One of Ernie Watts’ favorite statements about himself is: “I’m an analog man in a digital world.” He relates with delight that he doesn’t own a computer, saying, “I don’t do email.” He experimented with electronic instruments in the ‘70s, went straight back to acoustic ones, and has stayed there. If all the power went off at an Ernie Watts Quartet concert, they could keep right on playing, and the audience would know that the most valuable kind of electricity was still being produced. This type of electricity comes from a group of committed jazz musicians who have played together for years, have personal as well as musical connections, and unite as one in performance. As Ernie says, “We become music.” Further electricity is provided by Ernie’s original compositions, and those of Christof Saenger, Victor Feldman, and Francois Moutin.

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