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Name
  
Eric Watson


Role
  
Musical Artist


Albums
  
Sketches Of Solitude, The Amiens Concert

Similar People
  
John Lindberg, Christof Lauer, Steve Lacy, Ed Schuller, Ed Thigpen

Eric Watson (born July 5, 1955) is an American jazz pianist. He was born in Wellesley, Massachusetts. In 1978, he moved to Paris after graduating from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music in Oberlin, Ohio. Watson is signed to a long-term recording contract with ACT Records. He has been married twice.

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In 1982, Watson completed his first trio recording with Paul Motian and Ed Schuller (Conspiracy) followed by two solo albums. Since then he worked in a long-time duo with doublebass player John Lindberg which became extended with Albert Mangelsdorff and Ed Thigpen. Watson also worked with Steve Lacy, with Linda Sharrock and with Joelle Leandre (Palimpseste, 1991). His trio with Mark Dresser and Ed Thigpen (Silent Hearts, 1998) was the basis for the "Full Metal Quartets" (1999/2000) with saxophone player Bennie Wallace. His solo piano recording Sketches of Solitude (2002) became one of the best-selling jazz albums in France. In 2003 and 2005, he toured in Europe, Asia, and Australia with Christof Lauer.

Watson's dance score The Peking Ballet was commissioned by Radio City Music Hall and seen by 200,000 people during the summer of 1984, while multi-concert series of his music have been presented by the Lyon Opera and the State Theater in Poitiers. His numerous commissions include Martial Arts (1986) written for Martial Solal and the Orchestre National de Jazz (French National Jazz Orchestra) and Benevoles, written for the Australian violinist Jane Peters.

In 2001, Watson was appointed artistic director of La Villette Jazz Festival, and musical consultant to the director of the Cite de la Musique, Laurent Bayle. In 2003, he was appointed as a Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres.

Discography

  • Bulls Blood (1980)
  • Conspiracy (1982)
  • Child in the Sky (1985)
  • Your Tonight Is My Tomorrow (1987)
  • Charles Ives (1991)
  • Spirit of Mingus (1991)
  • Palimpseste (1991)
  • Listen to the Night (1994)
  • Punk Circus (1994)
  • Silent Hearts (1999)
  • Full Metal Quartet (2000)
  • Sketches of Solitude (2002)
  • Road Movies (2004)
  • Midnight Torsion (2009)
  • Memories of Paris (2010)
  • Songs

    Hero In The Dark
    Dodging Bullets
    Charlie Rutlage
    Jaded Angels
    Silent Hearts
    Blue in Green
    Tom Sails Away
    Midnight Torsion
    The Peacocks
    His Exaltation
    Out of Print
    Punchin Paich Patch
    Full Metal Quartet
    Resurrection Of A Dormant Soul
    Memories of Paris: VIII Cite des fleurs
    Fersengeld
    Memories of Paris: IV New York Moxie
    Memories of Paris: V Rue de Beaujolais
    Memories of Paris: VI Rue des trois freres
    Four Fathers
    Memories of Paris: VII Drop of Gold
    Sticks and Bones
    Shuffle Up
    Memories of Paris: IX Clairieres
    Memories of Paris: I Clearings
    Memories of Paris: III Smoking Dog and the Sinner Cat
    Ceilings
    Memories of Paris: II Rue des martyrs
    Exits
    Rain of Steel
    Bushwacked
    Puppet Flower

    References

    Eric Watson (musician) Wikipedia


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