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Jeff "Tain" Watts

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Jeff "Tain" Watts
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Jeff "Tain" Watts (born January 20, 1960) is an American jazz drummer who has performed with Wynton Marsalis, Branford Marsalis, Betty Carter, Michael Brecker, Alice Coltrane, Ravi Coltrane, and others.

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Biography

Watts got the nickname "Tain" from Kenny Kirkland when they were on tour in Florida and drove past a Chieftain gas station.[1] He was given a Guggenheim fellowship in music composition in 2017.[2] Watts attended Berklee College of Music, where he met collaborator Branford Marsalis.[3]

Discography

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As leader

  • Megawatts (Sunnyside, 1991)
  • Citizen Tain (Columbia, 1999)
  • Bar Talk (Columbia, 2002)
  • Detained at the Blue Note (Half Note, 2004)
  • Folks Songs (Dark Key Music, 2011)
  • Watts (Dark Key Music, 2009)
  • Family (Dark Key Music, 2011)
  • Blue, Vol. 1 (Dark Key Music, 2015)
  • Blue, Vol. 2 (Dark Key Music, 2018)
  • Detained in Amsterdam (Dark Key Music, 2018)

As sideman

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Awards and honors

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Grammy Awards

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