Douglas Watkins

Douglas Watkins

(March 2, 1934 – February 5, 1962)

Influential Jazz bassist, while he lived only to the age of 27, Doug Watkins appeared on well over 350 LP's and released only two albums as leader.
Watkins died in an automobile accident on February 5, 1962, while traveling from Arizona to San Francisco to meet drummer Philly Joe Jones for a gig. He fell asleep at the wheel and was hit head-on by an oncoming truck. The other occupants of the car, pianist Sir Roland Hanna and trumpeter Bill Hardman, survived the crash.

▪ 1956 : Watkins at Large
▪ 1960 : Soulnik

Doug Watkins - Watkins At Large (1956)

Personnel:
Doug Watkins - bass
Donald Byrd - trumpet
Duke Jordan - piano
Art Taylor - drums
Hank Mobley - tenor sax (1-4)
Kenny Burrell - guitar (1-4)

Track Listings
1. Return to Paradise (Dimitri Tiomkin)
2. Phinupi (Kenny Burrell)
3. Phil T. McNasty's Blues
4. More of the Same (Thad Jones)
5. Panonica (Duke Jordan)

Recorded: Dec. 8, 1956

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Doug Watkins

Doug Watkins Portrait smoking cigarette, photo by Christopher Stewart/Redferns - 01 Jan 1950

Doug Watkins por Luisa Fuster

Doug Watkins "Soulnik" 1960

Tracks
1 One Guy (Lateef) 6:17
2 Confessin' (That I Love You) (Daugherty, Neiburg, Reynolds) 6:47
3 Soulnik (Lateef) 5:44
4 Andre's Bag (Watkins) 6:58
5 I Remember You (Mercer, Schertzinger) 5:35
6 Imagination (Burke, VanHeusen) 6:10

Personnel
Doug Watkins - cello
Yusef Lateef - flute & oboe
Hugh Lawson - piano
Herman Wright - bass
Lex Humphries - drums

Recorded in Englewood Cliffs, NJ ; May 17, 1960

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