Lu Watters

Lucius Carl Watters (December 19, 1911 – November 5, 1989) 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.”
Watters was born in Santa Cruz, California, United States, on December 19, 1911 and raised in Rio Vista, California. At St. Joseph's military academy in Sacramento, California,... plus