Watts, Ernie Quartet / Home Light
Album: | Home Light | Collection: | Jazz | |
Artist: | Watts, Ernie Quartet | Added: | Jan 2019 | |
Label: | Flying Dolphin Records |
A-File Activity
Add Date: | 2019-02-07 | Pull Date: | 2019-04-11 | Charts: | Jazz |
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Week Ending: | Apr 14 | Apr 7 | Mar 31 | Mar 17 |
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Airplays: | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
1. | Nov 03, 2021: | Brands Beats & Bytes (rebroadcast from Apr 11, 2019)
O. P. |
4. | Apr 11, 2019: | The Emerging Artist Network
I Forgot August |
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2. | Dec 17, 2019: | Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics
O. P. |
5. | Apr 11, 2019: | Brands Beats & Bytes
O. P. |
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3. | Apr 16, 2019: | Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topic
O. P., I Forgot August |
6. | Apr 09, 2019: | Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics
O. P. |
Album Review
Tom McCarter
Reviewed 2019-01-30
Reviewed 2019-01-30
Reviewed: 2018-01-29
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: The Watts Quartet delivers no holds barred, free swinging pure acoustic jazz. Dig in and enjoy. This is as good at gets. Watts has flawless technique, tone, and feel – developed over a fifty-year career that shows no signs of slowing down
If You Like: Charles Lloyd, Pharoah Sanders, Joshua Redman, Courtney Pine
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
**1/ I Forgot August (8:25) – bass starts> uptempo jam> sax solo swings wild> piano solo> uptempo jam> bass solo> uptempo jam> quick fade
*2/ Café Central 2am (8:40) – piano starts> slow jam> sax solo soars> piano solo> bass solo> slow jam> quick stop
3/ Distant Friends (8:12) – piano starts> midtempo jam> sax solo soars> piano solo> midtempo jam> crescendo & fade
*4/ Frequie Flyiers (6:22) – sax starts> fast hesitating jam> sax solo> piano solo> fast jam> sax solo> fast hesitating jam> quick stop
5/ Horizon (7:49) – sax starts> slow jam> piano solo> sax solo> slow jam> slow fade
*6/ O.P. (8:23) – sax starts> midtempo jam> bass solo> uptempo jam> piano solo> uptempo jam with drum fills> quick stop
7/ Spinning Wheel (6:32) – piano starts> midtempo jam> sax solo> piano solo> midtempo jam> fade
**8/ Joe (5:27) – drums start> fast jam> sax solo> piano solo> bass solo> fast jam> quick stop
*9/ Home Light (8:20) -piano starts. Slow jam> sax solo> piano solo> crescendo end
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: The Watts Quartet delivers no holds barred, free swinging pure acoustic jazz. Dig in and enjoy. This is as good at gets. Watts has flawless technique, tone, and feel – developed over a fifty-year career that shows no signs of slowing down
If You Like: Charles Lloyd, Pharoah Sanders, Joshua Redman, Courtney Pine
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
**1/ I Forgot August (8:25) – bass starts> uptempo jam> sax solo swings wild> piano solo> uptempo jam> bass solo> uptempo jam> quick fade
*2/ Café Central 2am (8:40) – piano starts> slow jam> sax solo soars> piano solo> bass solo> slow jam> quick stop
3/ Distant Friends (8:12) – piano starts> midtempo jam> sax solo soars> piano solo> midtempo jam> crescendo & fade
*4/ Frequie Flyiers (6:22) – sax starts> fast hesitating jam> sax solo> piano solo> fast jam> sax solo> fast hesitating jam> quick stop
5/ Horizon (7:49) – sax starts> slow jam> piano solo> sax solo> slow jam> slow fade
*6/ O.P. (8:23) – sax starts> midtempo jam> bass solo> uptempo jam> piano solo> uptempo jam with drum fills> quick stop
7/ Spinning Wheel (6:32) – piano starts> midtempo jam> sax solo> piano solo> midtempo jam> fade
**8/ Joe (5:27) – drums start> fast jam> sax solo> piano solo> bass solo> fast jam> quick stop
*9/ Home Light (8:20) -piano starts. Slow jam> sax solo> piano solo> crescendo end
Track Listing
1. | I Forgot August | 5. | Horizon | |||
2. | Cafe Central 2 A M | 6. | O. P. | |||
3. | Distant Friends | 7. | Spinning Wheel | |||
4. | Frequie Flyiers | 8. | Joe | |||
9. | Home Light |