Houston person

Houston Person (born November 10, 1934 in Florence , South Carolina ) is an American tenor saxophonist of modern jazz .

Live and act

Houston Person grew up in Florence, South Carolina and studied at the State College there, then at the College of Music in Hartford , Connecticut . During his military service in Germany he played in the US Air Force Band a. a. with Don Ellis , Eddie Harris , Cedar Walton, and Leo Wright . Although Person has made many recordings in the hardbop and swing genre, he is best known for his numerous soul jazz- style records, with accompanists such as Cedar Walton, Pepper Adams and Curtis Fuller on his 1968 album "Blue Odyssey" In the mid-1960s he played in Johnny "Hammond" Smith's band and in the backing band of singer Etta Jones ; the collaboration with her would last until the 1990s. Person recorded over 75 albums under his own name for Prestige , Mercury , Savoy , Muse and later for High Note Records. In 1999 he recorded the album "Something in Common" for the Soul Note label as a duo with Ron Carter . He also worked as a record producer and worked on recordings as well as on tours with Lorez Alexandria , Ran Blake , Charles Brown , Charles Earland , Lena Horne , Joey DeFrancesco , Richard Groove Holmes , Junior Mance , Lou Rawls , Horace Silver , Dakota Staton and Billy Butler with.

After Richard Cook and Brian Morton, his saxophone playing is reminiscent of Coleman Hawkins and , stylistically, of Gene Ammons .

Awards

Person received the Eubie Blake Jazz Award in 1982 , and in 2003 together with Etta Jones the Jazzy Award of the Californian KCSM radio. His album Why Not (1990) won the Independent Jazz Record of the Year Award . The albums he produced, My Buddy: Etta Jones Sings the Songs of Buddy Johnston and Etta Jones Sings Lady Day , were nominated for a Grammy in 1999 and 2000 .

Discographic notes

Trust in Me (1967, Prestige) with Cedar Walton , Alan Dawson , Bob Cranshaw , Paul Chambers
Blue Odyssey (1968, Prestige) with Curtis Fuller, Pepper Adams, Cedar Walton,
Goodness! (1969, Prestige) with Sonny Phillips (org), Billy Butler (g)
The Truth (1970, Prestige)
The Big Horn (1976, Muse)
Very Personal (1980, Muse)
The Party (1989, Muse)
Why not! (1990, Muse) with Ron Carter
Person-ified (1996, High Note) with Richard Wyands , Ray Drummond , Kenny Washington
My Romance (1998, High Note) dto.
The Opening Round (Savant, 1997) with Joey DeFrancesco
Soft Lights (High Note, 1998) with Richard Wyands, Russell Malone , Ray Drummond, Grady Tate
To Etta with Love (High Note, 2004) with Stan Hope, Paul Bollenback , Per-Ola Gadd
All Soul (High Note, 2005) with Stan Hope , Randy Jonston
Nice 'n' Easy (High Note, 2013) with John di Martino, Chuck Redd, Ray Drummond , Lewis Nash
Rain Or Shine (High Note, 2017), u. a. with Matthew Parrish
Remember Love (High Note, 2018) with Ron Carter
I'm Just A Lucky So And So (2019)

Literature / Lexica

Ian Carr , Digby Fairweather , Brian Priestley : Rough Guide Jazz. The ultimate guide to jazz. 1800 bands and artists from the beginning until today. 2nd, expanded and updated edition. Metzler, Stuttgart / Weimar 2004, ISBN 3-476-01892-X (English edition Rough Guides 2007, ISBN 1843532565 ).
Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide of Jazz on CD . 6th edition. Penguin, London 2002, ISBN 0-14-051521-6 .

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personal data
SURNAME	Person, Houston
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American jazz saxophonist
DATE OF BIRTH	November 10, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH	Florence , South Carolina