Howard Johnson

American musician (1941–2021)

Born: 7 August 1941
Montgomery
Died: 11 January 2021
New York City
Country: United States
Record labels: Verve Records
Discography: 1 album

Biography

Howard Johnson was a jazz musician who played saxophone, bass clarinet and tuba. Howard Johnson was born on 7 August 1941 in Montgomery and died on 11 January 2021 in New York City. The music is usually filed under jazz. Record labels: Verve Records.

Howard Lewis Johnson (August 7, 1941 – January 11, 2021) was an American jazz musician, known mainly for his work on tuba and baritone saxophone, although he also played the bass clarinet, trumpet, and other reed instruments. He is known to have expanded the tuba’s known capacities in jazz. Johnson was known for his extensive work as a sideman, notably with George Gruntz, Hank Crawford, and Gil Evans. As a leader, he fronted the tuba ensemble Gravity and released three albums during the 1990s for Verve Records; the first Arrival, was a tribute to Pharoah Sanders.

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Discography

Studio and live albums

Right Now! 1997

Also plays on

Albums where Howard Johnson is credited as a sideman

1967	Mama Too Tight — Archie Shepp	tuba
1967	Mr. Blues — Hank Crawford	baritone saxophone
1967	Light My Fire — Bob Thiele and His New Happy Times Orchestra & Gábor Szabó	tuba
1968	High Blues Pressure — Freddie Hubbard	tuba
1968	Tender Moments — McCoy Tyner	tuba
1970	Liberation Music Orchestra — Charlie Haden	tuba
1971	Things Have Got to Change — Archie Shepp	baritone saxophone
1973	Svengali — Gil Evans	baritone saxophone, tuba
1973	Charles Mingus and Friends — Charles Mingus	baritone saxophone, bass clarinet
1973	Izipho Zam (My Gifts) — Pharoah Sanders	tuba
1974	Tropic Appetites — Carla Bley	baritone saxophone, tuba, bass clarinet, bass saxophone, clarinet, soprano saxophone
1975	Taking Off — David Sanborn	wind instruments, arranger
1975	The Return of the 5000 Lb. Man — Rahsaan Roland Kirk	tuba
1976	Jaco Pastorius — Jaco Pastorius	baritone saxophone
1976	There Comes a Time — Gil Evans	reeds, tuba
1977	Sophisticated Giant — Dexter Gordon	baritone saxophone, tuba
1977	Jazz Gala 77 All Star Big Band — Peter Herbolzheimer	wind instruments
1978	Touchdown — Bob James	baritone saxophone
1978	Inward Fire — Clifford Jordan	instruments
1979	Tray of Silver — Archie Shepp	baritone saxophone, tuba
1979	A Slice of the Top — Hank Mobley	tuba
1981	Word of Mouth — Jaco Pastorius	tuba
1982	Still Hard Times — David “Fathead” Newman	baritone saxophone
1983	Priestess — Gil Evans	tuba
1983	Indigo Blue — Hank Crawford	baritone saxophone
1983	When Elephants Dream of Music — Bob Moses	instruments
1985	Live at Sweet Basil — Gil Evans & The Monday Night Orchestra	wind instruments
1985	New Picture — Jimmy Heath	tuba
1988	The Gil Evans Orchestra Plays the Music of Jimi Hendrix — Gil Evans	clarinet, wind instruments, reeds, tuba
1989	Where Flamingos Fly — Gil Evans	baritone saxophone, tuba