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Howard Johnson & Gravity: Right Now!

Read "Right Now!" reviewed by Jim Santella


Howard Johnson's six-tuba jazz ensemble Gravity provides a pleasant harmony for each of the arrangements he's included in this new release, and yet they supply varied excitement and expression as well. Backed by a rhythm section of pianist Ray Chew, bassist James Cammack and drummer Kenwood Dennard, the tuba choir draws together with simple charm and ...

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Gravity!!!

Label: Verve Music Group
Released: 1997

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Howard Johnson's Gravity: Gravity!!!

Read "Gravity!!!" reviewed by Jim Santella


Howard Johnson started his first tuba ensemble in New York City in 1968, named it Gravity a few years later, and recently released this, Gravity's first recording. Why the long delay? Because the tuba has its place in music: the rhythm, the pulse, the bottom harmony. But in the hands of 55-year-old Johnson and his five ...

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Arrival

Label: Verve Music Group
Released: 1995
Track listing: 1 Arrival Written-By – Howard Johnson (3) 4:17; 2 You Gotta Have Freedom Written-By – Pharoah Sanders 8:32; 3 The Creator Has A Masterplan Written-By – Leon Thomas, Pharoah Sanders 10:14; 4 Gasheia Voice – Sabine Worthmann Written-By – Sabine Worthmann 4:10; 5Lower Egypt Written-By – Pharoah Sanders 5:31; 6 Venus Written-By – Pharoah Sanders 4:46; 7 Think About The One Clarinet, Bass Clarinet – Howard Johnson (3) Written-By – Pharoah Sanders 11:03; 8.a Such Is Love Clarinet, Bass Clarinet – Howard Johnson (3) Written-By – Howard Johnson (3) 8.b Little Rock Prophet Written-By – Howard Johnson (3) 10:31; 9 Come Along Alto Saxophone – Kojo Samuels Cornet, Flugelhorn – Howard Johnson (3) Written-By – Leon Thomas, Neal Creque 4:00.

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Walking Man

Label: Warner Bros.
Released: 1974
Track listing: Walking Man; Rock 'n' Roll Is Music Now; Let It All Fall Down; Me and My Guitar; Daddy's Baby; Ain't No Song; Hello Old Friend; Migration; The Promised Land; Fading Away.


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