Houston Person is the real deal. With a lifetime of experience, Houston continues to grace concert stages with his expressive style which stubbornly defies categorization. One moment he is letting loose with some hard-driving swing and the next he is caressing your ears with his mellifluous, baritonal utterances on a beautiful ballad. “I just play good music,” explains Houston. “I look for a great melody and great lyrics.” Houston Person has recorded over 150 albums as a leader on Prestige, Westbound, Mercury, Savoy, and HighNote Records (formerly Muse). His preoccupation with the art of melody is on full display in his most recent live recording, “Houston Person Live in Paris”- which was captured during his appearance at the Festival Jazz a la Villette in 2019. This was Houston's first live recording in some time. It is quite an unforgettable experience, with the legendary man taking great care in putting just the right set list together for his audience, covering a wide variety of styles drawn from his remarkable career. “…Live in Paris” was released in September of 2021, recorded in 2019 at Cite de la musique in Paris, and spent four weeks at No. 1 and twelve weeks in the top 10 of the JazzWeek radio chart. Having recorded his first album as a leader in 1966 titled "Underground Soul," coincidentally also an organ-tenor quartet, Houston Person has been a standard-bearer of so-called “soul jazz,” but that is a misnomer in his case. The truth is Houston plays soulful jazz rather than “soul jazz”; music that communicates with the listener and touches the heart. How appropriate it is then, that his most recent release originates from Paris, also known as the “City of Love.”
Houston Person – Tenor Sax Lafayette Harris – Piano Marcus McLaurine – Bass
Fresh off a sold-out July 4th weekend residency at Birdland Theatre, the legendary tenor saxophonist, Houston Person accompanied by pianist, Lafayette Harris, and guest bassist, Marcus McLaurine will perform an intimate set at Soapbox Gallery on Saturday, August 13th at 8 PM. Harris, a member of Mr. Person’s band, will present a few of his favorite numbers and music from the chart-topping recent release, “Houston Person Live in Paris”. Setlist includes: Sunny, The Way We Were, Come Rain or Come Shine, Blues Everywhere, You Can’t Lose With The Blues, Danny Boy (He Looked Beyond My Faults)
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