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{{short description|American jazz musician}}
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'''Noah Howard''' (April 6, 1943 – September 3, 2010)<ref>[http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=64589 Allaboutjazz] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100906160105/http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=64589 |date=2010-09-06 }}</ref> was an [[United States|America]]n [[free jazz]] alto saxophonist.<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p8784/discography|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic biography]</ref>
==Biography==
Born in [[New Orleans]], Howard played music from childhood in his church.<ref name="LarkinGE">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]|editor=[[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]]|publisher=[[Guinness Publishing]]|date=1992|edition=First|isbn=0-85112-939-0|pages=1197/8}}</ref> He first learned trumpet and later switched to alto, tenor and soprano saxophone.<ref name="LarkinGE"/> He was an innovator influenced by [[John Coltrane]]<ref>{{cite book | last=Wilmer|first=Val|authorlink=Val Wilmer | title=As Serious as your life | publisher=Quartet | year=1977 | isbn=0-7043-3164-0}}, p140</ref> and [[Albert Ayler]]. He studied with [[Dewey Johnson (musician)|Dewey Johnson]], first in [[Los Angeles]] and later on in [[San Francisco]]. When he moved to [[New York City]] he started playing with [[Sun Ra]].
He recorded his first LP as a leader, ''[[Noah Howard Quartet]]'', in 1966, and his second LP ''[[At Judson Hall]]'' later that year, both for [[ESP-Disk|ESP Records]], but found little critical acclaim in the US.<ref name="LarkinGE"/> In the 1960s and 1970s he performed regularly in the US and Europe, moving to [[Paris]] in 1968.
In 1969, he appeared on [[Frank Wright (jazz musician)|Frank Wright]]'s album ''[[One for John]]'' and on ''[[Black Gipsy]]'' with [[Archie Shepp]]. As leader he recorded ''[[The Black Ark (Noah Howard album)|The Black Ark]]'' <ref>{{cite web|title =Cd/LP Review: The Black Ark |first=Kurt|last=Gottschalk |publisher=All About Jazz | url =http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=29737 |date =2009-01-17 |accessdate =2010-09-04}}</ref> with [[Arthur Doyle]] among others. In 1971 he created his own record label, AltSax,<ref>{{cite web|title =Encore: Noah Howard |first=Andrey|last=Henkin |publisher=All About Jazz | url =http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=19322 |date =2005-10-11}}</ref> and published most of his music under that label.
In 1971, he recorded ''Patterns'' in the [[Netherlands]] with [[Misha Mengelberg]] and [[Han Bennink]]. He moved to Paris in 1972, lived in Nairobi in 1982 and finally moved to [[Brussels]] in late 1982, where he had a studio and ran a jazz club. He recorded steadily through the 1970s and 1980s, exploring [[funk]] and world music in the latter decade and recording for AltSax. In the 1990s, he returned to his free-jazz origins, releasing on [[Cadence Jazz]] among other labels, and experienced a resurgence in critical acclaim. His last two albums, ''Desert Harmony'' (2008, with Omar al Faqir) and ''Voyage'' (2010), reflected his interest in [[World music]] and were influenced by Indian, Latin American and Middle Eastern music.
Noah Howard died on 3 September 2010 of a [[cerebral haemorrhage]] at the age of 67. He is survived by his wife, Lieve Fransen.<ref>{{cite news|title =Noah Howard obituary |first=John|last=Fordham |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] | url =https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/sep/13/noah-howard-obituary |date =2010-09-13 |accessdate =2013-07-09}}</ref>
==Discography==
===As leader or co-leader===
*''[[Noah Howard Quartet]]'' (ESP-Disk, 1966)
*''[[At Judson Hall]]'' (ESP-Disk, 1968)
*''[[Space Dimension]]'' (America, 1971)
*''[[The Black Ark (Noah Howard album)|The Black Ark]]'' (Freedom, 1972)
*''Live at the Village Vanguard'' (Freedom / Intercord, 1972)
*''Patterns'' (Altsax, 1973) (reissued as part of ''Patterns/Message to South Africa'')
*''Live at the Swing Club'' (Ricordi, 1974)
*''Live in Europe, Volume 1'' (Sun Records, 1975) (reissued as ''Ole'')
*''[[Red Star (album)|Red Star]]'' (Mercury, 1977) featuring [[Kenny Clarke]]
*''Berlin Concert'' (FMP, 1977)
*''Schizophrenic Blues'' (FMP, 1978)
*''Traffic'' (Frame, 1983)
*''Migration'' (Altsax, 1990)
*''Live at Documenta IX'' (Megadisc, 1992)
*''In Concert'' (Cadence, 1998)
*''Patterns/Message to South Africa'' (Eremite, 1999)
*''Between Two Eternities'' (Cadence, 2000) with [[Bobby Kapp]]
*''Live at the Unity Temple'' ([[Ayler Records|Ayler]], 2000)
*''Live in Paris'' (Altsax, 2001)
*''Dreamtime...'' (Altsax, 2003)
*''The Eye of the Improviser'' (Altsax, 2003) (compilation)
*''Desert Harmony'' (Altsax, 2007) with Omar Faqir
*''Transit Mission'' (Altsax, 2009) with Bobby Kapp
*''Voyage'' (Altsax, 2010)
*''Live at Glenn Miller Café'' (JaZt Tapes, 2012)
*''From Dust We Came... To Dust We Return'' (Dirter/Static Caravan, 2016) with Justin Wiggan and Chris Mapp
===As sideman===
'''With Chris Chalfant'''
*''Convergence'' (Chris Chalfant Music, 2007)
'''With [[Ted Daniel]]'''
*''Tapestry'' (Sun, 1977)
'''With [[James Emanuel]]'''
*''Middle Passage'' (Altsax, 2001)
'''With Zusaan Kali Fasteau'''
*''Expatriate Kin'' (CIMP, 1997)
*''Camaraderie'' (Flying Note, 1998)
'''With Eve Packer'''
*''West Frm 42nd'' (Altsax, 1998)
*''That Look'' (Boxholder, 2000)
*''NY Woman'' (Altsax, 2001) (single)
*''Window 9/11'' (Altsax, 2002)
*''Cruisin w/Moxie'' (Altsax, 2003)
*''Now Playing'' (Altsax, 2009)
*''First and Last'' (EPHereNowMusic, 2010) (single)
'''With [[Archie Shepp]]'''
*''[[Black Gipsy]]'' (America, 1970)
*''[[Pitchin Can]]'' (America, 1970)
'''With [[Frank Wright (jazz musician)|Frank Wright]]'''
*''[[Uhuru na Umoja]]'' (America, 1970)
*''[[One for John]]'' (BYG, 1970)
*''[[Church Number Nine]]'' (Odeon, 1971)
==Books==
*music in my soul ([[Buddy´s knife jazzedition|buddy's knife jazzedition]], 2011)
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*[http://www.noahhoward.com Noah Howard's official website]
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