Watts

Nick Mauro

I wrote Watts in dedication to my former jazz teacher Judd Watts, who passed away in 2005. I started studying with Judd early in high school. He spent many hours teaching me about the music that I have spent my life trying to learn. It’s based on the changes to Tadd Dameron’s tune “On a misty night” in which Coltrane plays a beautiful head and solo. Judd was one of the many unsung heroes of this music and since Coltrane was one of his major influences, it seemed appropriate to dedicate the tune to him.