Johnson, Howard, 1941-2021
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found: Tyner, M. Tender moments [SR] 196-?:container (Howard Johnson, tuba)
found: New Grove dict. of jazz(Johnson, Howard (Lewis); b. 8-7-41, Montgomery, AL; tuba player, baritone saxophonist, flugelhorn player, arranger)
found: New York times online, January 17, 2021(obituary dated January 14, 2021: Howard Johnson; born Howard Lewis Johnson, August 7, 1941, in Montgomery, Alabama; raised in Massillon, Ohio; died Monday [January 11] at his home in Harlem, age 79; jazz tuba player who moonlighted as a multi-instrumentalist and arranger for some of the most popular acts in rock and pop; led the horn section for the Band in the 1970s, including on the group's farewell performance, captured in Martin Scorsese's famed concert film “The last waltz"; performed as an original member of the “Saturday Night Live” band; led the band Gravity from the 1970s until the end of his life)
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1991-11-12: new
2021-01-18: revised
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