Eric Watson (musician) explained

Eric Watson
Birth Date:	July 5, 1955
Birth Place:	Wellesley, Massachusetts, U.S.
Genre:	Jazz
Instrument:	Piano
Label:	ACT Music

Eric Watson (born July 5, 1955) is an American jazz pianist.

Early life and education

Watson was born in Wellesley, Massachusetts. He began playing piano as a child and performed in rock bands in Massachusetts.^[1] He studied classical music at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music in Oberlin, Ohio.^{[2] [3]}

Career

After graduating from college in 1978, Watson moved to Paris, where he performed jazz and classical music and worked as an accompanist for a dance group.^[4] is signed to a long-term recording contract with ACT Music. He has worked with double bass player John Lindberg, drummer Ed Thigpen,^[5] and Steve Lacy.^[6]

Discography

• Bulls Blood (1980)
• Conspiracy (1982)
• Child in the Sky (1985)
• Piano One (1985)
• Your Tonight Is My Tomorrow (1987)
• Charles Ives (1991)
• Palimpseste (1991)
• Listen to the Night (1994)
• Punk Circus (1994)
• Silent Hearts (1999)
• Full Metal Quartet (2000)
• Sketches of Solitude (2002)
• Road Movies (2004)
• Midnight Torsion (2009)
• Memories of Paris (2010)

With Steve Lacy

• Spirit of Mingus (Free Lance, 1992)
• Clangs (hat ART, 1993)

External links and sources

• http://nfo.net/calendar/jul05.htm
• http://www.actmusic.com/artist_detail.php?bio=1&manufacturers_id=28

Notes and References

1. News: Bessières . Vincent . October 2004 . Jazzmen de notre temps . French . . dead . July 7, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150707091657/http://mediatheque.cite-musique.fr/masc/?INSTANCE=CITEMUSIQUE&URL=%2Fmediacomposite%2FCMDO%2FCMDO000020000%2FCMDO000021000%2FCMDO000021000_0856%2F . July 7, 2015 . mdy.
2. Web site: Eric Watson Biography . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20190408115744/https://www.actmusic.com/en/Artists/Eric-Watson/Biografie . April 8, 2019 . July 6, 2015 . ACT Music.
3. News: Zwerin . Mike . February 1, 1996 . Eric Watson, a 'Recovering Classical Pianist' . . July 6, 2015.
4. News: Zwerin . Mike . 1996-02-01 . Eric Watson, a 'Recovering Classical Pianist' . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-10-01 . 0362-4331.
5. Web site: Live au Petit Faucheux: Review . Alain. Drouot . Allmusic. December 4, 2010.
6. Web site: Smetana: Les Deux Quatuors/Huit Polkas: Review . Michael. Nastos . Allmusic. December 4, 2010.