AprilCadence2013

Photo Credit: ©2012 by Patrick Hinely, Work/Play®
Jazz Stories: A Photo History
Howard Johnson, baritone sax (Montgomery AL, August 7, 1941) and George
Gruntz, rehearsal, Vancouver BC, June 24, 1998.
johnson will stand as the longest-serving cjB member (1976 – 2012); he
also worked extensively with Gruntz during several years as a member of the
ndr Big Band. not much seems to phase howard, but when he plays, he plays.
here he is seen waiting his turn while George’s hands on that electric piano are
moving fast enough to blur. i see this as an image of men at work, on a work in
progress.
81 | CadenCe Magazine | april May June 2013