Wikipedia gibt einen guten Überblick über die Aufnahmen – v.a. unzählige Prestige-Alben, also sehr vieles, was spontan im Studio entstand. Mit Powell gibt es leider nichts, aber Alben wie „10 to 4 at the 5 Spot“ von Pepper Adams, „Jug“ mit Gene Ammons und ganz besonders Sonny Rollins‘ „Saxophone Colossus“ sind schon grossartig, neben den Messengers- und Silver- und Mobley-Aufnahmen.
Und daneben gibt es zwei schöne Leader-Alben, auf dem zweiten, „Soulnik“, spielt er denn übrigens auch wirklich etwas Cello.
Hier: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Watkins
Von da:
Doug Watkins and Paul Chambers were best friends from high school. Doug introduced Paul to his next door neighbor and childhood friend Annie Williams. Doug knew Paul and Annie liked one another and he liked them. He was Paul’s best man at their wedding. Doug and Paul started a rumor that they were cousin as a joke because they looked alike, dressed alike and were tall. People still confused the two as each other. They were best friends until Doug’s untimely death in 1962. Doug and Paul were not related other than loving one another as friends and fellow bass players.
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