Unsung Jazz Heroes

...and a young Roy Hargrove to boot!

iTunes didn't have this track, so I grabbed up the title track to Love Remains. Killer ballad. Thanks!

This guy isn't a household name, so he may qualify as unsung...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqTfVdnC8rQ

RE: Unsung Jazz Heroes, posted on February 24, 2015 at 07:20:18
GEO Audiophile Posts: 4749 Joined: April 7, 2000 Contributor Since: September 9, 2000	Love Remains is a modern day classic now.

Awesome! Thanks for posting!, posted on February 24, 2015 at 07:50:04
woober goober Audiophile Posts: 727 Location: Atlanta Joined: November 6, 2009	Never heard of Bobby Watson before. Terrific stuff! Already looking to dive into his catalogue, thinking of maybe picking these up: Love Remains; Soulful Serendipity; Round Trip; and Present Tense.

RE: Awesome! Thanks for posting!, posted on February 24, 2015 at 09:23:42
GEO Audiophile Posts: 4749 Joined: April 7, 2000 Contributor Since: September 9, 2000	Two that I would say are must haves are Love Remains and Post Motown Bop. Beatitudes would be on my short list as well and then take your pick. Bobby makes feel good music.

RE: Unsung Jazz Heroes, posted on February 24, 2015 at 10:19:48

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We saw Bobby Watson ~10 years ago at the Telluride Jazz Fest with Horizon Reassembled. He hung with crowd the entire weekend and sat in with several other acts. Seemed like a genuinely nice guy.

We have seen him twice since, sitting in with Wallace Roney's band at the Blue Room at KC's American Jazz Museum and more recently in Denver.

He is running the Jazz program at the UMKC Conservatory now, I believe.

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"We are as gods and might as well get good at it." - Stewart Brand

RE: Unsung Jazz Heroes, posted on February 24, 2015 at 10:45:56
GEO Audiophile Posts: 4749 Joined: April 7, 2000 Contributor Since: September 9, 2000	Another guy that has been doing it for a long time. A very nice guy.

Nice, thanks! , posted on February 24, 2015 at 11:46:28
woober goober Audiophile Posts: 727 Location: Atlanta Joined: November 6, 2009	Just speared a used copy of Soulful Seredipity. Will go for your recommendations next.

So fine...., posted on February 24, 2015 at 22:33:52
rwiley Audiophile Posts: 1050 Location: Southeast Joined: February 20, 2001	thanks.

RE: Unsung Jazz Heroes, posted on February 25, 2015 at 09:18:09
rrsands Audiophile Posts: 2568 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Joined: July 11, 2001	And thanks to your post, it's a classic for me as well! Keep up the good work.

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Unsung Jazz Heroes

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