Howard Johnson

Howard Lewis Johnson ( var ein USA-amerikansk jazzmusikar, mest kjend for å spele tuba og barytonsaksofon, sjølv om han òg spelte bassklarinett, trompet og andre blåseinstrument.

Johnson var kjend for det omfattande arbeidet sitt som studiomusikar og sidemann, mellom anna med George Gruntz, Hank Crawford og Gil Evans. Som leiar fronta han tubaensemblet Gravity og gav ut tre album med dei i 1990-åra for Verve Records. Det første av desse, Arrival, var ein hyllest til Pharoah Sanders.

Diskografi

Som leiar 
1994: Arrival: A Pharoah Sanders Tribute (Verve)
1995:  Gravity!!! (Verve)
1998:  Right Now (Verve)
2017: Testimony (Tuscarora)

Som sidemann
 Hank Crawford: Dig These Blues (Atlantic, 1965), After Hours (Atlantic, 1966), Mr. Blues (Atlantic, 1967), Night Beat (Milestone, 1989), Groove Master (Milestone, 1990), Tight (Milestone, 1996)
 Charles Mingus: Music Written for Monterey 1965 (Jazz Workshop, 1965), Charles Mingus and Friends in Concert (Columbia, 1972), Let My Children Hear Music (Columbia, 1972)
 Archie Shepp: Mama Too Tight (Impulse!, 1966)
 Gary Burton: A Genuine Tong Funeral (RCA, 1967–68)
 Gábor Szabó & Bob Thiele: Light My Fire (Impulse!, 1967)
 Gerald Wilson: Live and Swinging (Pacific Jazz, 1967)
 Charlie Haden: Liberation Music Orchestra (Impulse, 1968)
 Jazz Composers Orchestra: Communications (JCOA, 1968)
 Gil Evans: Blues in Orbit (Enja, 1969–71), Svengali (ACT, 1973), The Gil Evans Orchestra Plays the Music of Jimi Hendrix (RCA, 1974), There Comes a Time (RCA, 1975), Live at Sweet Basil (Gramavision, 1984), Live at Sweet Basil Vol. 2 (Gramavision, 1984)
 Andrew Hill: Passing Ships (Blue Note, 1969)
 Pharoah Sanders: Izipho Zam (My Gifts) (Strata-East, 1969 [1973])
 Leon Thomas: The Leon Thomas Album (Flying Dutchman, 1970)
 Johnny Coles: Katumbo (Dance) (Mainstream, 1971)
 Taj Mahal: Taj Mahal (Columbia, 1968), The Real Thing (Columbia, 1972)
 Charles Tolliver: Music Inc. (Strata-East, 1971)
 The Band: Rock of Ages (Capitol, 1972)
 Carla Bley: Tropic Appetites (Watt, 1973–74), Escalator over the Hill
 John Lennon, Walls and Bridges (Apple, 1974)
 Sam Rivers: Crystals (Impulse! 1974)
 Gato Barbieri: Chapter Three: Viva Emiliano Zapata (Impulse!, 1974), Chapter Four: Alive in New York (Impulse!, 1975)
 Jaco Pastorius: Jaco Pastorius (Sony, 1975), Word of Mouth (Warner Bros., 1981)
 Muddy Waters: The Muddy Waters Woodstock Album (Chess, 1975)
 Dexter Gordon: Sophisticated Giant (Columbia, 1977)
 Levon Helm & the RCO All-Stars: Levon Helm & the RCO All-Stars (ABC, 1977)
 The Band, The Last Waltz (Capitol, 1978)
 Clifford Jordan: Inward Fire (Muse, 1978)
 John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Double Fantasy (Capitol, 1980)
 David «Fathead» Newman: Still Hard Times (Muse, 1982)
 James Taylor: «Jellyman Kelly» (Sesame Street, 1983)
 Jack De Johnette Special Edition: Album Album (ECM, 1984)
 Jimmy Heath: New Picture (Landmark, 1985)
 Franco Ambrosetti: Tentets (Enja, 1985)
 George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band: First Prize (Enja, 1989)
 Miles Davis: Miles & Quincy Live at Montreux (Warner Bros., 1991)
 NDR Big Band: Bravissimo (ACT, 1992)
 Ray Anderson: Big Band Record (Gramavision, 1994) med George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band
 The Band, High on the Hog (Rhino, 1996)
 Barbara Dennerlein: Junkanoo (Verve, 1996)
 John Scofield: Quiet (Verve, 1996)
 T. S. Monk: Monk on Monk (N2K, 1997)
 Chet Baker: But Not for Me (Random Chance, 2003)
 David «Fathead» Newman: Cityscape (HighNote, 2006)
Med George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band
 The George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band with Guest Star Elvin Jones (MPS, 1978)
 At Zürich Schauspielhaus (Kenwood, 1981)
 Live 82 (Amiga, 1982)
 Theatre (ECM, 1983)
 Happening Now! (Hat Hut, 1987)
 First Prize (Enja, 1989)
 Beyond Another Wall (TCB, 1991)
 Blues 'n' Dues et Cetera (Enja, 1991)
 Ray Anderson & The George Gruntz Big Band (Gramavision, 1994)

Med Mario Pavone
Deez to Blues (Playscape, 2006)

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