Julius Watkins

French horn, arranger

Top collaborators

Artist name Roles Recordings
Quincy Jones
Jimmy Heath
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter)
Beverly Kenney
Oscar Pettiford Orchestra

Work on other artists' recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Quincy Jones French horn A Change of Pace, A Sunday Kind of Love, After Hours, Air Mail Special, Along Came Betty, Banja Luka, Bess, You Is My Woman Now, Blues in the Night, Caravan, Chant of the Weed, Cherokee, Chinese Checkers, Choo Choo Ch'Boogie, Daylie Double, Eesom, Evening in Paris, Everybody's Blues, For Lena and Lennie, G'wan Train, Ghana, Happy Faces, Happy Faces (alternate take), Hard Sock Dance, I Never Has Seen Snow, I Remember Clifford, Invitation, Lester Leaps In, Little Karen, Love Is Here to Stay, Marchin' the Blues, Meet B.B., Moanin', Moanin' (alternate version), Moonglow, Parisian Thoroughfare, Pleasingly Plump (first version), Robot Portrait, Solitude, Stolen Moments, Straight, No Chaser, The Birth of a Band, The Boy in the Tree, The Gypsy, The Hucklebuck, The Midnight Sun Will Never Set, The Preacher, The Quintessence, The Twitch, They Say It's Wonderful, Tickle Toe, Trouble on My Mind, Whisper Not
Jimmy Heath French horn Bells and Horns, Bruh' Slim, D. Waltz, Dew and Mud, Down Shift, Funny Time, Gemini, Goodbye, Just in Time, Lowland Lullaby, More Than You Know, Nutty, Prospecting, Six Steps, Swamp Seed, The Quota, Thinking of You, Wall to Wall, When Sunny Gets Blue
Miles Davis French horn Aos Pes Da Cruz, Bess, Oh Where's My Bess, Bess, You Is My Woman Now, Corcovado, Fisherman, Strawberry and Devil Crab, Gone, Gone, Gone, Gone, Here Come De Honey Man, I Loves You, Porgy, It Ain't Necessarily So, My Man's Gone Now, Once Upon a Summertime, Prayer (Oh Doctor Jesus), Song #1, Song #2, Summertime, The Buzzard Song, There's a Boat That's Leaving Soon for New York, Wait Till You See Her
Beverly Kenney French horn Give Me the Simple Life, I Guess I’ll Hang My Tears Out to Dry, If I Were a Bell, It Ain’t Necessarily So, Scarlet Ribbons, Swinging on a Star, The Trolley Song, This Can’t Be Love, Violets for My Furs, Why Try to Change Me Now, You Go to My Head, You Make Me Feel So Young
Oscar Pettiford Orchestra French horn Deep Passion, Nica's Tempo, Not So Sleepy, Perdido, Smoke Signal, Speculation, Sunrise-Sunset, The Gentle Art of Love, The Pendulum at Falcon's Lair, Two French Fries
Oscar Peterson French horn Blues for Big Scotia, Daahoud, Here’s That Rainy Day, I Love You, I’m Old Fashioned, Manteca, Tricrotism, West Coast Blues, Young and Foolish
The Jazz Modes French horn Don't Cry, Happy to Make Your Acquaintance, Joey, Joey, Joey, Like a Woman, My Heart Is So Full of You, Somebody Somewhere, Standing on the Corner, The Most Happy Fella, Warm All Over
Johnny Griffin French horn As We All Know, Connie's Bounce, In The Still Of The Night, Nocturne, Same to You, Situation, Soft and Furry, The Last of the Fat Pants, Why Not
Bloodievoice French horn (What's The Story) Morning Glory, Bossa Bags, Chelsea Bridge, Days Of Wine And Roses, Extraordinary Blues, Flamingo, For Someone I Love, Just Waiting, Save Your Love For Me
The Gil Evans Orchestra French horn 'Round Midnight, Bird Feathers, King Porter Stomp, Lester Leaps In, Manteca, St. Louis Blues, Struttin' With Some Barbecue, Willow Tree
Quincy Jones and His Orchestra French horn For Lena and Lennie, Hard Sock Dance, Invitation, Little Karen, Quintessence, Robot Portrait, Straight, No Chaser, The Twitch
Rahsaan Roland Kirk French horn A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing, Black Mystery Has Been Revealed, Hot Cha, I Waited for You, IX Love, Lady's Blues, Quintessence
The Quincy Jones Big Band French horn Birth of a Band, Everybody's Blues, I Remember Clifford, Moanin', Stockholm Sweetnin', Tickle Toe, Walkin'
Charles Mingus French horn Adagio ma non troppo, Don't Be Afraid, the Clown's Afraid Too, Hobo Ho, The Chill of Death, The I of Hurricane Sue, The Shoes of the Fisherman's Wife Are Some Jive Ass Slippers, The Shoes of the Fisherman’s Wife Are Some Jive Ass Slippers
Clark Terry French horn Blue Waltz (La Valse Bleue), Brother Terry, Chat Qui Pêche (A Cat That Fishes), Flutin' and Fluglin', La Rive Gauche, Nahstye Blues, No Problem
Stan Kenton French horn El congo valiente (Valiant Congo), Fuego cubano (Cuban Fire), La quera baila (The Fair One Dances), La suerte de los tontos (Fortune of Fools), Quien sabe (Who Knows), Recuerdos (Reminiscences), Tres corazones (Three Hearts)
Lalo Schifrin French horn Africana, Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5, Blues, Panamericana, Prelude, Tocata
Leo Serluippens French horn Adrift, Five Spot, Lyriste, No Crooks, Roc and Troll, Ronnie's Tune
Luis Magalhães French horn I Remember Clifford, Little Niles, Nica's Tempo, Speculation, Stablemates, Steppin' Out
Rebekka French horn Cable Car, Edge of Love, Golden Touch, Oscar Rides Again, Sextette, Trictrotism
Gigi Gryce French horn (You'll Always Be) The One I Love, In a Meditative Mood, Kerry Dance, Smoke Signal, Social Call, Speculation
Art Blakey French horn I Want to Be With You, Larna's Here, Theme From Golden Boy, There's a Party, This Is the Life, Yes I Can
Blue Mitchell French horn A Sure Thing, Blue on Blue, Hip to It, Hootie Blues, I Can't Get Started, West Coast Blues
Milt Jackson French horn Bruz, Conglomeration, Faultless, Hey, Frenchy, Roll 'Em Bags, You Go to My Head
Dizzy Gillespie French horn Africana, Alma, Blues, Panamericana, Prelude, Toccata
The Jazz Composer's Orchestra French horn Communications #10, Communications #11, Part 1, Communications #11, Part 2, Communications #8, Communications #9, Preview
Андрей Бильжо French horn Bakai, Blues to Coltrane, Father and son, These are soulful days, What's wrong
Pharoah Sanders French horn Colors, The Creator Has a Master Plan, The Creator Has a Master Plan, Part I, The Creator Has a Master Plan, Part II
Thelonious Monk French horn Let’s Call This, Think of One (take 1), Think of One (take 2)
Benny Golson French horn Capri, Just by Myself, Whisper Not
Charles McPherson French horn Charisma, Invitation, Naima
McCoy Tyner French horn Afro Blue, Little Brother, Some Day
The Manhattan Jazz All-Stars French horn Follow the Fold, Luck Be a Lady, My Time of Day
John Coltrane Quartet French horn Africa, Blues Minor, Greensleeves
Freddie Hubbard French horn Chocolate Shake, I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good), Skylark
Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra French horn Consummation, Dedication, Greetings And Salutations
Metal Militia French horn Message, There's a Yearning
Gil Evans French horn Lester Leaps In
Stanislaw Witta French horn Greensleeves
Dau Unge French horn The Farewell
Mary Lou Williams French horn Praise the Lord (Come Holy Spirit)
Prarod French horn Summertime
Thelonious Monk Quintet French horn Friday the 13th
Oliver Nelson French horn There's A Yearnin'