Noah Howard - RIP

[peterintoronto]

Didn't see anything posted on here yet, but just found out that Noah Howard has died. May one of my heroes and a true musical god rest in peace.

[colinmce]

RIP. I will spin At Judson Hall today.

[AllenLowe]

was he still living in France?

[paul secor]

Hope this isn't true - too many deaths in the jazz world recently.

[Chalupa]

That's sad. RIP.

Now to blast Black Ark!

[Chalupa]

(It's true. I just read the annoucement on his FB page.)

[Guest Bill Barton]

R.I.P. Sad news...

[clifford_thornton]

Another major figure gone, and too young. RIP and thanks.

[jeffcrom]

Sigh....

[AndrewHill]

More sad news. RIP.

[paul secor]

Enjoyed his ESP sides, but for some reason I didn't keep up with his recording career. Don't know why - probably missed out on some good music.

RIP, Mr. Howard.

[clifford_thornton]

I think he got much, much better post-ESP. Found his own very melodic thing, and seemed like a nice guy.

[alocispepraluger102]

I think he got much, much better post-ESP. Found his own very melodic thing, and seemed like a nice guy.

wkc,r for the next several hours, is observing a noah howard tribute.

[king ubu]

Sorry to read this!

[clifford_thornton]

Apparently his sudden passing was due to a brain aneurysm. So sad.

[Chalupa]

Dave Burrell, at the end of Thursday night's show, got up and said that the set that he had just played(w/ Sabir Mateen & William Parker) was for Noah Howard. He then went on to say some really nice stuff about Noah. It was a touching moment at the end of an incredible performance. There were audio/video recordings made for possible future release.

[Leeway]

I love Noah's early stuff; definitely "Fire Music." I'm lucky to have a vinyl copy of "Patterns" on Altsax Records. It's available on CD; grab it, it's heavy-hitting, with a fantastic performance by Han Bennink ((Noah too of course!). "Black Ark" is another favorite. However, I disagree that his later, post-ESP, work was an improvement. The fire is definitely gone, and much of it treads perilously close to New Age music. I suppose some

might like that, and it is probably not possible to burn as brighly as he did early in his career, but I treasure the ESP and other work of that period.

[AndrewHill]

Dave Burrell, at the end of Thursday night's show, got up and said that the set that he had just played(w/ Sabir Mateen & William Parker) was for Noah Howard. He then went on to say some really nice stuff about Noah. It was a touching moment at the end of an incredible performance. There were audio/video recordings made for possible future release.

That was really cool of Dave to say, as I'm a fan of all involved too.

[ep1str0phy]

RIP. There's something special in all of it, though the quartet music with Frank Wright holds a special place for me. I'd venture to say that it's in the top tier of energy music.

[clifford_thornton]

Yup.

Destination Out has a nice Noah Howard post up right now. Still need to get that Live at the Swing Club LP.

[Utevsky]

I played three extended Noah Howard tracks -- from Ole, Judson Hall and Village Vanguard -- on "Straight, No Chaser" on KBCS last night.

For two weeks after broadcast, you can listen to this and other KBCS programs in the station's audio archives: http://kbcsweb.bellevuecollege.edu/playlist/archive/?ShowID=15145

[Swinger]

I don't know much about him or his music but I recently bought Black Ark as vinyl at sound323.com . I love it!

[Cyril]

was he still living in France?

Noah moved to Tervuren (Brussels), Belgium in 1983.

Here's an obit