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Julius Watkins (October 10, 1921 – April 4, 1977)

(1992). 9780851129396, Guinness Publishing.
was an American jazz musician who played . Described by as "virtually the father of the jazz French horn", Watkins won the critics poll in 1960 and 1961 for Miscellaneous Instrument.

Life and career
Watkins was born in , , United States. He began playing the French horn when he was nine years old. Watkins began his career in jazz playing the in the Orchestra from 1943 to 1946. By the late 1940s, he had played some French horn solos on recording sessions led by and . After moving to New York City, Watkins studied for three years at the Manhattan School of Music. He started appearing in small-group jazz sessions, including two led by , featuring on "Friday the 13th" on the album Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins (1954).

Watkins recorded with many other jazz musicians, including , , , and , , , , , and with the Jazz Composer's Orchestra. He co-led, with , the group Les Jazz Modes from 1956 to 1959, and he toured with and his band from 1959 to 1961.

In 1969, Watkins played French horn for the beat poet 's album Songs of Innocence and Experience (1970), a musical adaptation of 's poetry collection of the same name.

Suffering from diabetes, liver and kidney problems, and chronic alcoholism, Watkins died from a heart attack in Short Hills, New Jersey, at the age of 55.Smith, P. G. "Julius Watkins and the Evolution of the Jazz French Horn Genre" (dissertation), University of Florida, 2005, p. 56-57. Retrieved October 6, 2016.

From 1994 to 1998, an annual Julius Watkins Jazz Horn Festival was held in New York, beginning at the Knitting Factory,"A One-Night French Horn Festival", The New York Times, January 27, 1994) honoring his legacy. After an eleven-year break, another Julius Watkins Festival was held on October 3, 2009, in , Washington, at Cornish College of the Arts. On September 29, 2012, the seventh Julius Watkins Jazz Horn Festival was held at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia.

Discography
As leader/co-leader
  • Julius Watkins Sextet, Vol 1 & 2 (Blue Note, 1954, 1955)
  • French Horns for My Lady (Phillips, 1962)
With as Les Jazz Modes/The Jazz Modes
  • Jazzville Vol. 1 (Dawn, 1956) - shared LP with -Dick Sherman Quintet
  • Les Jazz Modes (Dawn, 1956)
  • Mood in Scarlet (Dawn, 1956)
  • The Most Happy Fella (Atlantic, 1958)
  • The Jazz Modes (Atlantic, 1959)
With Jazz Contemporaries (, , , , Keno Duke)
  • Reasons in Tonality (Strata-East, 1972)

As sideman
With
  • Jazz Goes to the Movies (Impulse!, 1962)
With With
  • Golden Boy (Colpix, 1964)
With With
  • Impressions of Duke Ellington (Mercury, 1961)
With
  • (Columbia, 1957) - with
  • Modern Jazz Perspective (Columbia, 1957) - with Gigi Gryce
With
  • Africa/Brass (Impulse!, 1961)
  • The Africa/Brass Sessions, Volume 2 (Impulse!, 1961 1974)
With
  • The Magic Touch (Riverside, 1962)
With
  • Porgy and Bess (Columbia, 1959)
  • Miles Davis at Carnegie Hall (Columbia, 1961)
  • Quiet Nights (Columbia, 1963)
With
  • At Basin Street East (EmArcy, 1961) with Quincy Jones
With
  • New Bottle Old Wine (World Pacific, 1958)
  • The Individualism of Gil Evans (Verve, 1964)
  • Blues in Orbit (Enja, 1971)
With With and
  • Curtis Fuller and Hampton Hawes with French Horns (Status, 1957 1962)
With With
  • Songs of Innocence and Experience (MGM, 1970)
With
  • Benny Golson's New York Scene (Contemporary, 1957)
With
  • Change of Pace (Riverside, 1961)
With
  • Nica's Tempo (Signal, 1955)
With
  • The Quota (Riverside, 1961)
  • Triple Threat (Riverside, 1962)
  • (Riverside, 1963)
With
  • The Body & the Soul (Impulse!, 1963)
With
  • Meet Milt Jackson (Savoy, 1949)
  • Roll 'Em Bags (Savoy, 1949)
  • For Someone I Love (Riverside, 1963)
With The Jazz Composer's Orchestra
  • The Jazz Composer's Orchestra (JCOA 1968)
With
  • The Birth of a Band! (Mercury, 1959)
  • The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones (Mercury, 1959)
  • Q Live in Paris Circa 1960 (Quest, 1960 1996)
  • The Birth of a Band! Vol. 2 (Mercury, 1959-60 1984)
  • I Dig Dancers (Mercury, 1960)
  • Around the World (Mercury, 1961)
  • Newport '61 (Mercury, 1961)
  • (Mercury, 1961 1984)
  • (Impulse!, 1962)
  • Big Band Bossa Nova (Mercury, 1962)
  • Quincy Jones Plays Hip Hits (Mercury, 1963)
  • Quincy Plays for Pussycats (Mercury, 1959-65 1965)
With and
  • Consummation (Solid State, 1970)
  • Suite for Pops (Horizon, 1975)
  • New Life (Horizon, 1976)
With
  • Come Swing with Me (Roost, 1956)
With With Roland Kirk
  • Left & Right (Atlantic, 1968)
With
  • Michel Legrand Big Band Plays Richard Rogers (Phillips, 1963)
With the Manhattan Jazz All-Stars
  • Swinging Guys and Dolls (Columbia, 1959)
With
  • The Herbie Mann String Album (Atlantic, 1967)
With
  • Blues to Coltrane (Candid, 1961 1987)
With
  • The Modern Art of Jazz by Mat Mathews (Dawn, 1956)
  • 4 French Horns plus Rhythm (Elektra, 1958)
With Charles McPherson
  • Today's Man (Mainstream, 1973)
With Gil Mellé With
  • Music Written for Monterey 1965 (Jazz Workshop, 1965)
  • Let My Children Hear Music (Columbia, 1972)
With
  • A Sure Thing (Riverside, 1962)
With
  • Monk (Prestige, 1954)
  • Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins (Prestige, 1954)
With David Newman
  • The Many Facets of David Newman (Atlantic, 1969)
With
  • Afro/American Sketches (Prestige, 1961)
With Chico O'Farrill With
  • Bursting Out with the All-Star Big Band! (Verve, 1962)
With
  • The New Oscar Pettiford Sextet (Debut, 1953)
  • Oscar Pettiford (Bethlehem, 1954)
  • The Oscar Pettiford Orchestra in Hi-Fi (ABC-Paramount, 1956)
  • The Oscar Pettiford Orchestra in Hi-Fi Volume Two (ABC-Paramount, 1957)
With
  • Experiments in Sound (Capitol, 1958)
  • The Rites of Diablo (Roulette, 1958)
  • Walk Softly/Run Wild! (Coral, 1959)
With the Riverside Jazz Stars
  • A Jazz Version of Kean (Riverside, 1962)
With
  • (Columbia, 1955)
  • New Sounds by Pete Rugolo (Harmony, 1954–55, 1957)
With
  • Karma (Impulse, 1969)
With
  • Satin Brass (Capitol, 1959)
With Warren Smith
  • Composer's Workshop Ensemble (Strata-East, 1972)
With
  • Gemini (Jazzland, 1961)
With
  • Kwamina (Mercury, 1961)
With With
  • Song of the New World (Milestone, 1973)
With
  • (Roulette, 1960)
  • Highlife (Colpix, 1963)
  • Tanjah (Polydor, 1973)
With Art Webb
  • Mr. Flute (Atlantic, 1977)
With Mary Lou Williams
  • Mary Lou's Mass (Mary, 1972 1975)
With
  • Rights of Swing (Candid, 1961)

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