Lu Watters

Lu Watters
Lu Watters
Birth name	Lucius Carl Watters
Born	December 19, 1911; Santa Cruz, California, U.S.
Died	November 5, 1989 (aged 77); Santa Rosa, California, U.S.
Genres	Jazz, dixieland
Occupation	Musician
Instrument	Trumpet
Years active	1920s–1950

Lucius Carl Watters (December 19, 1911 – November 5, 1989)^[1] was a trumpeter and bandleader of the Yerba Buena Jazz Band. Jazz critic Leonard Feather said, “The Yerba Buena band was perhaps the most vital factor in the reawakening of public interest in traditional jazz on the west coast.”^[2]

^ Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 2639. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
^ Leonard Feather, The Encyclopedia of Jazz, Da Capo:Horizon Press, 1960, p. 455.

[LarkinGE-1] Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 2639. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.

[2] Leonard Feather, The Encyclopedia of Jazz, Da Capo:Horizon Press, 1960, p. 455.

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