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Bill Watrous

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American trombonist (1939-2018)

United StatesLived 1939 to 2018 · aged 79
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William Russell Watrous III was an American jazz trombonist. He is perhaps best known for his rendition of Sammy Nestico's arrangement of the Johnny Mandel ballad "A Time for Love", which he recorded on a 1993 album of the same name.

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Bill Watrous at Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society, Half Moon Bay, California, July 12, 1989Bill Watrous at Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society, Half Moon Bay, California, July 12, 1989

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William Russell Watrous III was an American jazz trombonist. He is perhaps best known for his rendition of Sammy Nestico's arrangement of the Johnny Mandel ballad "A Time for Love", which he recorded on a 1993 album of the same name. A self-described "bop-oriented" player, he was well known among trombonists as a master technician and for his mellifluous sound.

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Lived 1939 to 2018 · aged 79
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