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Bill Watrous

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Aliases
The Bill Watrous Combo
The Bill Watrous Quartet
The Bill Watrous Quartet with Derek Smith, Linc Milliman and Ronnie Bedford
Bill Watrous Quintet
The New Bill Watrous Quartet
Real name
William Russell Watrous III
Born
June 8, 1939
Died
July 2, 2018
Country
United States
Comments
Self described bop-oriented trombonist
Member of
Ten Wheel Drive
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Title Performer Release date Originally by
i January 27, 1992 Rudi Schuricke mit Kinderchor - Alfred Hause mit seinem Tanz-Streichorchester
i 1993 Janet Leigh [dubbed by Jackie Ward]
i 1981 Count Basie and His Orchestra
i 1980 Jack Hylton and His Orchestra
i   January 27, 1992 Fred Astaire with Ray Noble and His Orchestra REC,REL, Fred Astaire BRD
i 1987 Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66
i 1993 Peggy Lee
i January 27, 1992 Bob Crosby and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Helen Ward
1987 Dave Frishberg
i 1993 Julie Andrews
i 1981 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
i 1981 Dolores Gray
i January 27, 1992 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Jack Fulton
i 1980 Seals and Crofts
i January 27, 1992 Victor Herbert
i   1980 Jeanne Crain [dubbed by Louanne Hogan] BRD, Dick Haymes with Victor Young and His Orchestra REC,REL
i   January 27, 1992 Tony Bennett with Percy Faith & His Orch. REL, Sydney Chaplin and Judy Holliday PRF
i 1987 Count Basie and His Orchestra
i 1993 Bud Shank and Bob Brookmeyer
i 1987 Dave Grusin
i   1997 Martha Mears BRD, Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra REC,REL
i 1997 Gloria Grafton & Donald Novis
i 1980 Frank Sinatra – Axel Stordahl and His Orchestra
i 1993 Woody Herman and His Orchestra
i 1987 Russ Columbo and His Orchestra
1975 Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra
1986 Isham Jones' Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Woody Herman
i 1993 Johnny Mandel
i   1993 Peggy Lee REC, Irene Kral BRD
i January 27, 1992 Nat King Cole
i 1993 Michael Feinstein
i   1984 Margaret Whiting & Johnny Mercer - Paul Weston's Orchestra REL, Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five REC, Ricardo Montalbán and Esther Williams BRD
i 1984 Fred Astaire & Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra
i   1984 Johnnie Ray - Orch. under dir. of Joe Reisman REC, John Raitt PRF
i 1984 George Robey and Violet Loraine
i 1984 Betty Hutton with Joe Lilley and His Orchestra
i   1984 Ethel Waters REC, Minto Cato PRF
i 1973 Benny Carter and His Orchestra
i 1973 Red McKenzie & His Orchestra
i 1973 Count Basie Kansas City Seven
i September 2014 Ella Fitzgerald - Orchestra conducted by Buddy Bregman
i September 2014 Carl Saunders
i September 2014 The Carl Saunders - Lanny Morgan Quintet
i September 2014 Michel Colombier
i September 2014 Jane Withers
i   September 2014 Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC, Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REL, Fred MacMurray & Dorothy Lamour BRD
i September 2014 The Clifford Brown Ensemble
i September 2014 Antonio Carlos Jobim
i September 2014 Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker - Sydney Catlett - Al Haig - Curly Russell
i September 2014 Luiz Bonfá / Eumir Deodato
i September 2014 Bill Evans [US1]
i September 2014 The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra
i 2000 Irving Kaufman
i 2000 João Gilberto
i   2000 Phyllis Cleveland and Skeets Gallagher PRF, Carl Fenton's Orchestra (Walter Haenschen) REC
i 2000 Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra
i 2000 (unknown)
i 1979 Herb Jeffries with Buddy Baker and His Orchestra
i   1979 Xavier Cugat and His Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Don Reid REC,REL, June Knight PRF
i 1979 Red McKenzie & His Orchestra
i 1979 Gene Austin
i 2009 Mark Fisher's Orchestra
i 2009 Dorsey Brothers' Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Jean Bowes
i 2009 Dinah Shore with Orchestra
i 2009 Count Basie Kansas City Seven
i 2009 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Frank Sinatra
  2009 Ginger Rogers and Allen Kearns PRF, Majestic Dance Orchestra [Lou God] - Vocal Chorus Irving Kaufman REC
i   1986 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Sy Oliver REC, Ruby Hill, Harold Nicholas PRF
i 1986 John Goss and the Cathedral Male Voice Quartet
i   1969 Warren Burton and Company PRF, The Company [Hair, Original Cast] REC,REL
i 1969 The Revelers [US1]
i 1969 Bobbe Arnst
i 1969 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra
i 1969 Claude François
i 1969 Frank Sinatra
i 1969 Sonny Curtis
i 1969 Nat King Cole
August 24, 2004 Mary Stallings
i October 1979 Joe Henderson [US1]
i October 1979 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i October 1979 The Horace Silver Trio
i Smada Nick Brignola Quintet featuring Bill Watrous October 1979 Unverified
i   October 1979 Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC,REL, Dennis King & Vivienne Segal PRF
2004 Leo Reisman and His Orchestra
2004 Sam Lanin's Dance Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Arthur Hall
i 2004 Spud Murphy and His Orchestra
  2004 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Sy Oliver REC, Ruby Hill, Harold Nicholas PRF
i 2004 Miles Davis with Sonny Rollins and Horace Silver, Percy Heath, Kenny Clarke
i   2004 King Cole and His Trio - Orch. cond. by Pete Rugolo REL, Duke Ellington and His Orchestra REC
2004 Fred Astaire
i 2004 Wes Montgomery
i 1979 Joe Henderson [US1]
i 1979 Ramsey Lewis
i   1979 Harry James and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Buddy Di Vito REC, Dick Haymes BRD, Dick Haymes with Orchestra under direction of Victor Young REL
i 1979 Barbra Streisand - Arranged and conducted by Peter Matz
i 2003 Thelonious Monk Trio
2003 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra
2003 Stan Getz & João Gilberto featuring Antônio Carlos Jobim
2003 Isham Jones' Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Woody Herman
2003 Fred Astaire
2003 Jack Payne & His Band
i   1983 Bob Allen and The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra BRD, Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bonnie Lou Williams and The Sentimentalists REC
i   1983 Mary Hay and Clifton Webb PRF, Lee Wiley with Max Kaminsky's Orchestra REC,REL
i 1983 Gertrude Lawrence and Jack Buchanan
i   1983 Maurice Chevalier REC,BRD
i 1983 Glenn Miller and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ray Eberle and The Modernaires
i 1983 Benny Goodman Sextet
i   1976 Bob Hope PRF, Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Skinny Ennis REC
i 1976 Doris Day
i 1976 Hoagy Carmichael & His Pals
i   1976 Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra REC, Bob Eberly, Helen O'Connell, and Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra BRD
i   1980 Judy Garland with Orchestra under direction of David Rose REC,REL, Judy Garland & Mickey Rooney BRD
i   1980 Dick Powell REC,REL, Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler and Chorus BRD
i 1980 "Fats" Waller and His Rhythm
i 1980 Tullio Carminati
1989 Tony Bennett
i 1989 Janet Brace with Orchestra directed by Jack Pleis
i 1989 Henry Thies and His Hotel Sinton Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Don Dewey
i   1989 Norman Wisdom PRF, Shirley Bassey with Accompaniment directed by Johnnie Spence REL
i 2006 Mark Fisher's Orchestra
i 2006 (unknown)
i 2006 Miles Davis
i 2006 Neal Hefti and His Orchestra
i   2006 Dick Todd with Orchestra REC,REL, Tamara PRF
i 2006 Count Basie Kansas City Seven
i   2006 Martha Mears BRD, Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra REC,REL
i   2006 Hildegarde with Orchestra directed by Harry Sosnik REC, Bob Chester and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Betty Bradley REL, Gertrude Lawrence PRF
i 2006 Elizete Cardoso
i 2006 Virginia Verrill
i 2006 Jerry Goldsmith
i 1968 Vic Damone with Percy Faith
i 1968 Fritz Kreisler - Piano Accompaniment Carl Lamson
i 1968 Roland Gerbeau – Orchestre, direction Guy Luypaerts
i 1968 John Battles
i   1968 (unknown performer) PRF, Don Cornell REC,REL
i 1968 Orchestre de la Boule Blanche sous la direction de Charlery-Banguio - Refrain chanté par Mlle Léona
i 1968 Ruby and The Romantics - Arr. & Cond. by Leroy Kirkland
i 1968 Mina [IT]
i Theme From La Strada William Russell Watrous with The Richard Behrke Strings 1968 Unverified
i 1968 Nat "King" Cole - With Orchestra conducted by Gordon Jenkins
i 1968 Ted Fiorito & His Orchestra

Releases

Albums

Title Performer Release date Label
A Beautiful Friendship Bill Watrous / Pete Christlieb / Carl Saunders / The Gary Urwin Jazz Orchestra September 2014 Summit Records
A Time for Love - Bill Watrous Plays the Music of Johnny Mandel Bill Watrous 1993 GNP Crescendo [US]
Bare Bones Bill Watrous / Rob Stoneback ‎ 2009 Stonequake
Bill Watrous & Carl Fontana Bill Watrous & Carl Fontana 1984 Atlas Record [JP]
Bone-ified Bill Watrous January 27, 1992 GNP Crescendo [US]
'Bone Straight Ahead Bill Watrous Combo with Danny Stiles 1973 Famous Door
Coronary Trombossa! Bill Watrous 1981 Famous Door
Funk 'n Fun Bill Watrous Quintet 1979 Yupiteru Records
I'll Play for You Bill Watrous 1980 Famous Door
In Love Again William Russell Watrous with The Richard Behrke Strings 1968 MTA Records
Kindred Spirits Watrous - Christlieb - The Gary Urwin Jazz Orchestra 2006 Summit Records
L.A. Bound Nick Brignola Quintet featuring Bill Watrous October 1979 Sea Breeze Jazz
La Zorra The New Bill Watrous Quartet 1980 Famous Door
Live at the Blue Note Bill Watrous Quartet 2000 Half Note
Live in Living Comfort The Bill Watrous Quartet 2003 Stonequake
Love Themes for the Underground, the Establishment & Other Sub Cultures Not Yet Known Bill Watrous with The Walter Raim Concept 1969 MTA Records
Mad to the Bone Rob Stoneback Big Band featuring Bill Watrous 2004 Stonequake
One More Time The Danny Stiles - Bill Watrous Five 1976 Famous Door
Reflections Bill Watrous 1987 Soundwings
Roaring Back Into New York, New York The Bill Watrous Quartet with Derek Smith, Linc Milliman and Ronnie Bedford 1983 Famous Door
Slightly off the Ground The Tom Kubis Big Band with Bill Watrous, Jack Sheldon & Matt Catingub ‎ 1989 Sea Breeze Jazz
Someplace Else Bill Watrous With Patrick Williams and His Orchestra 1986 Soundwings
Space Available Bill Watrous 1997 Double-Time Records
Tiger of San Pedro Bill Watrous 1975 Columbia [US]
Watrous in Hollywood The Bill Watrous Combo featuring Danny Stiles 1979 Famous Door

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