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Drummers · b. 1960

Jeff "Tain" Watts

American musician

Born: 20 January 1960
Pittsburgh
Country: United States
Record labels: Columbia Records
Discography: 11 albums

Biography

Jeff "Tain" Watts is a jazz musician who plays drum kit. Jeff "Tain" Watts was born on 20 January 1960 in Pittsburgh. The music is usually filed under jazz. Record labels: Columbia Records. The discography here lists 11 albums, from “Citizen Tain” (1999) to “Misterioso” (2022). Honours include Guggenheim Fellowship (2017).

Jeff "Tain" Watts (born January 20, 1960) is an American jazz drummer and composer who has worked across genres including Grammy wins with The Metropolitan Opera, Wynton Marsalis, Branford Marsalis Quartet and Mingus Big Band. Performing with Michael Brecker, Alice Coltrane, Kenny Garrett, McCoy Tyner, Ravi Coltrane, and others.

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Discography

Studio and live albums

Citizen Tain 1999 · Columbia Jazz Bar Talk 2002 · Columbia Detained at the Blue Note 2004 · Half Note Records Megawatts 2004 · Sunnyside

Watts 2009

The Impaler 2010

Blue Vol. 1 2015 · Dark Key Music Blue, Vol. 2 2016 · Dark Key Music Wattify 2016 Travel Band: Detained in Amsterdam 2018 Misterioso 2022 · GSI Records

Also plays on

Albums where Jeff "Tain" Watts is credited as a sideman

1984	Hot House Flowers — Wynton Marsalis	drums (drum set)
1984	Scenes in the City — Branford Marsalis	drums (drum set)
1985	Black Codes (From the Underground) — Wynton Marsalis	drums (drum set)
1985	Tokyo Dating — Sadao Watanabe	drums (drum set)
1986	J Mood — Wynton Marsalis	drums (drum set)
1986	Double Trios — McCoy Tyner	drums (drum set)
1986	Royal Garden Blues — Branford Marsalis	drums (drum set)
1987	Marsalis Standard Time, Vol. 1 — Wynton Marsalis	drums (drum set), arranger
1989	Falling in Love With Jazz — Sonny Rollins	drums (drum set)
1989	Trio Jeepy — Branford Marsalis	drums (drum set)
1991	Standard Time, Volume 2: Intimacy Calling — Wynton Marsalis	drums (drum set)
1991	Bloomington — Branford Marsalis	drums (drum set)
1991	The Nurturer — Geri Allen	drums (drum set)
1991	Terence Blanchard — Terence Blanchard	drums (drum set)
1991	Within the Realms of Our Dreams — Courtney Pine	drums (drum set)
1992	It's Not About the Melody — Betty Carter	drums (drum set)
1992	I Heard You Twice the First Time — Branford Marsalis	drums (drum set)
1993	Resolution to Swing — Wynton Marsalis	drums (drum set)
1994	True Blue — Mark Whitfield	drums (drum set)
1996	From Now On — Sonny Fortune	drums (drum set)
1996	PanaMonk — Danilo Pérez	drums (drum set)
1997	Songbook — Kenny Garrett	drums (drum set)
1998	Two Blocks From the Edge — Michael Brecker	drums (drum set)
1998	Central Avenue — Danilo Pérez	drums (drum set)
1998	Moving Pictures — Ravi Coltrane	drums (drum set)
1999	Time Is of the Essence — Michael Brecker	drums (drum set)
1999	Simply Said — Kenny Garrett	drums (drum set)
2000	Contemporary Jazz — Branford Marsalis	drums (drum set)
2001	Heartstrings — Russell Malone	membranophone, drums (drum set)
2004	Translinear Light — Alice Coltrane	drums (drum set)