Marzette Watts and Company

Marzette Watts and Company, also known as Marzette and Company, is the debut album by saxophonist and composer Marzette Watts. It was recorded in December 1966 in New York City, and was released by ESP-Disk in 1968. On the album, Watts is joined by saxophonist, flutist, and bass clarinetist Byard Lancaster, cornetist and trombonist Clifford Thornton, guitarist Sonny Sharrock, vibraphonist Karl Berger, bassists Henry Grimes and Juney Booth, and drummer J. C. Moses. The album, which was reissued by ESP-Disk in 2012, was recorded under the supervision of Clifford Thornton.

ESP-Disk owner Bernard Stollman stated that he initially knew Watts as an independent engineer who had his own recording studio. He recalled: "When I visited his apartment on Cooper Square, he had a few small paintings on the wall. I didn't know at the time that he had studied at the Sorbonne. He said, 'Bernard, I'm going to do an album.' 'Yourself? Are you a musician?' 'Yes,' he said, 'I taught myself.' He had such aplomb, that when he said something it wasn't halfway. I said, 'All right, Marzette, you will do an album.'"

Watts would go on to record only one additional album, The Marzette Watts Ensemble, recorded in 1968 and released by Savoy Records in 1969.