Noah Howard

Noah Howard (* 6. April 1943 in New Orleans , † 3. September 2010 ) was an American alto saxophonist of free jazz , which in recent years with world music , funk and soul jazz employed.

Life

Howard grew up in New Orleans, where he sang in a 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 to New York City in 1965 , where he quickly gained recognition in the free jazz scene. a. worked with Archie Shepp . In October 1966 he made his debut album At Judson Hall for the ESP disk label , in which pianist Dave Burrell also took part. In 1969 he recorded with Albert Ayler and went to Europe with Frank Wright . There he worked with Anthony Braxton , the Art Ensemble of Chicago , but also with musicians from the Dutch and German scenes. In 1972 he moved to Paris , in 1982 first to Nairobi and finally to Brussels , where he also ran a jazz club . He has performed with Bobby Few , Jack Gregg , Wilber Morris , Kali Fasteau , Muhammad Ali , Kenny Clarke , Tammy Lynne Hall and French musicians such as François Tusques and Boulou Ferré . He worked regularly with the poet Eve Packer , with whom he also made records. In his final years he also performed in New York again.

In 2010 he died unexpectedly while on vacation with his wife, Lieve Fransen, after finishing his autobiography a few days earlier.

At Judson Hall (ESP disk, 1966)
The Black Ark (Polydor, 1969)
Frank Wright - Uhuru Na Umoja (America-Universal Music, 1970, with Frank Wright, Bobby Few , Art Taylor )
Berlin Concert ( FMP / SAJ, 1975 with Takashi Kako , Kent Carter , Oliver Johnson , Lamont Hampton)
Schizophrenic Blues , Freee Music Production, Berlin 1978.
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
Live at the Unity Temple (Ayler, 1979) with Bobby Few, Wilbur Morris
Noah Howard / Bobby Kapp - Between Two Eternities ( Cadence Jazz Records , 1999)

Noah Howard music in my soul buddy’s knife jazzedition , Cologne 2011, ISBN 978-3-00-034401-5 .

Philippe Carles , Jean-Louis Comolli : Free Jazz Black Power. Fischer paperback, Frankfurt am Main 1974
Richard Cook : Jazz Encyclopedia . Penguin, London 2007, ISBN 978-0-14-102646-6 .
Richard Cook, Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide of Jazz on CD . 6th edition. Penguin, London 2002, ISBN 0-14-051521-6 .