Jeff Tain Watts

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Jeff Tain Watts

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CTI All-Stars Branford Marsalis Trio The Wynton Marsalis Quintet Ron Affif Trio Pat Martino Quartet Conrad Herwig Quintet Kasper Villaume Trio Jakob Dinesen Quartet The Larry Willis Quintet David Kikoski Quintet Greg Murphy Trio Jazz From Keystone Makoto Ozone Super Quartet WAW

ex Ellis Marsalis Trio, Branford Marsalis Quartet, Mingus Big Band, Mingus Orchestra, David Kikoski Trio, Jim Snidero Quintet, Alex Sipiagin Quintet, The Joe Gilman Trio, Jimmy Greene Quartet

Jazz drummer, born 20 January 1960 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

For the prog rock bassist, please use Jeff Watts.

ALBUMS

Winther* / Andersson* / Watts* - WAW!*

Marius van den Brink, Ingrid Jensen, Doug Weiss, Jeff "Tain" Watts

2022, CD, Album, HighLine Music NYC

Watts*, Turner*, Le Fleming*

2022, 8xFile, FLAC, Album, GSI Records

Dan Wilson (13), Joy Brown, Marco Panascia, Christian Sands, Jeff "Tain" Watts

Vessels Of Wood And Earth

2021, CD, Brother Mister, Mack Avenue Music Group,

Greg Murphy With Jeff "Tain" Watts And Eric Wheeler

2021, CD, Whaling City Sound,

Jeff "Tain" Watts

Detained In Amsterdam

2018, CD, Album, Dark Key Music,

Rostislav Fraš Quartet featuring Antonio Faraò & Jeff "Tain" Watts

2017, CD, Album, Animal Music,

ELEW*, Reginald Veal, Jeff "Tain" Watts

And To The Republic

2016, CD, Sunnyside,

Jeff "Tain" Watts

2016, CD, Album, Dark Key Music,

Robi Botos With Seamus Blake And Robert Leslie Hurst III* And Jeff "Tain" Watts

2015, CD, Album, A440 Entertainment

Jeff "Tain" Watts

2015, CD, Dark Key Music,

Contemporary Jazz

David Kikoski, Christian McBride, Jeff "Tain" Watts

2012, CD, Album, Criss Cross Jazz

Makoto Ozone / Christian McBride / Jeff "Tain" Watts

My Witch's Blue

Horacio Hernandez*, Aquiles Priester, John Riley (2), Jeff 'Tain' Watts*, Trevor Lawrence Jr., Jim Riley (3), Gil Sharone

Modern Drummer Festival 2011

2011, 2xDVD-V, NTSC, Hudson Music, Hal Leonard Corporation

Jeff "Tain" Watts

Danish Radio Big Band, Jeff "Tain" Watts

2010, CD, Album, Red Dot Music,

Jeff "Tain" Watts

Dimitri Vassilakis* With Essiet Essiet, Jeff "Tain" Watts

2005, CD, Album, Candid

Paula West Quartet / David Berger And The Sultans Of Swing / Greg Osby's Channel Three Feat. Jeff "Tain" Watts & Matt Brewer

2005, CDr, Comp, Ltd, Promo, Half Note Jazz Club

Jeff "Tain" Watts

Detained At The Blue Note

2004, CD, Half Note (2),

Contemporary Jazz

Jeff "Tain" Watts

Jeff "Tain" Watts

Joey Calderazzo, Jeff "Tain" Watts, Sylvain Gagnon

1997, CD, Lost Chart Records,

Paul Bollenback, Joey DeFrancesco, Jeff "Tain" Watts

Contemporary Jazz

Jeff "Tain" Watts

Jim Snidero Quintet with Brian Lynch, Benny Green, Peter Washington, Jeff "Tain" Watts

Makoto Ozone Super Quartet

A Night In Tokyo

2023, CD, Album, SHM, Blue Note,

Jakob Dinesen Quartet

Unconditional Love

2022, CD, Album, Stunt Records

Greg Murphy Trio

2019, CD, Whaling City Sound,

Pat Martino Quartet

Mingus Big Band

Live At Jazz Standard

2010, CD, Album, Not On Label,

Branford Marsalis Quartet

Kasper Villaume Trio

117 Ditmas Avenue

2006, CD, Album, Stunt Records,

Contemporary Jazz

Branford Marsalis Quartet

Jimmy Greene Quartet

2004, CD, Album, Criss Cross Jazz, Criss Cross Jazz,

Gospel/Post Bop

Branford Marsalis Quartet

Branford Marsalis Quartet

Performs Coltrane's Love Supreme Live In Amsterdam

Branford Marsalis Quartet

Romare Bearden Revealed

David Kikoski Quintet

2002, CD, Album, DIW,

Branford Marsalis Quartet

Footsteps Of Our Fathers

David Kikoski Trio

2001, CD, Album, Criss Cross Jazz, Criss Cross Jazz,

Alex Sipiagin Quintet

2001, CD, Album, Criss Cross Jazz,

Branford Marsalis Quartet

Contemporary Jazz

Branford Marsalis Quartet

Conrad Herwig Quintet

1998, CD, Album, Criss Cross Jazz,

Branford Marsalis Trio

Jazz From Keystone

Thunder And Rainbows

The Joe Gilman Trio

Branford Marsalis Trio

The Beautiful Ones Are Not Yet Born - Special Radio Edit

1991, CD, Promo, Smplr, Columbia,

Ellis Marsalis Trio

Ellis Marsalis Trio

Contemporary Jazz

Branford Marsalis Trio

The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born

Branford Marsalis Quartet

Crazy People Music

Jim Snidero Quintet

Branford Marsalis Quartet

The Bottom Line 1988

2021, 2xCD, Unofficial, Megadisc (2)

Branford Marsalis Quartet

Branford Marsalis Quartet

APPEARANCES +

2024, CD, Album, Blue Engine Records,

Stunt Records 2022 - Sundance (The Scandinavian Music Company) - Compilation Vol. 30

2022, CD, Comp, Stunt Records, Sundance (2),

Bossa Nova/Contemporary Jazz/Modern/Vocal/Jazz-Funk/Fusion/Latin Jazz

Benito Gonzalez

Sing To The World

2021, CD, Album, Dig, Rainy Days Records

Jean-Jacques Rojer

2021, CD, Album, Sunnyside,

HIding In Plain Sight

2021, CD, Album, Whaling City Sound,

Michael Feinberg

2021, CD, Album, Fresh Sound Records,

Blues In The Present Tense

Steve Lehman Trio + Craig Taborn

The People I Love

2019, CD, Album, Pi Recordings (2),

Contemporary Jazz

Days Like These

2019, CD, Album, Toy Robot Music,

Jazz 100年 Part4 Jazz Masterpiece Collection 11 Jazz Of Japan, Now & Then

2019, CD, Comp, Mono, Universal Music,

East West Time Line

2017, CD, Album, Mack Avenue,

Bop/Post Bop/Soul-Jazz/Contemporary Jazz

2017, CD, Inner Circle Music

2017, CD, Album, Whirlwind Recordings

Hogyu "Stiger" Hwang*

Straight, No Chaser

2017, CD, Album, Blue Room Music (2),

Yosvany Terry, Baptiste Trotignon

Ancestral Memories

Flowers - Beautiful Life, Volume 2

Charnett Moffett

Music From Our Soul

Conrad Herwig, Igor Butman*

2016, CD, Album, Criss Cross Jazz

India.Arie & Joe Sample

Christmas With Friends

2015, CD, Album, Motown, Soulbird,

Smooth Jazz/Neo Soul/Holiday

Manuel Valera & Groove Square

Urban Landscape

2015, CD, Album, Destiny Records (16)

Chihiro Yamanaka

2015, 2xCD, Album, Comp, Blue Note,

Bop/Contemporary Jazz/Latin Jazz/Ragtime

Basquiat By Night/Day

2014, CD, Album, SteepleChase

2014, CD, Album, Sunnyside,

2014, CD, Album, Moon Records (5)

Next Time Round

BOB A Palindrome

2013, CD, Album, Bebob Records,

Numerology - Live At Jazz Standard

Alex Foster's Condition

2011, CDr, Album, LionBoy Records (2)

Clifton Anderson

And So We Carry On

2011, CD, Album, Daywood Drive Records

Live & Let Live - Love For Japan

The NYFA Collection (25 Years Of New York New Music)

2010, 5xCD, Comp, Innova Recordings,

Modern Classical/Experimental/Avant-garde Jazz

Benito Gonzalez

2010, CD, Album, furthermore,

Contemporary Jazz

The CTI Jazz All-Star Band*

Montreux Jazz Festival 2009

Beatles Vs. Stones (British Pop Hits Go Groovy)

2009, CD, Album, Resonance Records

Branford Marsalis · Branford Marsalis Quartet · North Carolina Symphony · Grant Llewellyn

American Spectrum

2009, SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album, BIS,

Mostly Standards

2009, CD, Album, Criss Cross Jazz, Criss Cross Jazz,

2009, CD, Album, In+Out Records

2009, CD, Album, M & I

Francis Wolff, Jimmy Katz, Various

Blue Note Photography

2009, 2xCD, Jazzpresso (2),

2009, CD, Album, Spencer World Music,

Triángel, Ramón Ángel*

2009, CD, Album, Nómada 57

Letter To Herbie

2008, CD, Album, Resonance Records,

Contemporary Jazz

What's Your Sound?

2008, DVD, D/Sided, NTSC, PAL, Sabian,

Bill Mobley And The Space Time Big Band

2008, CD, Album, SAC, Space Time Records

No Stranger Here

2008, CD, Album, MAXJAZZ,

Branford Marsalis

Celebrating The Silver Anniversary Of The Frank Mantooth Jazz Festival At New Trier High School - 25 Years And Still Counting

2007, 2xCD, Mark Records,

Contemporary Jazz/Big Band/Fusion/Bluegrass/Latin Jazz

Tain & The Ebonix

2007, CD, Album, Dark Key Music,

Drop In The Bucket

2007, CD, Album, Redbird Records (5)

Hector Martignon

2007, CD, Album, ZOHO,

Contemporary Jazz/Fusion

Milestones (Jazz Classics In A Funky Vibe)

2006, CD, Comp, Dig, BHM Productions,

Fusion/Acid Jazz/Jazz-Funk

Your Guide To The North Sea Jazz Festival 2006

2006, CD, Comp, Smplr, Universal,

Gypsy Jazz/Latin Jazz/Contemporary Jazz/Easy Listening

Steve Coleman And Five Elements

Weaving Symbolics

2006, 2xCD, Album + 2xDVD, Label Bleu

Unified Presence

2006, CD, Album, RKM Music,

Contemporary Jazz

Tomaszewski Trio

2006, CD, Album, Polskie Radio Katowice

Nilson Matta & Friends*

WalkIng With My Bass

2006, CD, Album, Blue Toucan Music,

Bossa Nova/Latin Jazz/Vocal

Nuove Tendenze, Verso Il Terzo Millennio

2006, CD, Comp, DeAgostini, DeAgostini,

Deep, Down & Discofied

Soul/Disco/Jazz-Funk/Boogie

The House That Trane Built: The Story Of Impulse Records

Hard Bop/Soul-Jazz/Free Jazz

A Celebration Of New Orleans Music: To Benefit MusiCares Hurricane Relief 2005

2005, CD, Comp, Rounder Records, Marsalis Music

Trilogy Collection

2005, 3xCD, Comp, Sound Reason

Dreams And Stories

2005, CD, Album, Savant,

Chihiro Yamanaka

Outside By The Swing

Tales Of The Stuttering Mime

2004, CD, Album, 11:11 Records,

Contemporary Jazz

Peace And All That Jazz

2004, CD, Comp, Half Note Records, Inc.

Tales Of Time And Space

Translinear Light

Space-Age/Modal

Classic Jazz: The Nineties

2003, 2xCD, Comp, Time Life Music, Universal Music Special Markets,

Verve // Remixed² / Verve // Unmixed²

2003, 2x CD Digipak,

House/Future Jazz/Downtempo

Jazz Finest Volume 2

Verve Today 2002 (Volume 6)

2002, CD, Comp, Verve Records, Universal Music, Verve Records, Universal Music,

Afrobeat/Contemporary Jazz/Jazz-Funk/Future Jazz/Folk/Latin Jazz

Chet Baker, Randy Brecker, Art Farmer, Roy Hargrove, Wynton Marsalis, Wallace Roney

2002, CD, Comp, CTI Records,

Modal/Fusion/Contemporary Jazz

2002, CD, Album, Criss Cross Jazz

2002, CD, Album, Criss Cross Jazz

2002, CD, Album, Space Time Records,

Contemporary Jazz/Post Bop

The Lay Of The Land

2002, CD, Album, Whaling City Sound,

Chris Minh Doky

Mingus Big Band Introducing The Charles Mingus Orchestra*

Tonight At Noon... Three Or Four Shades Of Love

Post Bop/Big Band

Classic Jazz: The Eighties

Michiel Borstlap

2001, 3xCD, Album, EmArcy,

Columbia Jazz & Columbia Legacy Jazz - Then, Now & Always

2001, CDr, Comp, Promo, Smplr, Columbia, Legacy, Columbia Jazz,

Afrobeat/Big Band/Contemporary Jazz/Jazz-Rock

Eyes Of The Elders

2001, CD, Album, Arkadia Jazz,

The New Young Lions Of Jazz

2001, CD, Comp, Arkadia Jazz,

2001, CD, Album, Sirocco Jazz Limited,

Comfortable Strange

Laura Macdonald

2001, CD, Album, Spartacus Records,

Legacy Recordings - Now And Tomorrow (Fall-Spring 2001/02 Sampler)

Folk Rock/Pop Rock/Soft Rock/Vocal/Acoustic/Folk/Spoken Word/Soul/Future Jazz/Downtempo/Ambient/Alternative Rock/Country Rock/Blues Rock/Arena Rock/Heavy Metal/Electric Blues

Paul Bollenback

The Verve Album

2000, 2xCD, Comp, Verve Records,

Bop/Hard Bop/Cool Jazz/Swing

Almost Twilight

2000, CD, Album, Criss Cross Jazz, Criss Cross Jazz,

Contemporary Jazz/Post Bop

2000, CD, Album, Sirocco Jazz Limited, Sirocco Music

Unseen Universe

2000, CD, Album, Criss Cross Jazz

Paul Bollenback

2000, SACD, Hybrid, Album, Challenge Records (3)

Soul-Jazz/Acid Jazz

William Cepeda AfroRican Jazz

Expandiendo Raices - Branching Out

Latin Jazz/Fusion

Ken Burns Jazz (The Story Of America's Music)

2000, 5x CD, Box Set,

Bop/Contemporary Jazz/Free Jazz/Fusion/Dixieland/Modal/Swing/Hard Bop/Post Bop/Jazz-Rock/Big Band/Country Blues/Piano Blues/Ragtime

Joey Calderazzo

Joey Calderazzo

Discover ... Sony Jazz

1999, CD, Comp, Sony Jazz, Columbia

1999, CD, Album, Criss Cross Jazz, Criss Cross Jazz

Lew Soloff & Company

Rainbow Mountain

1999, CD, Album, M & I

Michael Brecker

Time Is Of The Essence

Rainbow Mountain

Barbara Dennerlein

Fusion/Jazz-Rock

The Fire Within

Verve Today 99 (Volume 3)

Contemporary Jazz

Contemporary Jazz

Paul Bollenback

Verve Today 98 (Volume 2)

1998, CD, Comp, Verve Records, Motor Music,

Jazz-Rock/Jazz-Funk/Contemporary Jazz/African

1998, HDCD, Album, Qwest Records, Warner Bros. Records

Michael Brecker

Two Blocks From The Edge

Post Bop/Contemporary Jazz

Contemporary Jazz/Latin Jazz

Sabian: Hear The Difference.

Interview/Hard Rock/Pop Rock/Contemporary Jazz/Big Band

Live In New York

Moving Pictures

Contemporary Jazz

1997, CD, Comp, Dig, Columbia, Columbia,

Contemporary Jazz

Spheres Of Influence

1997, CD, Album, Sharp Nine Records, Sharp Nine Records,

Smooth Jazz/Contemporary Jazz

Post Bop/Contemporary Jazz

Smooth Jazz/Jazz-Funk/Contemporary Jazz

Men In Black (The Album)

Soundtrack/Gangsta/Pop Rap/Contemporary R&B

Monterey Jazz Festival: 40 Legendary Years

Big Band/Bop/Hard Bop/Contemporary Jazz

The Child Within

1996, CD, Album, Shanachie,

1996, CD, Comp, Columbia,

Back To The Basics

The Best Of Stanley Jordan

Smooth Jazz/Soul-Jazz/Easy Listening

Next Generation Volume.1 / ネクスト・ジェネレーション Vol.1

Fusion/Contemporary Jazz

Buckshot Lefonque

Some Cow Fonque (More Tea, Vicar?)

Buckshot LeFonque

Selections From Buckshot LeFonque

1994, 12", Promo, Smplr, Columbia,

Derrick Shezbie*

Stolen Moments (Red Hot + Cool)

Acid Jazz/Conscious/Jazzy Hip-Hop/Downtempo

Buckshot LeFonque

Buckshot LeFonque

Contemporary R&B/Soul

Contemporary Jazz/Smooth Jazz

1993, CD, Album, Bluemoon, Rhino Records (2)

Robert Hurst Presents: Robert Hurst

Branford Marsalis

Contemporary Jazz

Branford Marsalis

I Heard You Twice The First Time (Special Radio Edits)

1992, CD, EP, Promo, Columbia,

Branford Marsalis

The Music Tells You

1992, VHS, SMV Enterprises

Branford Marsalis

I Heard You Twice The First Time

It's Not About The Melody

GRP 10th Anniversary Collection

Soul-Jazz/Afro-Cuban Jazz/Smooth Jazz/Contemporary Jazz/Fusion/Big Band/Swing/Hard Bop/Post Bop/Jazz-Rock/Latin Jazz

Delfeayo Marsalis

Pontius Pilate's Decision

Charles Fambrough

Contemporary Jazz

Within The Realms Of Our Dreams

Contemporary Jazz

Charles Fambrough

The Proper Angle

Wynton Marsalis

Thick In The South (Soul Gestures In Southern Blue, Vol. 1)

Wynton Marsalis

Standard Time Vol.2 - Intimacy Calling

Bop/Swing/Dixieland

Terence Blanchard

Terence Blanchard

Something To Consider

Larry Willis Quintet*

1990, CD, Album, SteepleChase,

A Jazzy Wonderland

Smooth Jazz/Vocal/Gospel/Holiday

Contemporary Jazz

Branford Marsalis Quartet Featuring Terence Blanchard

Music From Mo' Better Blues

Fusion/Modern Electric Blues/Contemporary Jazz

The Vision's Tale

Ο Top Fm Παρουσιάζει Jazz Με Τον Κώστα Γιαννουλόπουλο

Latin Jazz/Free Jazz/Jazz-Rock

The Blue Note Concert

Free Jazz/Contemporary Jazz

Wynton Marsalis

Contemporary Jazz/Modal/Bop/Post Bop

Harry Connick, Jr.

Music From The Motion Picture "When Harry Met Sally..."

Big Band/Contemporary Jazz/Easy Listening/Soundtrack

Branford Marsalis

Bill Lee (2) Feat. Branford Marsalis

Do The Right Thing (Original Score)

Meet The Magical Trio

Falling In Love With Jazz

Wynton Marsalis

Different Perspectives

Wynton Marsalis

The Wynton Marsalis Quartet Live At Blues Alley

Denon Jazz Sampler Volume 2

1987, CD, Comp, Smplr, Denon,

Big Band/Contemporary Jazz

Wynton Marsalis

Marsalis Standard Time, Vol. 1

Post Bop/Contemporary Jazz

Seventh Quadrant

Post Bop/Fusion

Branford Marsalis

Celebrating A Jazz Master: Thelonious Sphere Monk

1986, Laserdisc, 12", Album, NTSC, CLV, Pioneer Artists,

Wynton Marsalis

Contemporary Jazz

Branford Marsalis

Royal Garden Blues

Hard Bop/Contemporary Jazz/Modal/Post Bop

Wynton Marsalis

Black Codes (From The Underground)

Post Bop/Contemporary Jazz/Modal

Jingle Bell Jazz

Bop/Hard Bop/Swing/Holiday

Parker's Mood - Sadao Watanabe Live At Bravas Club '85

Jazz 4: The Fancy Family Of Trumpets

1984, Box, Comp + 5xLP, Comp, CBS, Zeitmagazin,

Wynton Marsalis

Hot House Flowers

Contemporary Jazz/Modal

Branford Marsalis

Scenes In The City

Hard Bop/Post Bop/Contemporary Jazz/Modal

Big Nick Nicholas

1983, LP, Album, India Navigation,

Wynton Marsalis

1983, Vinyl Pitman Pressing,

Contemporary Jazz/Modal/Post Bop

Wynton Marsalis

Wynton Marsalis

Bop/Hard Bop/Contemporary Jazz/Modal/Post Bop

God Rest Ye Merry, Jazzmen

Hard Bop/Holiday

Marcus Printup, Greg Osby, Sonny Fortune, Javon Jackson

CD, Comp, Promo, Smplr, Blue Note,

Hard Bop/Post Bop

Parker's Mood - Sadao Watanabe Live At Bravas Club '85

DVD-V, NTSC, Warner Music Vision

Sony Digital Sampler - Highland Appliance

CD, S/Edition, CBS Special Products,

Regattabar: The Sound Of Jazz Live

2008, CD, Comp, Half Note Records, Inc.,

Contemporary Jazz

Sunnyside Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Volume 1

2007, 2xCD, Comp, Sunnyside

Blue Toucan Music 2006 - The New Sound Of Jazz

2006, CD, Comp, Smplr, Blue Toucan Music

Jazz Legends - Drum 'n' Bass

2002, 2xCD, Comp, Columbia, Sony Music Entertainment (Australia) Limited

Jazz Legends - Drum 'n' Bass

2002, CD, Comp, Columbia, Sony BMG Music Entertainment

Feelin' Blue (The Year's Best '99)

1999, CD, Comp, Columbia Jazz

Who Loves You - A Tribute To Jaco Pastorius

The Beat Of A Different Drummer

1994, CD, Comp, GRP

The Beat Of A Different Drummer

1990, CD, Comp, GRP

Sony Song Spectrum

Stunt Records Compilation Vol. 13

CD, Comp, Sundance (2),

Contemporary Jazz

Michael Brecker

Montreal Jazz Festival 2001

2021, 6xCDr, RM, Unofficial, Stargazer's File,

McCoy Tyner Trio

Live In Oakland 040127

2020, 2xCDr, RM, Unofficial, Headless Hawk,

Branford Marsalis And The X-Men

2020, CD, Album, RM, Unofficial, Equinox (10)

The Best Of Guitar Tapping

2004, CD, Album, Unofficial, SomeWax Recordings

2002, CD, Album, Unofficial, Not On Label,

Contemporary Jazz

Michael Brecker

Two Blocks From The Edge

Post Bop/Contemporary Jazz

Wynton Marsalis

Wynton Marsalis

Bop/Hard Bop/Contemporary Jazz/Modal/Post Bop

Michael Brecker Quintet Feat: Mike Mainieri

Montreal Jazz 2001

2xCD, Unofficial, Megadisc (2)

Wynton Marsalis

2xCD, Unofficial, Megadisc (2)

Wynton Marsalis Quartet

CD, Unofficial, Megadisc (2),

Wynton Marsalis

CD, Unofficial, Megadisc (2)

Branford Marsalis

I Heard You Twice The First Time

Wynton Marsalis

Hot House Flowers

Wynton Marsalis

Wynton Marsalis

Standard Time, Vol. 1

Translinear Light

Space-Age/Modal