Noble ``Thin Man'' Watts (February 17, 1926 -- August 28, 2004) was an American blues, jump blues and rhythm and blues saxophonist. He primarily played tenor saxophone. Allmusic journalist Bill Dahl considered Watts ``one of the most incendiary ... fire-breathing tenor sax honkers'' of the 1950s. Born in DeLand, Florida, Watts studied violin and trumpet in his youth, later switching to sax.
Noble ``Thin Man'' Watts (February 17, 1926 -- August 28, 2004) was an American blues, jump blues and rhythm and blues saxophonist.
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rhythm
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He primarily played tenor saxophone.
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play
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Allmusic journalist Bill Dahl considered Watts ``one of the most incendiary ... fire-breathing tenor sax honkers'' of the 1950s.
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consider
considered
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breathing
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honkers
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Born in DeLand, Florida, Watts studied violin and trumpet in his youth, later switching to sax.
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study
studied
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