The_Marzette_Watts_Ensemble
The Marzette Watts Ensemble
1969 studio album by Marzette Watts
The Marzette Watts Ensemble is the second and final album by saxophonist and composer Marzette Watts. It was recorded in 1968 in New York City, and was released on LP by Savoy Records in 1969. On the album, Watts is joined by cornetist George Turner, trombonist Marty Cook, violinist Frank Kipers, vocalists Amy Schaeffer and Patty Waters, pianist Bobby Few, bassists Cevera Jeffries (listed as "Cevera Jehers"), Juny Booth, and Steve Tintweiss, and drummers J. C. Moses and Tom Berge. The album was produced by Bill Dixon, whose composition "octobersong" is featured, and who also provided liner notes and played piano on one track.[1][2][3][4]
The Marzette Watts Ensemble is the followup to Marzette Watts and Company, which was recorded in 1966 and released by ESP-Disk in 1968.[5] "Play It Straight" and "Lonely Woman" were included in the 1979 Savoy compilation New Music: Second Wave.[6]