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American jazz saxophonist (born 1934)
Houston Person
Person performing at the Cellar in 2006
Born (1934-11-10 ) November 10, 1934 (age 89 ) Florence , South Carolina, U.S.Genres Jazz , soul jazz , swing Occupation(s ) Musician, songwriter, bandleader, producer Instrument(s ) Saxophone Labels Prestige , Westbound , Mercury , Savoy , Muse , HighNote , Telarc
Musical artist
Houston Person (born November 10, 1934) is an American jazz tenor saxophonist and record producer. Although he has performed in the hard bop and swing genres, he is most experienced in and best known for his work in soul jazz . He received the "Eubie Blake Jazz Award" in 1982.
Biography [ edit ]
Person in New York, 1984
Person grew up in Florence, South Carolina , and first played piano, before switching to tenor saxophone .[1] South Carolina State College , where he was inducted into the school's Hall of Fame in 1999.
In the United States Air Force , he joined a service band stationed in West Germany , and played with Don Ellis , Eddie Harris , Cedar Walton , and Leo Wright . Person later continued his studies at Hartt College of Music in Hartford, Connecticut .
He first became known for a series of albums for Prestige in the 1960s. Contrary to popular belief, he was never married to the vocalist Etta Jones , but did spend many years as her musical partner, recording, performing and touring, and for much of his career this association was what he was best known for. They first met playing in organist Johnny Hammond 's band.[2]
There are more than 75 albums recorded by Person as a bandleader, on Prestige, Westbound , Mercury , Savoy , and Muse , and he has most recently been recording on HighNote . He has recorded with Charles Brown , Ron Carter , Bill Charlap , Charles Earland , Lena Horne , Etta Jones , Lou Rawls , Janis Siegel , Horace Silver , Dakota Staton , Cedar Walton , plus Billy Butler , Don Patterson , Grant Green , Sonny Phillips , Johnny "Hammond" Smith , Richard "Groove" Holmes [3]
Person has been a resident of Newark, New Jersey .[4]
Person performing with his combo at the Red Bank Jazz & Blues Festival in 2009. Person in Paris , France, in 1980
Person received the Eubie Blake Jazz Award in 1982, and in 2011 the Jazz Legend Award, presented in San Diego .[5]
Discography [ edit ]
As leader [ edit ]
Underground Soul! Prestige , 1966)
Chocomotive
Trust in Me
Blue Odyssey
Soul Dance!
Goodness!
Truth!
Person to Person!
Houston Express
Broken Windows, Empty Hallways
Sweet Buns & Barbeque
Island Episode
The Real Thing Eastbound , 1973) - 2LP
Houston Person '75 Westbound /20th Century, 1975)
Get Out'a My Way!
Pure Pleasure Mercury , 1976)
Harmony
Stolen Sweets Muse , 1976 [1977])
Wild Flower
The Nearness of You
The Gospel Soul of Houston Person (Savoy , 1978)
The Big Horn
Suspicions
Very PERSONal
Heavy Juice
Road Warriors (Greene Street , 1984) - with Les McCann
Creation (Greene Street, 1984) - with Roger Kellaway
Always on My Mind
The Talk of the Town
We Owe It All to Love (Baseline [UK ], 1989)
Basics
Something in Common Ron Carter
The Party
Now's the Time
Just Friends Buddy Tate and Nat Simkins
Why Not!
The Lion and His Pride
Christmas with Houston Person and Friends Etta Jones , Grady Tate , Benny Green [note: reissued as Santa Baby on Savoy in 2003]
Horn to Horn Teddy Edwards
Close Encounters
Person-ified Ray Drummond , Kenny Washington
Lost & Found - with Charles Brown (32 Jazz , 1997) [note: first issue of a previously unreleased Muse album Sweet Slumber , recorded in 1991]
The Opening Round Savant , 1997)
Christmas With Houston Person and Etta Jones (32 Jazz, 1997) - compilation of various Muse material
My Romance HighNote , 1998)
Soft Lights
Together at Christmas
The Way We Were: Live in Concert
In a Sentimental Mood
Dialogues
Blue Velvet
Sentimental Journey
Social Call Paul Bollenback
To Etta with Love
You Taught My Heart to Sing Bill Charlap
All Soul
Just Between Friends
Thinking of You
The Art and Soul of Houston Person
Mellow
Moment to Moment
So Nice
Naturally
Nice 'n' Easy
The Melody Lingers On Steve Nelson
Something Personal
Chemistry
Rain or Shine
Remember Love [6]
I'm Just a Lucky So and So (HighNote, 2019)[7]
Live in Paris (HighNote, 2019 [2021])
Reminiscing at Rudy's (HighNote, 2022)
As Sideman [ edit ]
With The 3B's
Soothin' 'N Groovin' with The 3B's (3B's Music, 1994)
With Gene Ammons
With Charles Brown
Blues and Other Love Songs (Muse, 1992)
With Paul (PB ) Brown
Paul Brown Quartet Meets The Three Tenors (Brownstone, 1998)
With Billy Butler
With Ron Carter
Orfeu
With Joey DeFrancesco
All About My Girl (Muse, 1994)
Plays Sinatra His Way (High Note, 1998 [rel. 2004])
With Charles Earland
With Grant Green
With Tiny Grimes
With Peter Hand Big Band
The Wizard of Jazz: A Tribute to Harold Arlen (Savant , 2005 [rel. 2009])
Out of Hand (Savant, 2013)
With Richard "Groove" Holmes
Good Vibrations (Muse, 1977 [rel. 1980])
Broadway (Muse, 1980)
Blues All Day Long (Muse, 1988)
Hot Tat (Muse, 1989 [rel. 1991])
With Randy Johnston
With Etta Jones
Etta Jones '75
Ms. Jones to You
My Mother's Eyes
If You Could See Me Now
Save Your Love for Me
Fine and Mellow
I'll Be Seeing You
Sugar
Christmas with Etta Jones
Reverse the Charges
At Last
The Melody Lingers On
My Buddy: Etta Jones Sings the Songs of Buddy Johnson
All the Way
Easy Living
Etta Jones Sings Lady Day
With Charles Kynard
With Johnny Lytle
With Don Patterson
With Sonny Phillips
With Jimmy Ponder
With Bernard Purdie
Shaft
With Shirley Scott
With Rhoda Scott
Feelin' the Groove (Verve, 1993)
With Janis Siegel
Friday Night Special (Telarc , 2003)
With Horace Silver
With Johnny "Hammond" Smith
With Melvin Sparks
With Warren Vaché
References [ edit ]
^ Shaw, Lew (March 31, 2020). "Houston Person: It's Been a Wonderful Journey" . The Syncopated Times . Retrieved April 9, 2020 .
^ Henderson, Alex. "Richard "Groove" Holmes, Biography" . AllMusic.
^ Stewart, Zan (September 28, 2003). "The State of Jazz: Meet 40 More Jersey Greats" . The Star-Ledger the original on September 27, 2008. Retrieved September 15, 2017 . Houston Person -- Deep-toned, blues-rich tenor saxophonist Person, who lives in Newark, has performed and/or recorded with Johnny Hammond, Cedar Walton and Charles Earland, among many others.
^ Varga, George (February 23, 2023). "Sax great Houston Person, a reluctant 'acid-jazz' legend at 88, the 2023 San Diego Jazz Party" . The San Diego Union-Tribune . Retrieved February 8, 2024 .
^ "Houston Person, Remember Love - Review by Alex Henderson" (PDF) . NYCJR 16 . Retrieved September 5, 2018 .
^ "Houston Person, I'm Just a Lucky So and So - Review by Scott Yanow" (PDF) . NYCJR 31 . Retrieved September 26, 2019 .
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Years given are for the recording(s ), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
As leader
Underground Soul!
Chocomotive
Trust in Me
Blue Odyssey
Soul Dance!
Goodness!
Person to Person!
Truth!
Houston Express
Broken Windows, Empty Hallways
Sweet Buns & Barbeque
The Real Thing
The Big Horn
Stolen Sweets
Wild Flower
The Nearness of You
Suspicions
Very Personal
Heavy Juice
Always on My Mind
The Talk of the Town
Basics
The Party
Something in Common Ron Carter , 1989)
Just Friends Buddy Tate , 1990)
Now's the Time
Why Not!
The Lion and His Pride
Christmas with Houston Person and Friends
Horn to Horn Teddy Edwards , 1994)
Close Encounters
Person-ified
The Opening Round
My Romance
Soft Lights
Together at Christmas Etta Jones , 2000)
The Way We Were: Live in Concert
In a Sentimental Mood
Dialogues
Blue Velvet
Sentimental Journey
Social Call
To Etta with Love
You Taught My Heart to Sing Bill Charlap , 2004)
All Soul
Just Between Friends
Thinking of You
Mellow
Moment to Moment
Nice 'n' Easy
So Nice
Naturally
The Melody Lingers On
Chemistry
Something Personal
Rain or Shine
Remember Love
International
National
Artists
Other
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