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Howard Johnson at Welcome To Harlem Afternoon Jazz Series at Rendall Memorial Presbyterian Church
Courtesy of Diane Shepherd | Posted on April 23, 2016
Where
Rendall Memorial Presbyterian Church
Welcome To Harlem Afternoon Jazz Series
59 West 137th Street
New York, NY
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When
Tue, May 17, 2016
12:00 pm
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Musicians
Howard Johnson
tubaAbout
One of the top tuba soloists since the early '60s, Howard Johnson is a very versatile player who not only plays tuba and baritone but other reeds and trumpet. He moved to New York in 1963, where he worked with Charles Mingus (1964-1966), Hank Crawford, and Archie Shepp. In 1966 he started a 20-year off-and-on association with Gil Evans. Johnson's four-tuba group Substructure performed with Taj Mahal, and in the late '70s he formed a different tuba band called Gravity that in 1996 finally had the opportunity to record (plus play at the Monterey Jazz Festival.) Howard Johnson has recorded with Hank Crawford (1983-1984), Jack DeJohnette's Special Edition, Jimmy Heath, Bob Moses, George Gruntz's Concert Jazz Band, and frequently with Evans' orchestra, among others...