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<div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content mw-content-ltr" lang="de" dir="ltr"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="de" dir="ltr"><p><b>Julius Watkins</b> (* <a href="10._Oktober" title="10. Oktober">10. Oktober</a> <a href="1921" title="1921">1921</a> in Short Hills, <a href="New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a>; † <a href="4._April" title="4. April">4. April</a> <a href="1977" title="1977">1977</a> in <a href="Detroit" title="Detroit">Detroit</a>) war ein US-amerikanischer <a href="Hornist" class="mw-redirect" title="Hornist">Hornist</a> des <a href="Jazz" title="Jazz">Jazz</a>.
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<p>Schon als Neunjähriger spezialisierte er sich auf das <a href="Horn_(Instrument)" class="mw-redirect" title="Horn (Instrument)">Waldhorn</a>, spielte aber auch <a href="Trompete" title="Trompete">Trompete</a>. Er spielte 1943 bis 1946 bei <a href="Ernie_Fields" title="Ernie Fields">Ernie Fields</a> und besuchte drei Jahre lang die <i>Manhattan School of Music</i> um dann 1949 in der <a href="Milt_Buckner" title="Milt Buckner">Milt Buckner</a> <a href="Bigband" class="mw-redirect" title="Bigband">Bigband</a> zu spielen. Danach war er in <a href="Band_(Musik)" title="Band (Musik)">Bands</a> von <a href="Kenny_Clarke" title="Kenny Clarke">Kenny Clarke</a>, <a href="Oscar_Pettiford" title="Oscar Pettiford">Oscar Pettiford</a> und <a href="Pete_Rugolo" title="Pete Rugolo">Pete Rugolo</a> (1954). 1955 spielte er im Nonett von <a href="Gigi_Gryce" title="Gigi Gryce">Gigi Gryce</a> <i>(<a href="Nica%E2%80%99s_Tempo" title="Nica’s Tempo">Nica’s Tempo</a>)</i>. 1956 leitete er mit <a href="Charlie_Rouse" title="Charlie Rouse">Charlie Rouse</a> die Band <a href="Les_Jazz_Modes" title="Les Jazz Modes">Les Jazz Modes</a>, deren 10-inch-LP bei <a href="Dawn_Records_(US-amerikanisches_Musiklabel)" title="Dawn Records (US-amerikanisches Musiklabel)">Dawn</a> erschien. 1958 wirkte er bei der <a href="Miles_Davis" title="Miles Davis">Miles Davis</a>/<a href="Gil_Evans" title="Gil Evans">Gil-Evans</a>-Produktion von <i><a href="Porgy_and_Bess_(Miles-Davis-und-Gil-Evans-Album)" title="Porgy and Bess (Miles-Davis-und-Gil-Evans-Album)">Porgy and Bess</a></i> und dem Evans-Album <i><a href="New_Bottle%2C_Old_Wine" title="New Bottle, Old Wine">New Bottle, Old Wine</a></i> mit. Dann spielte er bei <a href="George_Shearing" title="George Shearing">George Shearing</a>, in der <a href="Quincy_Jones_Big_Band" title="Quincy Jones Big Band">Quincy Jones Big Band</a> (1959–1961) und bei <a href="Charles_Mingus" title="Charles Mingus">Charles Mingus</a> (<i><a href="Music_Written_for_Monterey_1965%2C_Not_Heard..._Played_in_Its_Entirety_at_UCLA" title="Music Written for Monterey 1965, Not Heard... Played in Its Entirety at UCLA">Music Written for Monterey</a></i> 1965, <i><a href="Let_My_Children_Hear_Music" title="Let My Children Hear Music">Let My Children Hear Music</a></i>, 1971). Schallplattenaufnahmen machte er auch mit anderen Jazzstars, z. B. <a href="Thelonious_Monk" title="Thelonious Monk">Thelonious Monk</a> (<i><a href="Thelonious_Monk_(Album)" title="Thelonious Monk (Album)">MONK</a></i>, 1956), <a href="Sonny_Rollins" title="Sonny Rollins">Sonny Rollins</a>, <a href="Milt_Jackson" title="Milt Jackson">Milt Jackson</a>, Miles Davis, <a href="John_Coltrane" title="John Coltrane">John Coltrane</a> (<i><a href="Africa/Brass" title="Africa/Brass">Africa/Brass</a></i>, 1961), <a href="Art_Farmer" title="Art Farmer">Art Farmer</a> und <a href="Pharoah_Sanders" title="Pharoah Sanders">Pharoah Sanders</a> (<i><a href="Karma_(Pharoah-Sanders-Album)" title="Karma (Pharoah-Sanders-Album)">Karma</a></i>, 1969), aber auch mit dem <i><a href="Jazz_Composer%E2%80%99s_Orchestra" title="Jazz Composer’s Orchestra">Jazz Composer’s Orchestra</a></i> und Gil Evans (<i><a href="The_Individualism_of_Gil_Evans" title="The Individualism of Gil Evans">The Individualism of Gil Evans</a></i>, 1964).
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<p>Dem Waldhorn-Pionier des Jazz zu Ehren findet seit 1994 in New York das <i>Julius Watkins Horn Festival</i> statt.
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