Bobby Watson (músico)
# Bobby Watson (músico)

Bobby Watson (Lawrence, Kansas, EUA, 23 de agosto de 1953) é um músico de post-bop, saxofonista, compositor, produtor e professor norte-americano.
Watson cresceu nas cidades Bonner Springs e Kansas City, ambas do estado de Kansas. Frequentou a Universidade de Miami, juntamente com colegas Pat Metheny, Jaco Pastorius e Bruce Hornsby. Conhecido por trabalhar com Art Blakey (1919–1990) e por ter sido um dos membros do grupo Jazz Messengers. Durante toda sua carreira, trabalhou com outros músicos, tais como, Max Roach, Wynton Marsalis, Betty Carter, Carlos Santana, Horizon e 29th Street Saxophone Quartet.

## Discografia
### Como líder

* 1980: Estimated Time Of Arrival
* 1983: Perpetual Groove (Red Records)
* 1984: Advance (Enja Records)
* 1985: Round Trip (Red Records)
* 1986: Love Remains (Red) com John Hicks, Curtis Lundy, Marvin Smitty Smith
* 1987: Beatitudes (Evidence)
* 1987: The Year Of The Rabbit (Evidence) com Art Baron, Mulgrew Miller
* 1991: Present Tense (Columbia)
* 1993: This Little Light Of Mine (Red)
* 1993: Midwest Shuffle (Columbia) con Victor Lewis
* 1995: Urban Renewal (Kokopelli Records)
* 1998: Quiet As It's Kept (Red)
* 1998: The Bobby Watson/Curtis Lundy Project
* 2000: In The Groove
* 2002: Live & Learn
* 2004: Horizon Reassembled (Palmetto Records)
* 2006: Soulful Serendipity com James Williams

### Com Superblue

* Supoerblue (1988, Blue Note)

### Com Horizon

* The Inventor (Blue Note, 1989)
* Post-Motown Bop (Blue Note, 1991)

### Com The Jazz Tribe

* The Jazz Tribe (Red, 1990)
* The Next Step (Red, 1999)

### Com Sam Rivers

* Colours (Black Saint, 1982)

### Com Kamal Abdaul-Alim

* Dance (Stash, 1983)

### Com 29th Street Saxophone Quartet

* Pointillistic Groove (Osmosis, 1984) com Ed Jackson, Rich Rothenberg, Jim Hartog
* The Real Deal (New Note, 1987) com Ed Jackson, Rich Rothenberg, Jim Hartog
* Underground (Antilles Records, 1991) com Hugh Masekela, Benny Green, Curtis Lundy, Victor Lewis
* Milano New York Bridge (Red, 1993)

### Com The Taylor Made Big Band

* Taylor Made (Columbia) com Steve Turre, Robin Eubanks, Jon Faddis
* Live At Someday In Tokyo (2000, com "Tokyo Leaders Big Band")