Howard Johnson, 79, Dies; Elevated the Tuba in Jazz and Beyond
Howard Johnson, 79, Dies; Elevated the Tuba in Jazz and Beyond He helped to find a new role for a notoriously cumbersome instrument in a wide range of musical settings, including the “Saturday Night Live” band. Howard Johnson in concert in Amsterdam in 1986. One critic called him “the figure most responsible for the tuba’s current stature as a full-fledged jazz voice.”Credit...Frans Schellekens/Redferns Jan. 14, 2021 Howard Johnson, who set a new standard by expanding the tuba’s known capacities in jazz, and who moonlighted as a multi-instrumentalist and arranger for some of the m...
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