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| For Your Consideration: Ernie Watts Quartet “A Simple Truth”  For your Grammy considerationBEST JAZZ INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM ERNIE WATTS QUARTET "A Simple Truth" Ernie Watts-tenor saxophone, Christof Saenger-piano, Rudi Engel-acoustic bass, Heinrich Koebberling-drums "Ernie Watts and his all-German European Quartet of classically-trained pianist Christof Saenger, bassist Rudi Engel and drummer Heinrich Koebberling come together as one cohesive force with unquestioned musicianship, making this group one of the best quartets in the business. Watts imagines music as being 'one of the basics that connects people, going right past language, ethnicity, culture, and even history, into direct feeling, ' which is the simple truth this music is designed to reveal. On the menu are five striking originals, and new treatments of tunes by Dizzy Gillespie, Billy Childs, and Keith Jarrett. Closing the session is the lush 'The Sound: Evening, ' where the music on this outstanding album reveals many truths, among them A Simple Truth; that Ernie Watts is still one of the best reed men around, and that this Watts Quartet is indeed amazing. " All About Jazz / Edward Blanco write your comments about the article :: © 2014 Jazz News :: home page |