If joy were a sound, it would be boogie-woogie music.ĭave Green: We were neighbors when we were five years old. Dave Green sat in as we discussed Watts's twin passions. Wearing a single-breasted grey suit and shirt of deep purple-both linen and precisely tailored to fit his featherweight frame-plus purple socks and brown tassel loafers, Watts was, as always, every inch the British gentleman. Compared to his signature bemused stoicism when he plays, Watts almost never stops smiling when talking about music and clothes, which he is admittedly obsessed with. The band's debut album, ABC&D of Boogie Woogie: Live from Paris (Eagle Records) was released this week, and the band was in New York for some gigs at Lincoln Center and the Iridium. It probably has something to do with his first love, jazz music, which he's never stopped playing in various side projects, including his latest, ABC&D, a boogie-woogie band comprised of pianists Al Zwingenberger and Ben Waters, Watts on drums, and jazz bassist Dave Green. Rolling Stones band mate Keith Richards generally wins the title of Coolest Man Alive, but for my money Watts, who just turned 71, has always been the coolest Stone. The thing about Charlie Watts is that he makes everyone else look like they're trying too hard.
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