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Donald's Encyclopedia of Popular MusicA B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y ZWATTERS, Lu(b Lucious Watters, 19 Dec. '11, Santa Cruz CA; d 5 Nov. '89) Trumpet, bandleader. Formed first band '25, larger bands until '39 residency at the Dawn Club, where he launched the jazz 'revival' era by re-creating a classic New Orleans style. By '40 the band had been named the Yerba Buena Jazz Band; recorded and played at the Dawn Club through '50 (except '42--5; Watters led a 20-piece US Navy band in Hawaii). By then key sidemen Bob Scobey and Turk Murphy had left; Watters studied geology, formed a new band briefly, left music. Of LPs on Good Time Jazz Dawn Club Favorites, Originals And Ragtime, Stomps And The Blues (the first three 12]im[ LPs on that label), all tracks were made '46 with Watters, Scobey, Murphy, Bob Helm on clarinet, Wally Rose on piano, Harry Mordecai on banjo, Dick Lammi on tuba, Bill Dart on drums; Yerba Buena Days ('42--9 tracks) and The '50s Record- ings (two vols) were issued on Dawn Club; Bunk Johnson And Lu Watters on Contemporary incl. '41 and '44 tracks with two different Watters lineups, one with Burt Bales on piano, Clancy Hayes on drums. Three vols of Live At Hambone Kelly's '50 are on GHB, with Helm, Rose, Dart and others. |