Houston Express (album)

1971 studio album by Houston Person

Houston Express is the ninth album led by saxophonist Houston Person. It was recorded April 8 & 9, 1971 and released on the Prestige label.^[1][2][3] To date, it has only been re-released on Compact Disc in South Africa.^[4]

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 4½ stars stating "As period soul-jazz goes, this is considerably above the average. It's funky, but not in the bland crossover sense; there's a sense of jazz ensemble discipline to the arrangements, but it's still R&B-based enough to groove to".^[5]

Track listing

1. "Young Gifted and Black" (Nina Simone, Weldon Irvine) - 5:15
2. "The Houston Express" (Horace Ott) - 5:48
3. "Enjoy" (Ott) - 4:55
4. "Give More Power To The People (For God's Sake)" (Eugene Record) - 3:40
5. "Chains of Love" (A. Nugetre) - 7:30
6. "Just My Imagination" (Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong) - 5:35
7. "Lift Every Voice" (James Weldon Johnson, John Rosamond Johnson) - 5:40

Personnel

• Houston Person - tenor saxophone
• Cecil Bridgewater (tracks 4-6), Harold "Money" Johnson (tracks 1-3 & 7), Thad Jones (tracks 1-3 & 7), Ernie Royal (tracks 1-3 & 7) - trumpet
• Garnett Brown, Jack Jeffers - trombone (tracks 1-3 & 7)
• Harold Vick - tenor saxophone, flute (tracks 1-3 & 7)
• Babe Clarke - baritone saxophone
• Paul Griffin - piano, electric piano (tracks 1-3 & 7)
• Jimmy Watson - organ
• Ernie Hayes - organ, electric piano (tracks 4-6)
• Billy Butler - guitar
• Jerry Jemmott - electric bass
• Bernard Purdie - drums
• Buddy Caldwell - congas
• Horace Ott - arranger, conductor (tracks 1-3 & 7)

References

1. Prestige Records discography accessed April 15, 2013
2. Payne, D, A Houston Person discography, June 7, 2009.
3. Enciclopedia del Jazz: Person, Houston, accessed February 16, 2018
4. "Houston Person - Houston Express". Discogs. 2007.
5. Unterberger, R. Allmusic listing accessed April 15, 2013