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Earle Howard
Earle Howard may refer to: * Earle Howard (musician), American jazz pianist * Earle Howard (politician), member of the Indiana House of Representatives See also * Earl Howard, American avant-garde composer * Earl Howard (baseball), American baseball pitcher {{hndis, Howard, Earle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earle Howard (musician)
Earle "Nappy" Howard (June 3, 1904December 31, 1978) was an American jazz pianist, bandleader, guitarist, and vocalist. Career Howard was raised in New York City and went to the same high school as Fats Waller. He belonged to a youth band that included Benny Carter, Charlie Irvis, and Benny Morton. He led bands in the 1920s, including one with Geechie Fields and Johnny Russell (),Kennedy, Gary W.; Howard Rye"Howard, Earle “Nappy”."''Grove Music Online''. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 28 November 2022. and later performed at Strand Danceland, New York, with a band that included saxophonists Fernando Arbello and Pete Brown (autumn 1928 – spring 1929), before accompanying Bill Benford (spring 1929 – spring 1930). In 1930, he led a big band in Boston, and spent the next decade as a musical director and performing in clubs in New York, with residencies at the Saratoga Club, the Savoy Ballroom and in the Blackbirds revue, played with Leon Abbey Leon Alexander Anth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earle Howard (politician)
Earle Howard (September 6, 1926 – February 15, 2013) was an American law enforcement officer and legislator. Biography Born in Kokomo, Indiana, Howard served in the United States Army during World War II. He then worked for the Kokomo Police Department. Howard then worked for the Howard County, Indiana Sheriff Department and served as sheriff. Howard served in the Indiana House of Representatives The Indiana House of Representatives is the lower house of the Indiana General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Indiana. The House is composed of 100 members representing an equal number of constituent districts. House mem ... from 1986 to 1994. Notes 1926 births 2013 deaths People from Kokomo, Indiana Indiana sheriffs Members of the Indiana House of Representatives United States Army personnel of World War II 20th-century members of the Indiana General Assembly {{Indiana-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earl Howard
Earl Howard (born 1951) is an American avant-garde composer, arranger, saxophonist, synthesizer player and multi-instrumentalist. Howard is one of the pioneers of what is called "new" music. He has been in the industry for over thirty years. Howard has performed with Anthony Davis, Gerry Hemingway, Georg Graewe, Mari Kimura, Mark Dresser, Yuko Fujiyama, Evan Parker, Thomas Buckner, George Lewis (trombonist) and many of the other most prominent musicians in his field. Howard has received numerous awards including, a grant from Harvard's the Fromm Foundation, a Regents Fellowship at University of California, San Diego, and three New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowships. In 2004 Howard's first sound installation was commissioned for the Tiffany Collection at the Queens Museum of Art. Earl Howard has also produced soundtracks for some major film and video artists including Nam June Paik, Mary Lucier, Rii Kanzaki, Bob Harris, and Bill Brand. Biography Earl Howard was born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |