The Horn Call Podcast

Episode 12: Robert Watt

Listen Later

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?
    • ...more
    View all episodesView all episodes
    Download on the App Store
    The Horn Call PodcastBy hornsociety
    • 5
    • 5
    • 5
    • 5
    • 5

    5

    13 ratings

    More shows like The Horn Call Podcast

    View all
    This American Life by This American Life

    This American Life

    91,032 Listeners

    TED Radio Hour by NPR

    TED Radio Hour

    21,983 Listeners

    Radiolab by WNYC Studios

    Radiolab

    43,979 Listeners

    Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! by NPR

    Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

    38,727 Listeners

    The Moth by The Moth

    The Moth

    27,206 Listeners

    Judge John Hodgman by John Hodgman and Maximum Fun

    Judge John Hodgman

    7,695 Listeners

    StoryCorps by NPR

    StoryCorps

    3,993 Listeners

    The Daily by The New York Times

    The Daily

    112,751 Listeners

    Up First from NPR by NPR

    Up First from NPR

    56,508 Listeners

    Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend by Team Coco & Earwolf

    Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend

    59,316 Listeners

    That's Not Spit, It's Condensation! by Ryan Beach

    That's Not Spit, It's Condensation!

    118 Listeners

    The Complete Musician Podcast by The Complete Musician Podcast

    The Complete Musician Podcast

    8 Listeners

    Huberman Lab by Scicomm Media

    Huberman Lab

    29,216 Listeners

    The Horn Signal by Bob Reeves Brass

    The Horn Signal

    10 Listeners

    The Holistic Horn - A New Paradigm of Brass Playing & Musical Mastery by Mars Gelfo

    The Holistic Horn - A New Paradigm of Brass Playing & Musical Mastery

    4 Listeners