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
Week Ending: Apr 14 Apr 7 Mar 31 Mar 17
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
2. Dec 17, 2019: Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics
O. P.
5. Apr 11, 2019: Brands Beats & Bytes
O. P.
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: 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



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