Noah Howard
Noah Howard ( born April 6, 1943 in New Orleans; † 3 September 2010) was an American alto saxophonist of free jazz.
Life
Howard grew up in New Orleans, where he sang in the choir in his youth; In the early 1960s he came to California, where he played with musicians such as Dewey Redman and Sonny Simmons. He moved in 1965 to New York City, where he quickly gained recognition in the free jazz scene, and among other things, worked with Archie Shepp. In October 1966, was written for the ESP-Disk label debut album At Judson Hall, in which the pianist Dave Burrell participated. In 1969 he took up with Albert Ayler and went with Frank Wright to Europe. There he worked with Anthony Braxton, the Art Ensemble of Chicago, but also with musicians from the Dutch and German scene. In 1972 he moved to Paris in 1982 to Brussels. He has performed with Bobby Few, Jack Gregg, Wilber Morris, Kali Fasteau, Muhammad Ali and French musicians as François Tusques Boulou Ferré or. He worked regularly with the poet Eve Packer, with whom he also presented plates. In his last years he appeared again in New York.
Discography (selection)
- Noah Howard - The Black Ark ( Polydor, 1969)
- Frank Wright - Uhuru Na Umoja (America - Universal Music, 1970, with Frank Wright, Bobby Few, Art Taylor )
- Noah Howard - Berlin Concert ( FMP / SAJ, 1975, Takashi Kako, Kent Carter, Oliver Johnson, Lamont Hampton)
- Noah Howard: Schizophrenic Blues, Freee Music Production, Berlin 1978
- Noah Howard - Patterns / Message to South Africa ( Eremite, 1971/1979, with Han Bennink, Steve Boston, Earl Freeman, Misha Mengelberg, Jaap Schoonhoven and Johnny Dyani, Kali Fasteau, Chris McGregor, Noel McGee )
- In Concert ( Cadence Jazz Records, 1979) with Bobby Few
- Noah Howard / Bobby Kapp - Between Two Eternities ( Cadence Jazz Records, 1999)