The 2020 Retirement Interview - Kansas City Jazz Legend – Saxophonist & Educator Bobby Watson
Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Kansas City Jazz Legend .. Saxophonist and Educator Bobby Watson .. He grew up in Kansas City, Kansas, and started taking piano lessons at age 10 .. From there, he attended junior high and high school in Minneapolis, where he learned saxophone. He went on to attend the University of Miami and moved on to New York to begin his professional career. He met and started a fruitful union with his mentor Art Blakey – We discussed his chart topping new 2019 CD Bird at 100 .. He talked about the upcoming 100th Birthday for Charlie Parker, new touring plans and recording .. So, his 20-year tenure at UMKC will come to an end – he will retire from academia at the end of the 2019-2020 school year and his impact has been monumental and key to the renaissance in KC .. He trained more than 100 musicians since he arrived at UMKC in 2000 and now at 66 .. It’s high tide for to dedicate himself to performing, composing and recording full time .. So, get to know him and dig this interview my friends ..
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