Monty Waters

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Monty Waters sings in the Palmengarten in Munich 1999

Monty Waters (* 14. April 1938 in Modesto , California ; † 23. December 2008 in Munich ) was an American saxophonist of modern jazz .

Live and act

Waters received his first musical training from his aunt and initially played in church. After graduating from college, he was a member of rhythm and blues bands. In the late 1950s he toured with musicians such as BB King , Lightnin 'Hopkins , Little Richard and James Brown . He played with King Pleasure in San Francisco and ran a late night session at Club Bop City in the early 1960s . There he came into contact with musicians such as Miles Davis , John Coltrane , Art Blakey , Red Garland and Dexter Gordon , who visited this club after their concerts. He also formed a big band with Pharoah Sanders , Dewey Redman and Donald Garrett . In 1969 he moved to New York and went on a concert tour with Jon Hendricks . During the 1970s he was a co-founder of “Loft Jazz” and played with musicians such as Sam Rivers , Joe Lee Wilson and Rashied Ali , but also with Charli Persip , Billy Higgins , Woody Shaw and Cedar Walton . Like numerous other jazz musicians, he migrated to Paris in the 1980s , where he worked with Chet Baker , Pharoah Sanders and Johnny Griffin . Through Mal Waldron and Marty Cook he then came to Munich, where he lived for many years in Embryo's shared apartment and from where he also went to Spain , Italy , Austria , France , Hungary , Poland , the Czech Republic , Slovakia , Israel and Russia (including Siberia) traveled for concerts. Waters continued to work with musicians such as Paulo Cardoso , Tom Nicholas , Götz Tangerding , Hannes Beckmann , Suchredin Chronov or Joe Malinga and led his own bands.

Waters, who also worked as a composer and singer in his last years, performed both with Embryo and in a duet with the guitarist and violinist Titus Waldenfels from Munich.

Discographic notes

  • Hot house. Live in Paris. Duc de Lombards. Vol. 1 (with Larry Porter , Stafford James , Ronnie Burrage )
  • New York Calling. Live in Paris. Vol. 2 (with Larry Porter, Stafford James, Ronnie Burrage, Tom Nicholas)
  • Jazzoetry (with Paulo Cardoso and Tom Nicholas)
  • Monty Waters & Titus Waldenfels: Favorite Things
  • Monty Waters & Titus Waldenfels: full blast (with Jürgen Schneider)
  • Monty Waters & L'ubo Samo Quintet: Moonlight in Slovakia (with Titus Waldenfels)

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personal data
SURNAME Waters, Monty
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Waters, Monville
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz saxophonist
DATE OF BIRTH April 14, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Modesto
DATE OF DEATH December 23, 2008
Place of death Munich