Can 4 College Jazz Students hang w Legendary Saxophonist Bobby Watson & Victor Jones?

On February 14th, 2024, Lil Garage Live launched "Session With A Legend". The premise: we bring young talent in and provide them with the opportunity to play with a legendary artist in their respective genre, all while filming and recording the experience live.
On our first go-round, we brought in three jazz majors from Montclair State University (Sparni Plath on vibraphone, Mat Leal on trumpet, and Dominic Carnival on bass) and one jazz student from the Manhattan School of Music (Sungtaek Choo on piano).
The four students were ecstatic about playing with Bobby Watson -- a major idol of theirs.
Bobby Watson is a legendary jazz saxophonist who has played with the likes of Art Blakey, Wynton Marsalis, Max Roach, Joe Williams, Dianne Reeves, Lou Rawls, Betty Carter, and Carmen Lundy.
One of his most well-known records was Post Motown Bop, which was released on Blue Note Records in 1991.
He taught saxophone privately at the Manhattan School of Music from 1996 to 1999.
While Victor Jones has played with Bobby Watson for many years, he is also a jazz legend in his own right. He has played with the likes of Stan Getz, James Moody, Michel Petrucciani, Stanley Clarke, Phyllis Hyman, Dizzy Gillespie, and Chaka Khan.
The session turned out to be an amazing life experience for all involved.
#Jazz #BobbyWatson #BlackHistoryMonth

[@Mattsgotabag]

It was a fantastic experience getting the chance to work with Bobby Watson and Victor Jones! Thank you to everybody for giving me the chance and privilege of working with you all!

[@lilgaragelive]

Great job on the trumpet Matt. Now all u gotta do is learn the jazz lingo! lol Thx!

[@sungtaekchoo9123]

I am truly honored to have had the opportunity to collaborate with the esteemed Bobby Watson and Victor Jones! Thank you immensely for this remarkable experience!

[@lilgaragelive]

Great job & at the same time awesome learning experience for u! Sure beats going to class & having to take a test after the lecture right? Thx

[@victormusic01x]

@sungtaekchoo9123 …great session man!..what chart where you guys playing?

[@ybbob4]

I am so happy and fortunate to be a part of the little garage experience. Nayan did a great thing here. To be able to work with the college students in such a way that it was like on the job training. I just want to say that most of the things that I said to them and the way I conducted them, I received from my elders, and I hope that one day that they could pass that down to the people coming behind them. Let the chain be unbroken. Thank you.

[@lilgaragelive]

You were awesome my friend. U were the jazz legend yet at the same time the professor. The fact that u came in there & did it all with patience and grace speaks to who u are as a musician and as a person. I think that's one Valentines day those boys will never forget...(until they get married! ; ) lol Thank u again- Nayan

[@AvantGothSparni]

it was truly a pleasure getting to play music with Bobby

[@lilgaragelive]

U killed as usual Sparni! (next time I want those electric vibes tho! lol ; )Thx for all ur help & support on Lil G from our first ground zero episode...Ur the OG on Lil G!

[@NapeMango]

This one was as fun to edit as it was to watch live. Everyone killed it!!! 💪

[@lilgaragelive]

U da man! Great edit & work on the shoot bro! Ur ballin now w A.P.!👌

[@promiscuousmusic]

This is great!!! Really dig this format, we need more like this on social media not only for entertainment but to also pass along lessons from the leaders of the industries past to our future leaders.

[@robertpooler4190]

Man that was Awesome!!!! As a Musician i always loved it when Players with world status like Victor and Bobby share their knowledge and inspire young musicians. You don't always get opportunities to learn from and play with kats like that and from watching the session i believe these young guys did just that. Great Job Nayan!!! This is something i think they will never forget. ( Session with a Legend )

[@Six3rdy]

Y'all did great work!!!! Keep it up! Dude on the xylophone.......man, I don't know how he does it!!!! Everyone was killing it!!!!

[@MariaeLevine]

the pianist transformed, his solo after Bobby's direction was night and day😎

[@Noobsitogamer10]

That was better than any college lecture class lol

[@loullywood]

Sounds fantastic!

[@tucsonjazzmusicfoundation]

Hey Matt - wish the trumpet were louder (per Scott). Great experience and I love the editing. I did see the SNOW out the window! Fun to see what you are up to 2000+ miles from home. Sending you sunshine.

[@easyon12]

Outstanding!!

[@ericwilliamsiv]

These kids are awesome

[@TomBass18]

This was Awesome!!! So glad to be able to witness the process !!! Each Lil Garage Live just keeps getting better and better, Thank you guys for posting this

[@lilgaragelive]

You da man Tommy! or should I call u Jaco?

[@generosofoglia1220]

So great to hear this song with these talented young college students and the great Bobby Watson. I really enjoyed it!

[@americapatton9266]

Keep shining brighter guys🎉. May you continue to cherish creative musical moment. Each of you are shining stars of hope. May your lights continue to shine brighter. Sending a warm salute to the Bobby Watson and Victor Jones, two true musical geniuses who are helping sustain harmony, hope and unity in diverse spaces throughout the world. The amount of students, families, and jazz listener they continue to inspire is priceless. 🎺😃😇🙏

[@mdelonas]

Amazing job everyone!

[@janicemarshall6964]

Very well done! Congrats!!

[@JohnColerMusic]

So crushing!!!

[@JasonMiller-on6iv]

with all the cuts in music and arts programs this is refreshing to see on YT

[@CoreyRamirez-im3tb]

Bobby played with Art Blakey one of my favorite jazz drummers🥁 🎷

[@KevinAbrham]

I -❤️- jazz

[@celestebravo6]

That was monumental for those students, awesome video

[@NoeMoore]

The Magic Garage!!!🔥🔥

[@circuitave]

Fire!!

[@WilliamTerry-jn9du]

refreshing there is hope for this generation

[@RosellaRhodes-wm5yk]

Saw this on a pop up window today, glad I watched it! Keep jazz alive!😎

[@ChristopherNguyen-of2gj]

Love the session with a legend format. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@user-mx4vs9tp2j]

super duper dope

[@JamesMonroe-tr9zs]

Love❤❤❤

[@JustinkFleming756]

Awesome!

[@ChrisAguayoMusic]

Dope 🎉🎉

[@lilgaragelive]

Thx Chris! u know cuz ur a Lil G alum!

[@WilliamRodrigue-xq9ie]

Great job to all

[@StephenWestbrook-fx9tx]

What a good learning & playing opportunity for them👍🏻

[@BerthaWatts-yg5jy]

Young students performed well 💯

[@callmemaidin]

wow amazing job!

[@CoreyRamirez-im3tb]

great job bringin together the gens

[@JerrySorensen]

they killed it 💯

[@GreggBurkett]

So dope!

[@BernardPlaza-vi3me]

Young playaz were hangin'

[@DonnaeCook]

they ballin! 🏀

[@StephenWestbrook-fx9tx]

Awesome🔥

[@DorothyeBerry]

Great Jazz video😎

[@LyndaeTaylor]

crushed💯🔥

[@MarkTorres-sk8ys]

What a great learning experience to play on that gig!

[@JohnColerMusic]

Super modern 💃🏻

[@JamesGeiger-jo8cw]

so good🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@WilliamBrogan-qn8kl]

Thanks to Bobby and Victor for mentoring young jazzers

[@alexguedez7728]

Cool.!

[@CatherinerDoe]

the college students did a terrific job imo👍🏻

[@JustinkFleming756]

💪 💪 💪

[@CraigChambliss]

❤❤❤

[@AndreaPeck-el5ds]

🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@ClaudeBeachum]

trumpet was dope

[@MarilyneKing54]

That was dope

[@LyndaeTaylor]

yo Bobby killed it

[@MarilyneKing54]

Nice👍🏻

[@DominicMontes-em5dy]

would have liked to have seen more behind the scenes but still enjoyed that

[@NitaPatton-op8xv]

yo thas fire 🔥🔥🔥

[@RodneyWalker-zw6zk]

Mentorship so important not only in jazz but all art forms 💯

[@CraigChambliss]

the story behind was what makes the video

[@LyndauOtero]

💯🔥😎👍🏻

[@JamesMonroe-tr9zs]

slay🔥🔥🔥

[@BernardPlaza-vi3me]

💵🎶🔥

[@jacobinzunza4691]

Wished the drummer had given some advice too

[@DonnaBell-uf8te]

Wha what?!

[@victormusic01x]

..what song is this?..they sound great man..fire!..those cats were killin’ it

[@lilgaragelive]

Bobby Watson "My Song"👍

[@victormusic01x]

@@lilgaragelive..yao, thanks for the information!

[@KathrynMoore890]

Awesome

[@KathrynMoore890]

MSU!💪 💪 💪