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Biography
Infobox musical artist | name = Houston Person| image = Houston Person.jpg| caption = Person performing at the Cellar in 2006| background = solo_singer| birth_name =| alias =| origin =| birth_date = birth date and age|1934|11|10|df=y|birth_place = Florence, South Carolina|Florence , South Carolina United States | death_date =| instrument = Saxophone | genre = Jazz , hard bop , soul jazz , swing music|swing | occupation = Musician , Songwriter , Bandleader , Record producer|Producer | years_active =| label = Prestige Records|Prestige Westbound Records|Westbound , Mercury Records|Mercury , Savoy Records|Savoy , Muse Records , HighNote Records , Telarc International Corporation|Telarc Records | associated_acts = Etta Jones | website =| notable_instruments = Houston Person (born November 10, 1934) is an United States|American jazz tenor saxophonist and record producer . Although he has performed in the hard bop and swing music|swing genres, he is most experienced in and best known for his work in soul jazz . Person is also known for his distinctive sassy sound and his expressive style of playing. He received the Eubie Blake Jazz Award in 1982.
Biography
Person grew up in Florence, South Carolina|Florence , South Carolina , and first played piano before switching to tenor saxophone .Allmusic|class=artist|id=p7318|pure_url=yes Biography at allmusic He studied at South Carolina State College where he was inducted into the school's Hall of Fame in 1999.
In the United States Air Force , he joined a service band stationed in West Germany , and played with Don Ellis , Eddie Harris , Cedar Walton , and Leo Wright . He later continued his studies at Hartt College of Music in Hartford, Connecticut .
He first became known for a series of albums for Prestige Records in the 1960s. Contrary to popular belief, he was never married to the vocalist Etta Jones , but did spend many years as her musical partner, recording, performing and touring, and for much of his career this association was what he was best known for. They first met playing in organist Johnny "Hammond" Smith|Johnny Hammond 's band.
There are more than 75 albums recorded by Houston Person as a bandleader , on Prestige, Westbound Records|Westbound , Mercury Records|Mercury , Savoy Records|Savoy , and Muse Records , and he has most recently been recording on HighNote Records . He has recorded with Charles Brown (musician)|Charles Brown , Bill Charlap , Charles Earland , Lena Horne , Etta Jones , Lou Rawls , Horace Silver , Dakota Staton , Billy Butler (guitarist)|Billy Butler , Richard "Groove" Holmes Allmusic|class=artist|id=p87547|pure_url=yes Henderson, Alex & Leggett, Steve at allmusic and others.
Discography
As leader
Underground soul (1966, Prestige)
Chocomotive (1967, Prestige)
Trust in Me (1967, Prestige) with Cedar Walton , Alan Dawson , Bob Cranshaw , Paul Chambers
'' That Healin' Feelin' - Horace Silver (1970) Blue Note
Friday Night Special - Janis Siegel (singer)|Janis Siegel (2003) Telarc International Corporation|Telarc Records
Joey Defrancisco Plays Sinatra His Way (1998) 2004 Highnote Records, Inc
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Persondata | NAME =Person, Houston | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH = November 10, 1934 | PLACE OF BIRTH = Florence, South Carolina|Florence , South Carolina United States | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Person, Houston Category:1934 births Category:Living people Category:People from Florence, South Carolina Category:Soul-jazz saxophonists Category:Hard bop saxophonists Category:Swing saxophonists Category:Post-bop saxophonists Category:Mainstream jazz saxophonists Category:Jazz saxophonists Category:American jazz tenor saxophonists Category:Savoy Records artists Category:South Carolina State University alumni Category:The Hartt School alumni Category:Muse Records artists Category:Prestige Records artists
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