Late Rolling Stones Drummer Charlie Watts' Jazz Recordings To Be Compiled On New Album

2023-05-17

Anthology, an album of jazz recordings from late Rolling Stones‘ drummer Charlie Watts, is set to drop on June 30 via BMG.

Anthology spans 20 years of recordings in various configurations, including collaborations with double-bassist Dave Green and saxophonists Peter King, Evan Parker, and Courtney Pine.

“Charlie Watts ‘Anthology’ is an affectionate retrospective and a reflection of just how frequently Watts was able to exercise his jazz muscles between Rolling Stones commitments to create a bespoke discography of his own,” the description reads.

Anthology includes an extended essay by Paul Sexton which documents Watt’s jazz career and the essential albums covered in the collection. It comes in 4xLP and 2xCD formats as well as digitally.

Watts died in 2021 at age 80.

A press release reads, “This highly desirable retrospective begins in 1986, when Watts had his own name on an album for the first time – with typical modesty, some 25 years after his drumming first became the talk of his peers – on Live At Fulham Town Hall. It then features selections from the Charlie Watts Quintet’s 1991 mini-album From One Charlie, their albums A Tribute to Charlie Parker with Strings (1992), Warm and Tender (1993) and Long Ago and Far Away (1996), the 2000 collaboration Charlie Watts – Jim Keltner Project and another live set, 2004’s Watts at Scott’s, as the Charlie Watts Tentet.”

Anthology Tracklist:

01 Stompin’ at the Savoy (Live at Fulham Town Hall, London, 1986)
02 Flying Home (Live at Fulham Town Hall, London, 1986)
03 Practising, Practising, Just Great
04 Bluebird
05 Relaxing at Camarillo
06 Going, Going Going, Gone
07 Blackbird – White Chicks
08 Cool Blues (Live at Ronnie Scott’s, Birmingham, 1991)
09 Lover Man (Live at Ronnie Scott’s, Birmingham, 1991)
10 Perdido (Live at Ronnie Scott’s, Birmingham, 1991)
11 You Go to My Head
12 If I Should Lose You
13 My Ship
14 Long Ago (And Far Away)
15 Good Morning Heartache
16 Never Let Me Go
17 Roy Haynes
18 Airto
19 Elvin Suit
20 Roll ‘Em Charlie (Live at Ronnie Scott’s, London, 2001)
21 What’s New (Live at Ronnie Scott’s, London, 2001)
22 Tin Tin Deo (Live at Ronnie Scott’s, London, 2001)
23 Sunset and the Mockingbird (Live at Ronnie Scott’s, London, 2001)
24 Take the “A” Train (Live at Ronnie Scott’s, London, 2001)
25 Rockhouse Boogie (Live at Swindon Arts Centre, Swindon, 1978)
26 Ain’t Nobody Minding Your Store (Live at Swindon Arts Centre, Swindon, 1978)
27 Swindon Swing (Live at Swindon Arts Centre, Swindon, Jan 1978)

(Photo: Klemens Riegler)

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