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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.
*WATTERS BROTHERS QUINTET / LIVE AT THE PRINCESS THEATER (features Kevin Bales - piano, Neal Starkey - bass, Jay Frederick - drums, Ken & Harry Watters - trumpet / trombone)
AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD HERE:
Watters Brothers / Princess Theater
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RIYEL
(RIYEL leaders Yves Abel, Ken Watters & Andre Atkins)
RIYEL is Ken Watters' new Haitian / Roots flavored jazz group.
Their first CD (as a band) was released internationally on Summit Records on April 13, 2010.
As of the week of August 16, RIYEL's self-titled debut CD is in its 17th consecutive weeks in the top 50 on the Jazzweek World Music Chart, having peaked at #12.
Ken Watters was recently interviewed about this new band
by a prominent Haitian Jazz site, Karijazz.
Click here to read interview.
For song samples & band info, click here:
RIYEL Pop-Up Player
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* Look for Ken Watters on the upcoming release by hip-hop/R&B artist (and now Haitian Presidential contender) WYCLEF JEAN.
CD is entitled The Haitian Experience is is slated for release worldwide in early fall (Sony Music).
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Ken's personal page on Facebook:
(personal page)
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Ken's FAN PAGE on Facebook (includes performance dates, music samples, etc):
Ken Watters / Musician
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KEN WATTERS DATES
Bandito Southside Jazz Jam Session
Open to jazz musicians of all ages
Led by Ken Watters & geaturing Keith Taylor (piano), Devere Pride (bass) & Tome Branch (drums)
Venue: Bandito Southside
Time: 6:30 - 8:30PM
Dates: EVERY TUESDAY EVENING
(Huntsville, AL)
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Ken Watters Group
Date: August 21
Time: TBA
Venue: VBC North Hall
Annual American Cancer Society Benefit / Fundraising Gala
(Huntsville, AL)
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Keith Taylor & Ken Watters
(piano/trumpet jazz duo music)
Date: August 28
Time: 10AM - 1PM
Venue: Shea's Express
(Huntsville, AL)
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Ken Watters, Tony Goggans & Friends
(Performing at Ft. Payne Annual Summerfest)
Date: August 29
Time: 2PM
Venue: Ft. Payne Opera House
(Fort Payne, AL)
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w/ Party Nation
Date: September 2
Time: TBA
Venue: TBA
(Auburn, AL)
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w/ Mambo Gris Gris
Date: September 4
Time: TBA
Venue: TBA
(Huntsville, AL)
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Jazz Concert & Workshop
Date: September 9
Times: TBA
Venue: Lyceum @ Alabama State University
(Montgomery, AL)
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w/ Lavalamp
Date: September 28
Time: TBA
Venue: TBA
(Birmingham, AL)
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w/ Moxie
Date: October 9
Time: TBA
Venue: TBA
(Atlanta, GA)
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w/ Party Nation
Date: October 16
Time: TBA
Venue: TBA
(Atlanta, GA)
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LOWE MILL ART & MUSIC FESTIVAL
Date: October 17
Time: TBA
Venue: Lowe Mill
(Huntsville, AL)
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Ken Watters Group
Benefit for Temple B'Nai Shalom
Date: October 20
Time: 7-9PM
Venue: Temple B'Nai Shalom
(Huntsville, AL)
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w/ Kingsized
KATIE PEPPER-WILL SCRUGGS WEDDING
Date: October 24
Time: TBA
Venue: TBA
(near Daytona, FL)
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w/ Tabou Combo
Date: November 6
Time: TBA (late evening)
Venue: Le Zenith
(Paris, FR)
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Ken Watters Group
Date: November 20
Time: TBA
Venue: Huntsville Museum of Art
(Huntsville, AL)
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MELANGE
featuring Ken Watters & Ginou Oriol
(Jazz / Latin / Haitian music sextet featuring Louis Heriveaux - piano/keyboard, Ramon Poosier - acoustic bass, Marlon Patton - drums, Darrell Tibbs percussion, Ginou Oriol - vocals & Ken Watters - trumpet)
Date: December 4
Time: 6:30PM until...
Venue: Mentone Springs Hotel
Mentone, AL
("Christmas in Mentone" presented by the Mentone Area Arts Council)
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w/ US Beat
Date: December 11
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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Ken and Harry Watters play Jupiter Instruments Exclusively |
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Ken Watters is a SESAC Affiliated Jazz Composer |
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