William Russell Watrous III (June 8, 1939 – July 2, 2018) was an American jazz trombonist. He is perhaps best known by casual fans of jazz music 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 fellow trombonists as a master technician and for his mellifluous sound.
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American trombonist
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Urbie Green
American jazz trombonist
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Kai Winding
Danish-born American jazz musician and trombonist
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Carl Fontana
American musician
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Quentin Jackson
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Don Sebesky
American jazz musician
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Ross Tompkins
American pianist
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American jazz multi-instrumentalist
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American jazz trombonist
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American saxophonist
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American jazz trombonist
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American musician
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American musician
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Buster Cooper
American trombonist
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Al Grey
American jazz musician
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Buddy DeFranco
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Al Cohn
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American jazz trombonist
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Sonny Russo
American jazz trombonist
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James Moody
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Jack Nimitz
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Joe Williams
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American jazz trombonist
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Lawrence Brown
jazz trombonist
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American musician
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René Touzet
American bandleader
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Ray Barretto
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American saxophonist
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Ernie Andrews
American singer
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John Pisano
American musician
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Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
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Bob Brookmeyer
American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer
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Jerry Dodgion
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Wild Bill Davis
American jazz pianist, organist, and arranger
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Wayne Bergeron
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Bob James
smooth jazz keyboardist and composer
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Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist
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Slide Hampton
American trombonist
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Bill Hughes
jazz musician
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Ernie Henry
American musician
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Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
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Bennie Green
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Ben Webster
American saxophonist
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Turk Murphy
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Cat Anderson
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Ernie Watts
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Gil Evans
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Frank Vicari
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Ray Anderson
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Mike Mainieri
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Claus Ogerman
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Don Butterfield
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Jack Teagarden
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Jimmy Hamilton
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Harry Edison
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Milt Jackson
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Frank Rehak
American musician
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Pete Christlieb
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Dave Bailey
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Mike Richmond
American musician
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Paul Humphrey
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Gene Cherico
American musician
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Connie Kay
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Melba Liston
American jazz trombonist, musical arranger, and composer
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Ronnie Cuber
American musician