Bill Watrous

trombone · 1939–2018

Trombonist who started out in dixieland bands in high school, then played with Kai Winding, Woody Herman, Quincy Jones and Maynard Ferguson. He led the big band Manhattan Wildlife Refuge (later Refuge West) and taught at the Thornton School of Music at USC.

Styles

• Modern big bands
• Fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk

Landmark tracks

• Fourth Floor Walk-up (1974)
• Zip City (1974)
• Dichotomy (1974)
• Ayo (1974)

Sources

• Source

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