Howard Johnson & Gravity GRAVITY!!! CD (S&H Included)
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TRACKS
1 Big Alice Written-By – Don Pullen 9:07
2 Stolen Moments Written-By – Oliver Nelson 7:53
3 'Way 'Cross Georgia Written-By – Coleridge Taylor Perkinson* 5:35
4 Kelly Blue Written-By – Wynton Kelly 12:13
5 Be No Evil Written-By – Howard Johnson (3) 3:18
6 Yesterdays Written-By – Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach 11:08
7 Here Comes Sonny Man Written-By – Howard Johnson (3) 4:05
8 Appointment In Ghana Written-By – Jackie McLean 6:00
9 'Round Midnight Written-By – Thelonious Monk 4:53
10 And Then Again ... (Kelly Blue - Reprise) Written-By – Wynton Kelly 0:22
CREDITS
Recorded at Clinton Recording Studios, New York. Mixed at Manhattan Center Studios, New York. Mastered at Sound Byte Studios, New York & nhb Studios, Hamburg.
REVIEWS
Imagine a group that consists of piano, bass, drums, and five to seven tubas. Howard Johnson, one of the mightiest tuba players of the past 30 years, has been leading Gravity since 1968 but this is their first recording. Despite the instrumentation, the group plays the music (which ranges from Don Pullen's colorful "Big Alice" and two of Johnson's originals to such standards as "Stolen Moments," "Yesterdays," and "'Round Midnight") with swing, creativity, and more variety than one might expect. - Scott Yanow, AllMusic.com
TRACKS
1 Big Alice Written-By – Don Pullen 9:07
2 Stolen Moments Written-By – Oliver Nelson 7:53
3 'Way 'Cross Georgia Written-By – Coleridge Taylor Perkinson* 5:35
4 Kelly Blue Written-By – Wynton Kelly 12:13
5 Be No Evil Written-By – Howard Johnson (3) 3:18
6 Yesterdays Written-By – Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach 11:08
7 Here Comes Sonny Man Written-By – Howard Johnson (3) 4:05
8 Appointment In Ghana Written-By – Jackie McLean 6:00
9 'Round Midnight Written-By – Thelonious Monk 4:53
10 And Then Again ... (Kelly Blue - Reprise) Written-By – Wynton Kelly 0:22
CREDITS
- Arranged By, Producer – Howard Johnson (3)
- Bass – Bob Cranshaw (tracks: 1, 4 to 6), Melissa Slocum (tracks: 2, 8)
- Coordinator [Project] – Virginia Jackson
- Design [Sleeve] – Walter Thielsch
- Drums – Kenny Washington (tracks: 2, 3, 7, 8), Kenwood Dennard (tracks: 1, 4 to 6)
- Electric Bass – Melissa Slocum (tracks: 3, 7)
- Engineer [Assistant] – Robert Friedrich (4)
- Engineer, Mixed By, Mastered By – James Nichols
- Euphonium – Dave Bargeron (tracks: 3), Earl McIntyre (tracks: 3), Joe Daley (tracks: 3)
- Executive-Producer – Christian Kellersman*
- Guitar – George Wadenius* (tracks: 3, 7)
- Keyboards – Paul Shaffer (tracks: 7)
- Liner Notes – Nat Hentoff
- Low Whistle [Pennywhistle] – Howard Johnson (3) (tracks: 3)
- Percussion – Victor See Yuen (tracks: 3, 7, 8)
- Photography – Wladimir Polak
- Photography By [Inner Sleeve] – Ssirus Pakzad*
- Photography By [Sleeve] – Ralf Brinkhoff
- Piano – James Williams (2) (tracks: 2, 8, 9), Paul Shaffer (tracks: 3, 5), Raymond Chew* (tracks: 1, 4, 6)
- Producer – Suzi Reynolds
- Tuba – Bob Stewart (tracks: 1, 4 to 6), Carl Kleinsteuber (tracks: 2 to 4, 7 to 9), Dave Bargeron(tracks: 1, 2, 4 to 9), Earl McIntyre (tracks: 1, 2, 4 to 6, 8), Howard Johnson (3) (tracks: 1, 2, 4 to 9),Joe Daley (tracks: 1, 2, 4 to 8), Marcus Rojas (tracks: 2, 4, 7, 8), Nedra Johnson (tracks: 5), Tom Malone (tracks: 3)
Recorded at Clinton Recording Studios, New York. Mixed at Manhattan Center Studios, New York. Mastered at Sound Byte Studios, New York & nhb Studios, Hamburg.
REVIEWS
Imagine a group that consists of piano, bass, drums, and five to seven tubas. Howard Johnson, one of the mightiest tuba players of the past 30 years, has been leading Gravity since 1968 but this is their first recording. Despite the instrumentation, the group plays the music (which ranges from Don Pullen's colorful "Big Alice" and two of Johnson's originals to such standards as "Stolen Moments," "Yesterdays," and "'Round Midnight") with swing, creativity, and more variety than one might expect. - Scott Yanow, AllMusic.com