Releases on Anagram Records Label...

THE MUSIC OF NORMAN HOWARD - Mats Gustafsson

NEW LIMITED EDITION VINYL RELEASE – 750 copies, 12 inch gatefold Lp 200 gram vinyl

Norman Howard played trumpet with the legendary Albert Ayler but, so far as we are aware, he only released a cassette recording as a band leader. This was on the Homeboy label in 1968 and was entitled “Burn Baby Burn”. He played with Joe Phillips on alto saxophone, Walter Cliff on bass and Corney Millsap on drums.

The inspiration behind our current release is to showcase this wonderful music with an updated hue. The recording, which was made in the cellar of the Anagram Records store in Stockholm on November 19^th 2001, brings together Mats Gustafsson and a group of Swedish, Norwegian, and American musicians.

The group combines the talents of the free jazz groups “The Thing” and “Schooldays”.   

 Mats Gustafsson – alto and tenor sax

 Ken Vandermark – clarinet, bass-clarinet, tenor and baritone sax

 Jeb Bishop – trombone

 Kjell Nordeson – vibraphone

 Ingebrigt Haker Flaten – bass

 Paal Nilssen-Love – drums

The tracks are as follows:

Soul Brother Genius	11:00	Listen to extract (.wav)
Burn Baby Burn	7:03	Listen to extract (.wav)
Haunted	11:04	Listen to extract (.wav)
Bug Out	10:12	Listen to extract (.wav)

All the tunes were composed by Norman Howard and have an earthy almost New Orleans feeling to them brought right up to date in this hard driving session