Live at Fulham Town Hall (Remastered) Charlie Watts & The Charlie Watts Orchestra

• 1 Stompin at The Savoy (Live) 04:55
• 2 Lester Leaps In (Live) 11:30
• 3 Moonglow (Live) 06:08
• 4 Robbins Nest (Live) 10:16
• 5 Scrapple From the Apple (Live) 03:42
• 6 Flying Home (Live) 08:08
• Total Runtime 44:39

Info for Live at Fulham Town Hall (Remastered)

Charlie Watts 'Live at Fulham Town Hall' fängt einen bemerkenswerten Moment im Leben des legendären Schlagzeugers ein und zeigt seinen lang gehegten Traum, sein eigenes Jazzorchester zu leiten. Der Auftritt wurde einen Monat nach der Premiere des Charlie Watts Orchestra 1986 in Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in London aufgezeichnet, ein historisches Ereignis, das große Aufmerksamkeit sowohl bei der Presse als auch bei Musikerkollegen erregte. Dieses Live-Album präsentiert ein Big Band-Ensemble, das aus einigen der besten britischen Jazztalente besteht, das eine Mischung aus Klassikern der Swing-Ära und Jazzstandards spielt. Das Album enthält energiegeladene Interpretationen von Liedern wie 'Stomping At The Savoy', 'Lester Leaps In' und 'Robbins Nest', die das virtuose Können der Band und ihr tiefes Verständnis für die reichhaltige Geschichte der Swing-Ära zur Schau stellen. Charlie wird von herausragenden Musikern wie den Trompetern Dave DeFries, Ted Emmett und Colin Smith; Saxophonisten wie Ray Premru und Alan Skidmore; Bassist Dave Green; Organist Sir Charles Thompson; und die Vibraphonisten Bill LeSage und Jim Lawless.

Peter King, Altsaxophon
Ray Warleigh, Altsaxophon
Willie Garnett, Altsaxophon
Gail Thompson, Baritonsaxophon
Dave Green,Bass
Ron Mathewson,Bass
Jack Bruce, Cello
Stan Tracy,Klavier
Alan Skidmore,Tenorsaxophon
Bobby Wellins, Tenorsaxophon
Courtney Pine,Tenorsaxophon
Danny Moss,Tenorsaxophon
Don Weller, Tenorsaxophon
Evan Parker, Tenorsaxophon
Annie Whitehead,Posaune
Chris Pyne,Posaune
John Picard,Posaune
Paul Rutherford, Posaune
Colin Smith, Trompete
Dave Defries*,Trompete
Harry Beckett,Trompete
Jimmy Deuchar,Trompete
John Huckeridge,Trompete
Steve Sidwell,Trompete
Ted Emmett,Trompete
Bill Lesage,Vibraphon
Jim Lawless, Vibraphon
Bill Eyden, Perkussion
Charlie Watts,Schlagzeug
John Stevens, Perkussion
Alan Cohen, Dirigent

Digital remastert

Charlie Watts
Charles Robert Watts was born on June 2, 1941 and grew up in Wembley, north London. Long before the advent of rock’n’roll, Watts was listening to jazz records by the likes of Duke Ellington and Charlie Parker and cited ‘Walking Shoes,’ by the saxophonist Gerry Mulligan with Chico Hamilton on drums, as the record that made him determined to become a drummer. He was 12 at the time. Charlie Watts was the engine of the “greatest rock’n’roll band in the world”. His immaculate drumming propelled the Rolling Stones with a driving rhythm that never missed a beat in almost sixty years, playing on all twenty-six Rolling Stones studio albums since 1964. Drummer, artist, aficionado and style icon with a deadpan wit, his undemonstratively reassuring presence was a key ingredient in the group’s chemistry. Charlie’s first and most enduring passion was jazz and when not on tour with the Stones he enjoyed touring with his own jazz combo.

Watts made his first appearance with The Rolling Stones in January 1963 at the Flamingo club in London’s Soho. Watts’ jazz background meant he knew how to roll as well as how to rock and his indestructible beat grounded the Stones’ classic pop hits such as ‘(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction,’ ‘Get Off My Cloud,’ ‘19th Nervous Breakdown’ and ‘Paint It Black.’

Although he had made his name in rock as an essential part of the ‘Greatest Rock n Roll band in the world’, his personal tastes were principally in his first love - jazz. In the late 1970s, Charlie joined Stones sideman Ian Stewart in the boogie-woogie band Rocket 88. In the 1980s, he toured worldwide with the Charlie Watts Big Band, which included such names as Evan Parker, Courtney Pine and Jack Bruce. 1993 saw the release of Warm & Tender by the Charlie Watts Quintet, which included vocalist Bernard Fowler. In 1989, with the rest of the Rolling Stones, Charlie Watts was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In 2009, Charlie began playing with the ABC&D of Boogie Woogie band with the pianist Axel Zwingenberger, the pianist and vocalist Ben Waters, and the bassist Dave Green. In 2006, Watts was voted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame by Modern Drummer magazine, joining Steve Gadd, Buddy Rich, Ringo Starr, Keith Moon and other highly esteemed and influential drummers from the history of rock and jazz.

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