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The Black Ark

Label: Bo'Weavil
Released: 2008
Track listing: Domiabra; Ole Negro; Mount Fuji; Queen Anne.

Album

The Black Ark

Label: Bo'Weavil
Released: 2007
Track listing: Domiabra; Ole Negro; Mount Fuji; Queen Anne.

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Noah Howard: The Black Ark

Read "The Black Ark" reviewed by Chris May


Like “rarely performed" operas, “hard to find" recordings are often obscure for a prosaic reason: they're no good. Here's a monumental exception to the rule. The Black Ark--released in small numbers on the Freedom label in 1969, out of print almost overnight, and a holy grail for collectors practically ever since--is forty minutes of passionate and ...

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Noah Howard

Read "Noah Howard" reviewed by Andrey Henkin


A move to Europe can often take a successful musician out of the tight focus of American listeners. Though the cross-pollination of Europe and America is now well established, ex-pat Americans often give up their native renown for the increased work and appreciation to be found across the pond. Though Noah Howard, once ...

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One Eye Open, the Other One Closed

Label: Altsax
Released: 2004
Track listing: Pine Box Blues/ Gasoline Alley Crack-Up/ Can

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Noah Howard: One Eye Open, the Other One Closed

Read "One Eye Open, the Other One Closed" reviewed by Garvin Masseaux


Blues are everywhere, and saxophonist Noah Howard knows it. So do his bandmates on this newest escapade for his own Alt Sax label. Yet, there's more. Howard employs an old blues lyric as the basis of his title track. Sung by Eve Packer, his frequent partner in song, the piece represents the crème de la crème ...

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At Documenta IX

Label: Boxholder Records
Released: 2002
Track listing: Noah Howard – Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone; Michael Joseph Smith – Piano, Keyboards; Jack Gregg – Bass; Chris Henderson – Drums.

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Noah Howard Quartet: At Documenta IX

Read "At Documenta IX" reviewed by Mark Corroto


The discovery (or rediscovery) of the music of Noah Howard is an experience in the most soulful avant gardist since Albert Ayler. Howard, born 1943 in New Orleans, participated in the New York free music scene of the 1960s recording for ESP and performing with Archie Shepp, Frank Lowe, Rashied Ali, and Sun Ra. He has ...

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Red Star

Label: Boxholder Records
Released: 2001
Track listing: Creole Girl/ Lovers/ Red Star.

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Noah Howard featuring Kenny Clarke: Red Star

Read "Red Star" reviewed by Glenn Astarita


Alto saxophonist, Noah Howard is a highly regarded free jazz musician who possesses a silvery tone to complement his brazen attack and melodious phraseology. However, Red Star is a noteworthy reissue of a 1977 session, originally released in Europe on the “Phonogram/Mercury” label, as we find the saxophonist aligning his wares with legendary Bop drummer, and ...


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