Howard Johnson

Imagine a group that consists of piano, bass, drums, and five to seven tubas. Howard Johnson, one of the mightiest tuba players of the past 30 years, has been leading Gravity since 1968 but this is their ...Read full review

The idea of a tuba sextet might seem a bit too daffy a defiance of the laws of gravity, but Hojo's ensemble -- nicknamed Gravity -- comes up with some surprisingly mellifluous textures on their second ...Read full review