Eric Watson (born July 5, 1955) is an American jazz pianist.

Early life and education

Watson was born in Wellesley, Massachusetts. He began playing piano as a child and performed in rock bands in Massachusetts.[1] He studied classical music at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music in Oberlin, Ohio.[2][3]

Career

After graduating from college in 1978, Watson moved to Paris, where he performed jazz and classical music and worked as an accompanist for a dance group.[4] is signed to a long-term recording contract with ACT Music.[2] He has worked with double bass player John Lindberg, drummer Ed Thigpen,[5] and Steve Lacy.[6]

Discography

• Bulls Blood (1980)
• Conspiracy (1982)
• Child in the Sky (1985)
• Piano One (1985)
• Your Tonight Is My Tomorrow (1987)
• Charles Ives (1991)
• Palimpseste (1991)
• Listen to the Night (1994)
• Punk Circus (1994)
• Silent Hearts (1999)
• Full Metal Quartet (2000)
• Sketches of Solitude (2002)
• Road Movies (2004)
• Midnight Torsion (2009)
• Memories of Paris (2010)

With Steve Lacy

• Spirit of Mingus (Free Lance, 1992)
• Clangs (hat ART, 1993)

References

External links and sources

• http://nfo.net/calendar/jul05.htm
• http://www.actmusic.com/artist_detail.php?bio=1&manufacturers_id=28

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