Julius Watkins
Biography
Julius Watkins (October 10, 1921 – April 4, 1977) was an American jazz musician who played French horn. Described by AllMusic as "virtually the father of the jazz French horn", Watkins won the Down Beat critics poll in 1960 and 1961 for Miscellaneous Instrument.
Bio from Wikipedia
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Sketches Of Spain
1960
Porgy And Bess
1959
Karma
1969
Extension Of A Man
1973
Africa/Brass
1961
Quiet Nights
1963
Miles Davis At Carnegie Hall
1962
Legrand Jazz
1958
The Smithsonian Collection Of Classic Jazz
1973
Thelonious Monk / Sonny Rollins
1957
The Africa Brass Sessions, Vol. 2
1974
Let My Children Hear Music
1972
The Best Of John Coltrane - His Greatest Years
1970
Guitar Forms
1965
Big Band Bossa Nova
1962
Thelonious Monk
1956
Love Songs
1999
The Essential Miles Davis
2001
Complete Africa / Brass
1991
Song Of The New World
1973
Plays Hip Hits
1963
The Quintessence
1962
Impressions Of Duke Ellington
1962
Jazz Lab
1957
Credited work
2,057 releases · 262 albums · active 1952–2026
- Performance · 2,482
- Other credits · 83
Studios: Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey · Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Columbia 30th Street Studio · WOR Studios