Bobby Watson
He was born in Lawrence.
Also recorded as Robert Michael Watson Jr.
Bobby Watson
American jazz alto saxophonist, composer, producer, and educator.
Paul Turner Barrow-in-Furness, England · No Sax Please, We're English · CC BY 2.0
- Born
- 1953. · Lawrence.
- Nationality
- United States.
- Occupation
- composer, saxophonist, record producer and musician.
- Fields
- jazz and post-bop.
- Education
- University of Miami and Frost School of Music.
- Honours
- Kansas Music Hall of Fame.
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Bobby Watson is recorded as composer, saxophonist, record producer and musician. American jazz alto saxophonist, composer, producer, and educator.
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1953
Bobby Watson born at Lawrence.
1991
Bobby Watson 1991 12 31 Just Jazz St Louis MO FM (1991) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
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Lawrence.
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Yukon.
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- MusicBrainz artist record for Bobby Watson
Scholarly · MetaBrainz Foundation
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 1176684256, Robert "Bobby" Watson Quartet.
General reference · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q729085: Bobby Watson
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MusicBrainz artist record for Bobby WatsonMetaBrainz Foundation
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 1176684256, Robert "Bobby" Watson Quartet.Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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Watson, Bobby, Oxford Music Online, 2003
Watson, Bobby, African American Studies Center, 2016
Living Large (Bobby Watson), Weather Bird, 2006
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