Episode 12: Robert Watt

Join us in Episode 12 for a conversation with Robert Lee Watt, who was a member of the Los Angeles Philharmonic horn section for 37 years and an active studio musician. Bob was the first African-American hornist hired by a major symphony orchestra in the United States. 

Episode Highlights

• Musicians supporting one another during COVID-19
• The invention of the Watt Lifter
• Moving from the East Coast to the West Coast and Southern California
• Studio playing in the early 1970s
• Sidelining stories
• His books: The Black Horn and French Horn Tips and Tricks https://www.robertleewatt.com/
• Films selected for the Pan African Film Festival, https://www.paff.org/
• The story behind the cover photo on his album, I Play French Horn, https://www.amazon.com/Play-French-Horn-Brubeck-Traditional/dp/B07BSMHFWZ 
• Friendship with Miles Davis
• Working with Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles
• What if Mozart and Beethoven had heard the Blues?