MAY 11-14 | GIVE THE DRUMMER SOME
May 14, 2023
Joe Henderson Lab
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Original show description below.
Titled “Give the Drummer Some,” this four-night series curated by the eminent Bay Area pianist Joe Warner brings an amazing group of the world’s great drummers to the Joe Henderson Lab for intimate performances with Warner, master bassist Essiet Essiet and for this special night, vocal great The Dynamic Miss Faye Carol, who will perform renditions of tunes by “the cats,” John Coltrane, Charles Mingus, Miles Davis, and others.
Best known as pianist and Music Director for San Francisco jazz treasure The Dynamic Miss Faye Carol, Warner has performed and recorded with Marcus Shelby, Mary Stallings, Steve Turre, Gary Bartz, John Santos, and many others.
PRESS
› Joe Warner, Faye Carol beat the drum for collaboration in jazz (SF Chronicle Datebook)
ABOUT JEFF "TAIN" WATTS
Easily ranking among the most gifted and influential drummers in jazz history, Pittsburgh native Jeff Watts gained notice for his fiery improvisational style and mastery of rhythm, and is best known for his 20-year association with saxophonist and composer Branford Marsalis. Initially a classical percussion student at Duquesne University, Watts transferred to Boston’s Berklee College of Music and met Wynton Marsalis, beginning a seven-year stint in the young trumpeter’s band in 1982 that netted the drummer two GRAMMY awards.
He joined Wynton’s older brother Branford’s band in 1989, recording 18 albums including the GRAMMY winners I Heard You Twice the First Time (1992) and Contemporary Jazz (2000). Given his nickname (short for Chieftain) by pianist and his Branford Marsalis quartet bandmate Kenny Kirkland, Watts has released seven albums as a leader and received a Guggenheim fellowship for composition in 2017. Beyond his work with the Marsalis brothers, Watts has worked widely with Geri Allen, Alice Coltrane, Michael Brecker, Betty Carter, Kenny Garrett, Sonny Fortune, Danilo Perez, McCoy Tyner, and the Mingus Big Band, among others.
Personnel
Jeff “Tain” Watts drums
The Dynamic Miss Faye Carol vocals
Joe Warner piano
Essiet Essiet bass
Joe Warner has a simple goal. He wants to play with the greatest musicians in the world.
The Mercury News
Personnel
Jeff “Tain” Watts drums
The Dynamic Miss Faye Carol vocals
Joe Warner piano
Essiet Essiet bass
Joe Warner has a simple goal. He wants to play with the greatest musicians in the world.
The Mercury News
Watch & Listen
Jeff "Tain" Watts
The Impaler
Branford Marsalis (w/ Jeff "Tain" Watts)
Jack Baker
Jeff "Tain" Watts
The Impaler
Branford Marsalis (w/ Jeff "Tain" Watts)
Jack Baker