Noble Watts

Noble "Thin Man" Watts (February 17, 1926 – August 24, 2004) was an American blues, jump blues and rhythm and blues saxophonist. He primarily played tenor saxophone. The AllMusic journalist, Bill Dahl, considered Watts "one of the most incendiary [...] fire-breathing tenor sax honkers" of the 1950s.

Birth and Death Data: Born February 17, 1926 (DeLand), Died August 24, 2004 (DeLand)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1954 - 1968

Roles Represented in DAHR: tenor saxophone

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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings

Company	Matrix No.	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Role
Decca	86041	3/17/1954	I'm too busy crying	Margie Day	instrumentalist, tenor saxophone
Decca	86042	3/17/1954	Take out your false teeth, Daddy	Margie Day	instrumentalist, tenor saxophone
Decca	86043	3/17/1954	Mole in the hole	Margie Day	instrumentalist, tenor saxophone
Decca	86044	3/17/1954	Just couldn't keep it to myself	Margie Day	instrumentalist, tenor saxophone
Decca	120564	7/12/1968	Thing a ma jig	Noble Watts	instrumentalist, tenor saxophone
Decca	120565	7/12/1968	F.L.A.	Noble Watts	instrumentalist, tenor saxophone

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Watts, Noble," accessed November 22, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/350185.

Watts, Noble. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/350185.

"Watts, Noble." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 22 November 2024.