This is FRESH AIR. Alto saxophonist Bobby Watson came up in drummer Art Blakey's finishing school, The Jazz Messengers, and has recorded dozens of highly acclaimed albums since. After decades working ...

If you dig jazz, a veritable community of Missouri musicians has a celebration planned with you in mind. Saxophonist Bobby Watson, a Kansas City musical institution unto himself, will lead the ...

Bobby Watson demonstrates how he transitions from making a musical mistake while playing his saxophone on KCUR's Up To Date on May 14, 2024. In their decades-long careers, vocalist Deborah Brown and ...

Alto and soprano saxophonist Bobby Watson’s Live & Learn (Palmetto) is a well-produced recording that speaks to diverse audiences while avoiding condescension and compromise. The tracks are short ...

Bobby Watson shouldn't be missed as one of the foremost jazz saxophonists, composers, arrangers, and educators on the scene today. It was seeing him headline the weekend in Chicago at the legendary ...

Sylwester Ostrowski traveled from his native Poland to Kansas City in February 2020 to participate in a centennial celebration of Charlie Parker's life and music. During the visit, Ostrowski visited ...

After decades in New York, Watson has returned to Kansas City. The core KC jazz values — a swinging beat, a personal style, and an earthy, bluesy sensibility — are firmly in place on this new album.