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The Trap Set with Joe Wong

008: Jeff "Tain" Watts (Wynton/Branford Marsalis, Alice Coltrane, Solo)

The Trap Set with Joe Wong

Joe Wong

Joewong, Drums, Comedy, Performing Arts, Arts, Drummers

4.8709 Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2015

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Joe talks to Jeff "Tain" Watts about growing up in the Hill District of Pittsburgh, getting suspended from school for fighting, ascending to the top of the 80s jazz world with the Marsalis brothers, and playing in a band with Gus from Breaking Bad.

Transcript

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0:00.0

The Trap Set will always be available for free, but we rely on donations from our listeners.

0:05.1

Please visit our website at thetrapset.net and click Donate.

0:09.0

Subscribe to our show on iTunes, and if you enjoy what you hear, give us a review.

0:13.2

This episode of The Trap Set is brought to you by Collectiveo coffee, handmade coffee since 1993.

0:20.2

Check them out online at Collective with 1L.com.

0:23.9

This is Joe Wong. Welcome to the Trapset, where each week we explore the lives of drummers.

0:42.6

I want to play something for you. But first, I want to thank you, our listeners.

0:47.4

Thanks for rating and reviewing us on iTunes. As a result, we've been named a new and

0:52.0

noteworthy podcast. Thanks so much for sending in donations.

0:55.9

It helps offset the cost of the show.

0:57.9

And thanks for sharing the trap set with your friends.

1:00.5

Please keep it up.

1:01.4

We're just getting started and we have amazing episodes coming up.

1:04.8

I also want to let you know that we're now on Stitcher Radio.

1:07.8

So if you don't have an iPhone or an iPod, you can still find us at

1:11.3

Stitcher.com. And now I want to play something for you. You're hearing the impaler featuring my guest Jeff Tane Watts on drones.

1:34.3

In person, Jeff is humble, really funny, and somewhat self-effacing.

1:38.3

However, his musical approach is, as you can hear, ferocious.

1:42.3

He swings hard and stays way on top of the beat.

1:45.8

Although highly educated, Jeff has skills that can't be taught in school.

1:50.3

Jeff rose to international fame in the early 80s as a sideman for both Brantford and

1:54.8

Witten Marsalis.

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