THE ROYAL DAN TRIBUTE

"The Royal Dan Tribute" is the title of the Steely Dan tribute album that got released in 2006.
Contributions by Robben Ford, Steve Morse, Al Dimeola, Mike Stern...
With an exceptional backing band : Vinnie Colaiuta, Jimmy Haslip, Peter Wolf and Ernie Watts.
That's three musicians that worked with Frank Zappa !

-- info: Jan van Kemenade

ERNIE WATTS HAS A NEW ALBUM OUT

Ernie Watts, who was the saxophone player on Frank Zappa's "The Grand Wazoo" (1972), has just released a new album.
It's entitled "A Simple Truth" and it's out on the Flying Dolphin Records label.

Here's a recent live snippet from Ernie Watts with Tino Derado (piano), Rudi Engel (bass) and Heinrich Koebberling (drums).