John Coltrane and Charlie Parker Blew My Mind - Ernie Watts

presents an interview with Ernie Watts, and then a performance of Star Eyes featuring the Billy Taylor Trio. Ernie Watts was born in Norfolk, Virginia. He began playing saxophone at thirteen and later attended the Berklee College of Music on a Downbeat scholarship, after a brief period at West Chester University. He toured with Buddy Rich in the mid-1960s, occupying one of the alto saxophone chairs, with Lou Marini occupying the other. Later, he visited Africa on a US State D