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Houston Express (album)

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Released
  
1971

Release date
  
1971

Label
  
Prestige Records

Artist
  
Houston Person

Producer
  
Bob Porter

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
April 8 & 9, 1971 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

Houston Express (1971)
  
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Houston Express is the ninth album led by saxophonist Houston Person. It was recorded April 8 & 9, 1971 and released on the Prestige label. To date, it has not been re-released on Compact Disc.

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Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 4½ stars stating "As period soul-jazz goes, this is considerably above the average. It's funky, but not in the bland crossover sense; there's a sense of jazz ensemble discipline to the arrangements, but it's still R&B-based enough to groove to".

Track listing

  1. "Young Gifted and Black" (Nina Simone, Weldon Irvine) - 5:15
  2. "The Houston Express" (Horace Ott) - 5:48
  3. "Enjoy" (Ott) - 4:55
  4. "Give More Power To The People (For God's Sake)" (Eugene Record) - 3:40
  5. "Chains of Love" (A. Nugetre) - 7:30
  6. "Just My Imagination" (Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong) - 5:35
  7. "Lift Every Voice" (James Weldon Johnson, John Rosamond Johnson) - 5:40

Personnel

  • Houston Person - tenor saxophone
  • Cecil Bridgewater (tracks 4-6), Harold "Money" Johnson (tracks 1-3 & 7), Thad Jones (tracks 1-3 & 7), Ernie Royal (tracks 1-3 & 7) - trumpet
  • Garnett Brown, Jack Jeffers - trombone (tracks 1-3 & 7)
  • Harold Vick - tenor saxophone, flute (tracks 1-3 & 7)
  • Babe Clarke - baritone saxophone (tracks 1-3 & 7)
  • Paul Griffin - piano, electric piano (tracks 1-3 & 7)
  • Jimmy Watson - organ
  • Ernie Hayes - organ, electric piano (tracks 4-6)
  • Billy Butler - guitar
  • Jerry Jemmott - electric bass
  • Bernard Purdie - drums
  • Buddy Caldwell - congas
  • Horace Ott - arranger, conductor (tracks 1-3 & 7)
  • References

    Houston Express (album) Wikipedia