atlanta, GA
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Check back often - calendar is updated weekly (most of the time)...
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HARRY WATTERS DATES
*Due to privacy issues, much of Harry Watters' calendar remains confidential.
We apologize for the inconvenience!
For questions regarding specific Harry Watters appearances, feel free to contact Harry directly at harry@wattersbrothers.com.
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Ken's August 2008 Tabou Combo Haiti Tour Diary is now posted
on Tabou's website (in their "latest news" section of the homepage).
Click here to read it
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MUSIC SAMPLES:
MSN Music
VH1
Barnes & Noble
Yahoo Music
(or most major music retail outlets including ITunes / search for our names)
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WATTERS BIO INFORMATION
Ken & Harry have an onstage rapport that is electrifying to audiences.
Their last three CDs for Summit Records (Brothers, Brothers II & Brothers III) climbed to the top 50 on the US jazz charts where they remained for at least six weeks each - Brothers III for 11 weeks - and are continually receiving airplay across the US, Canada, Australia, Europe & parts of the Far East.
Their music has been featured on NPR's All Things Considered, NPR's Jazz South program,
PRI's Jazz After Hours (hosted by Jim Wilke) & has been used on a feature television documentary by The Freedom Forum (Washington, DC).
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PERFORMANCE CREDITS
Below is a partial listing of artists they have performed and/or recorded with
(together & individually):
Frank Sinatra, Natalie Cole, Greg Allman, Marc Anthony, Army Blues, TLC,
Deniece Williams, Kelis, Brad Mehldau, Larry Goldings, Al Hirt, Kevin Mahogany, Erich Kunzel, James Moody, Pete Fountain, Philip Harper, Russell Malone, Chris Potter, Arturo Sandoval, Reginald Policard, Carl Fontana,
Steve Coleman, Bill Watrous, Marvin "Smitty" Smith, Jean Luc Guanel, Bobby "Blue" Bland, John Abercrombie,
Dave Holland, Terry Gibbs, Mundell Lowe, Ravi Coltrane, Mingus Big Band, Toshiko Akiyoshi, The Vanguard Orchestra (Village Vanguard, NYC), Roger Hawkins, Fred Wesley, Roland Vazquez, Harry Connick Jr., Mike Stern, Richie Cole, Tommy Talton, Dave Valentin, Anthony Jackson, Dan Penn, David Liebman, Eartha Kitt, Rick Hall,
Peter Bernstein, The Fifth Dimension, Herbie Mann, Petula Clarke, Gregory Hutchinson, Tabou Combo,
The Platters, Little Milton, Marilyn McCoo, Phyllis Diller, Jimmy Hall, Clarence Carter, Russell Malone,
Bonnie Bramlett, Billy Swann & Randy Brecker.
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EDUCATION
Harry attended Florida State University prior to completing his Bachelors in Music Performance from The University of North Texas & his Masters of Music from Louisiana State University.
Harry has been a teaching assistant at University of New Orleans (under Ellis Marsalis), Professor of Trombone at Southeastern Louisiana University (Hammond, LA) & is currently Professor of Trombone at
George Mason University (Fairfax, VA).
After graduation from University of North Texas, Harry joined & later became the youngest leader to date of the Dukes of Dixieland (at 26 years old). Harry is currently a member of The Army Blues Big Band & The US Army Brass Quintet, both based in Washington, DC.
Ken finished high school at Interlochen Arts Academy before attending
The University of North Texas & Manhattan School of Music.
He has studied privately with Wynton Marsalis, Joe Lovano, Harold Danko, Jack Walrath,
Lew Soloff, Harold Lieberman, Roland Vazquez, Dave LaLama, Rodney Jones & Kenny Wheeler.
He has been an Adjuct Professor of Trumpet & Jazz Studies at The University of Alabama in Huntsville & is currently a freelance musician in the Atlanta area.
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WATTERS CDs
Their second CD (Brothers II) features pianist David Marlow, bassist Roy Yarbrough,
drummer Jay Frederick, guitarist Tom Wolfe & pianist John Miller.
Southern Exposure, the Summit Records debut CD by Ken Watters Group, features David Marlow, Roy Yarbrough, Jay Frederick & special guest saxophonist & Palmetto Recording Artist Joel Frahm.
All Watters' recordings for Summit Records are produced by Southern music legend Johnny Sandlin (Allman Brothers, Widespread Panic, Cher, Marshall Tucker, Dixie Dregs, Colonel Bruce Hampton & The Aquarium Rescue Unit, etc).
Each Watters CD has spent progressively more time on the US jazz chart than its predecessor, with Brothers III reaching #22 in North America & remaining on the top 50 for more than 11 weeks...
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Brothers |
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Brothers III
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Ken and Harry Watters play Jupiter Instruments Exclusively |
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Ken Watters is a SESAC Affiliated Jazz Composer |
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