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About Ken Watters
- Ken Watters is an American jazz trumpeter residing in Huntsville, Alabama.
- He is the brother of noted jazz trombonist, Harry Watters.
- Ken is a member of several noted performing groups, including Tabou Combo, [1], Natalie Cole Band, [2], the Magic City Jazz Orchestra, Ray Reach and Friends and the W.
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- Handy Jazz All-Stars.
- He attended the University of North Texas, where he participated in the famed Lab Band program and studied trumpet with internationally renowned teacher Leonard Candelaria.
- Later, Ken pursued further trumpet studies in New York City with Lew Soloff and Wynton Marsalis. Ken's most recent CD release was by his own Haitian-Caribbean influenced jazz septet, RIYEL.
- The group's self-titled debut CD was released internationally on Summit Records [3].
- His latest musical project is an ongoing venture co-led alongside vocalist Ingrid Felts, called "Watters-Felts Project.
- The jazz-oriented sextet, based in Huntsville, Alabama, is made up of six of the most in-demand musicians in the southeast, including pianist Keith Taylor, bassist Abe Becker, percussionist Darrell Tibbs, drummer Marcus Pope, plus Felts & Watters.
- Ken is currently an adjunct professor at University of Alabama in Huntsville, where he directs the UAH Jazz Ensemble I.
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