Music has always been an oasis for Ernie Watts. This new CD features originals along with signature interpretations of music by Dizzy Gillespie/Charlie Parker, John Coltrane plus Lennon & McCartney. Straight-ahead jazz at its improvisational best.

10 MP3 Songs in this album (73:17) !
Related styles: Jazz: Jazz quartet, Jazz: Bebop, Featuring Saxophone

People who are interested in Charlie Parker John Coltrane Wayne Shorter should consider this download.


Details:
Music has been an oasis for Ernie Watts his whole life, ever since he first picked up a horn over fifty years ago. Since he and his wife started Flying Dolphin in 2004, his oasis has grown even deeper. This new project, recorded in Germany, has music from many sources: three compositions from Watts himself: lingering âTwilight Waltz,â joyful âBass Geigeâ(colloquial German for âupright bass,â) and title track âOasis.â Energetic samba âPalmitoâ is by pianist Christof Saenger, and intricate âKonbanwaâ from drummer Heinrich Koebberling. A bebop classic, âShaw Nuffâ is by Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie; the soaring ballad âYou Are Thereâ comes from Johnny Mandel and Dave Frishberg, and âOne Day Iâll Fly Awayâ (made famous in Moulin Rouge) from Joe Sample and Will Jennings. Also included is Lennon/McCartney tune âBlackbird,â and âCrescentâ by Ernieâs major inspiration John Coltrane, each tune with a Watts interpretation and his superlative sound, as well as a band that unites as one. This Oasis is wide as well as deep.