Harry Watters
New
Orleans trombonist and Yamaha Artist Harry Watters serves with the Army Blues
Jazz Ensemble and is the newest member of the United States Army Brass Quintet
in Washington, DC. His recordings include The Island of Dr. Trombone, Centaur
Records' S'Wonderful: The Music of George Gershwin with arranger and conductor
William Grimes, and Summit Records' Brothers, Brothers II & Brothers
III with trumpeter Ken Watters.
A native of Huntsville, Alabama, Harry grew up in a musical family. His parents were accomplished musicians and Harry's brother Ken is an award-winning trumpeter based in New York City.
After graduation from the University of North Texas, Harry spent four years touring and recording with the Dukes of Dixieland. While working at night on Bourbon Street, a sleep-deprived Watters attended the University of New Orleans by day, serving as graduate assistant to Professor Ellis Marsalis.
Watters has performed with Al Hirt, Pete Fountain, Erich Kunzel, Shirley Jones, Peter Nero, Kevin Mahogany, Wycliffe Gordon, Joe Piscopo, Maureen McGovern, Bill Watrous, Carl Fontana, Jiggs Whiggam, Tom "Bones” Malone & James Moody. Harry has appeared as a featured soloist with the West Virginia Symphony, the Syracuse Symphony, the Baton Rouge Symphony, the Tulsa Pops, the Louisiana Philharmonic, the Janacek Philharmonic, the University of North Texas One O'Clock Lab Band, the Kishinev Festival Orchestra & the U.S. Army Orchestra.
His clinic, Power Practicing, has been presented at the University of North Texas, Southeastern Louisiana University, New Mexico State University, the University of Tennessee, East Carolina State University, the University of Central Florida, Virginia Commonwealth University, Louisiana State University and in high schools throughout the United States. (Yamaha)