Latest Release
- 10 NOV 2023
- 9 Songs
- Reminiscing at Rudy's · 2022
- Legends Of Acid Jazz · 1996
- Masters Legacy Series, Volume 5: Houston Person · 2023
- Masters Legacy Series, Volume 5: Houston Person · 2023
- Now's The Time / Something In Common · 2009
- Masters Legacy Series, Volume 5: Houston Person · 2023
- Masters Legacy Series, Volume 5: Houston Person · 2023
- Masters Legacy Series, Volume 5: Houston Person · 2023
- Now's The Time / Something In Common · 2009
- Masters Legacy Series, Volume 5: Houston Person · 2023
- 2018
- 2017
- 2015
Live Albums
Compilations
- Jonathan Karrant
- Houston Person & Ron Carter
- Peter Hand Big Band
- Barbara Morrison
- Barbara Morrison
About Houston Person
With his robust sound and swinging style, tenor saxophonist Houston Person kept the hard bop and organ-soaked soul-jazz traditions alive. Emerging from organist Johnny "Hammond" Smith's group, Person established his reputation as one of the Big Boss tenors in the Gene Ammons style with albums like 1968's Blue Odyssey, 1969's Goodness!, and 1970's Person to Person! He further embraced a funky, soulful vibe in the '70s with albums like 1972's Broken Windows, Empty Hallways and 1976's Stolen Sweets. From the '80s onward, he balanced his love of groove-based R&B with more hard-swinging acoustic sessions, joining contemporaries like Ron Carter and Teddy Edwards, as well as younger players like Joey DeFrancesco and Christian McBride. He recorded extensively with singer Etta Jones and has remained a torchbearer for the big tenor sound, releasing warmly attenuated standards and soul-jazz dates like 2015's Something Personal and 2021's Live in Paris.
- HOMETOWN
- Florence, SC, United States
- BORN
- 10 novembre 1934
- GENRE
- Jazz