Bill Watrous
Biography
William Russell Watrous III (June 8, 1939 – July 2, 2018) was an American jazz trombonist. He is perhaps best known for his rendition of Sammy Nestico's arrangement of the Johnny Mandel ballad "A Time for Love", which he recorded on a 1993 album of the same name. A self-described "bop-oriented" player, he was well known among trombonists as a master technician and for his mellifluous sound.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Parade
1986
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1977
Prelude
1973
Extreme II : Pornograffitti (A Funked Up Fairytale)
1990
California Dreaming
1967
Sounds...And Stuff Like That!!
1978
Between The Lines
1975
The Leprechaun
1976
Trilogy: Past, Present & Future
1980
Aliens Ate My Buick
1988
Roots (The Saga Of An American Family)
1977
Stars
1974
1980
1980
The Best Of
1984
Funk In A Mason Jar
1977
Dawn Of A New Day
1973
Summertime
1969
Anthology. Messages
2005
L.A. Is My Lady
1984
Main Squeeze
1976
Hands Of Fire
1974
Simba
1974
Jacaranda
1973
Sing Along Junk
1972
Credited work
1,452 releases · 200 albums · active 1963–2025
- Performance · 1,624
- Other credits · 242
- Production · 12
Studios: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Sunset Sound · Ocean Way Recording · A&R Studios
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Quincy Jones
- Kai Winding
- Wes Montgomery
- Michael Feinstein
- O'Donel Levy
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Chicago (2)