THE ABC&D OF BOOGIE WOOGIE

Charlie Watts is currently performing as a member of The A, B, C & D Of Boogie Woogie featuring A - Axel Zwingenberger (piano), B - Ben Waters (piano), C - Charlie Watts (drums) and D - Dave Green (bass). ..more info>>

  
Charlie Watts is currently touring with - The A B C and D of Boogie Woogie featuring Axel Zwingenberger, Ben Waters, Charlie Watts and Dave Green
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"The best jazz drummer of the goddamn century." - Keith Richards, Life

"Jazz is my passion. This is the music that I really want to do." - Charlie Watts, 2010

Drummer for the Rolling Stones since the beginning in January 1962.

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee (1989)

Modern Drummer Hall of Fame Inductee (2006)

Ranked as one of the Top Ten World's Best Drummers, per Rolling Stone magazine readers' poll, February 2010

Current jazz project with The ABC&D of Boogie Woogie featuring Axel Zwingenberger, Ben Waters, Charlie Watts and Dave Green. "A blast of sheer good fun… As the entire ensemble launched into a finale of Down the Road Apiece…the whole room seemed to have turned into a bouncy castle for grown-ups." - The Times UK, April 15, 2009

Released seven jazz albums with the Charlie Watts Orchestra, Charlie Watts Quintet, Charlie Watts / Jim Keltner Project and Charlie Watts and The Tentet.

Contributed to music on albums by Jack Bruce, B.B. King, Alexis Korner, Leon Russell, Pete Townshend/Ronnie Lane, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Eric Clapton, Chico Hamilton, Marianne Faithfull, AC/DC, Ben Sidran and many more. 

Drummer in Rocket 88, with Jack Bruce (upright bass), Ian Stewart (piano) and Alexis Korner (guitar).

Over the past two decades, Charlie has been able to pursue his passion for jazz, playing in a variety of settings whenever he wasn't otherwise engaged with the "World's Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Band."

In 1985, Charlie formed a big band, the Charlie Watts Orchestra, and toured the U.S., ultimately releasing Live at Fulham Town Hall.  In 1991, he formed a small group, called The Charlie Watts Quintet, to pay homage to the music that first grabbed him while growing up in London.  In a span of five years they released a series of stellar recordings: From One Charlie, Tribute To Charlie Parker, Warm And Tender and Long Ago And Far Away.  Next came Charlie's heartfelt collaboration with Jim Keltner, The Charlie Watts / Jim Keltner Project, in tribute to their favorite drummers, with each track titled after a different hero.  On his most recent double-CD release, Charlie's Tentet was recorded live at the legendary Ronnie Scott's in London on Watts at Scott's.  Hear the warmth, joy, and virtuosity of this dream team of jazz masters as they perform a diverse collection of compositions from the likes of Duke Ellington and Thelonius Monk to originals from the Tentet themselves including Gerard Presencer's take on the Glimmer Twins in "Faction," to two tracks culled from the aforementioned Watts / Keltner Project.