Watts, Noble Thin Man
(1926–2004)> SAXOPHONIST
Watts, Noble Thin Man 17 February 1926; DeLand, FL – 24 August 2004; DeLand, FL Tenor saxophonist. Watts came to notice with the Griffin Brothers Orchestra in 1951–1952 and then played with Paul Williams until 1956. Both bands featured him prominently, playing in the overtly emotional style through which swing techniques were adapted to jump/rhythm and blues and eventually simplified to become rock ’n’ roll (for example, the Griffin Brothers’ “ Shuffle Bug ,” 1951, Dot 1071, and Williams’s “…