What a great week! Very intense, beautiful and highly education for myself. (beats the heck out of takin
lessons)
Spending five days with Howard Johnson was a spiritual experience. I cant believe how much the
making of this new record was all about the process. Lina and Quinsin were so great too. As a group
we really came together, worked hard and got to know one another on new a greater levels. I am less
concerned with what the record sounds like today (I wont hear rough mixes until Ross mails them to me)
as I am with just how much we all learned and experienced by being together. I dont remember feeling
this way about other sessions. This was about friends, comomunity (great turnout at the gig!) and
music as an artform. The ability to project our individual characters into the music became stronger
than ever. I suppose Howard was leading us on this one by example. Last night I picked up a guitar and
played through some of the music (two days later) and I feel stronger as a guitarist too. Wow. All this
from a record date. Beautiful. I am a lucky person. Thanks to Howard, Lina, Quinsin and Ross.

tim@guildwoodrecords.com

What a great week! Very intense, beautiful and highly education for myself. (beats the heck out of takin
lessons)
Spending five days with Howard Johnson was a spiritual experience. I cant believe how much the
making of this new record was all about the process. Lina and Quinsin were so great too. As a group
we really came together, worked hard and got to know one another on new a greater levels. I am less
concerned with what the record sounds like today (I wont hear rough mixes until Ross mails them to me)
as I am with just how much we all learned and experienced by being together. I dont remember feeling
this way about other sessions. This was about friends, comomunity (great turnout at the gig!) and
music as an artform. The ability to project our individual characters into the music became stronger
than ever. I suppose Howard was leading us on this one by example. Last night I picked up a guitar and
played through some of the music (two days later) and I feel stronger as a guitarist too. Wow. All this
from a record date. Beautiful. I am a lucky person. Thanks to Howard, Lina, Quinsin and Ross.

tim@guildwoodrecords.com

What a great week! Very intense, beautiful and highly education for myself. (beats the heck out of takin
lessons)
Spending five days with Howard Johnson was a spiritual experience. I cant believe how much the
making of this new record was all about the process. Lina and Quinsin were so great too. As a group
we really came together, worked hard and got to know one another on new a greater levels. I am less
concerned with what the record sounds like today (I wont hear rough mixes until Ross mails them to me)
as I am with just how much we all learned and experienced by being together. I dont remember feeling
this way about other sessions. This was about friends, comomunity (great turnout at the gig!) and
music as an artform. The ability to project our individual characters into the music became stronger
than ever. I suppose Howard was leading us on this one by example. Last night I picked up a guitar and
played through some of the music (two days later) and I feel stronger as a guitarist too. Wow. All this
from a record date. Beautiful. I am a lucky person. Thanks to Howard, Lina, Quinsin and Ross.

tim@guildwoodrecords.com

The people at Verve made a huge mistake dropping Howard Johnson as an artist! Perhaps if bottom
line is all that matters, they think they have a good reason.

I would argue that a good promotional budget and plan behind a legendary and entertaining artist like this
would reap benefits. Just like the popular music world, they choose certain artists on their roster to
emphasise with the big money machine and others to ignore.

Howard had a record on Verve (not release in North America) called Arrival. It is so special. He only
plays Baritone and wrote all the beautiful arrangements (tribute to his friend Pharoah Sanders)

I am burning a copy as we speak and would be willing to burn it for those who want to hear it.

It is not even availabe any more. It is truly sad. I question whether Verve is a classic and important
Jazz label as they suggest they might be.

tim posgate

Having Howard Johnson at my house is a great thrill. We heard a low rumbling sound this morning
and wondered what was wrong (broken clothes dryer etc.) it was Howard warming up!!

did he ever warm up as my son Dylan and I listend to him playing below us. what a treat!

His experiences and insight into art, music and life are all fantastic. I hope people in toronto get a chance to
hear him tommorrow night.

Tim Posgate Horn Band
With Howard Johnson

Monday, February 23, 2004
New Work Studio
319 Spadina (at St. Andrew)
admission: $15, 8:00PM
reserve: roughidea@primus.ca

The Tim Posgate Horn Band The Toronto core trio of Lina Allemano (trumpet); Quinsin Nachoff (tenor sax, clarinet, and flute); and Tim Posgate (electric and acoustic guitar, banjo) expands deeper than space with the addition of New York based Howard Johnson (baritone sax, flugelhorn, trumpet, clarinet, electric bass and tuba). Howard is renowned for his extensive influence on compositions, performance and recordings by Charles Mingus, Hank Crawford, Archie Shepp, Buddy Rich, Freddie Hubbard, Quincy Jones, Miles Davis, John Lennon, The Band, Taj Mahal, Carla Bley, and especially Gil Evans, as welll as his leadership of the all tuba ensemble Gravity (Verve Records).

This Horn Band showcases the unique compositions and guitar style that identify Posgate, guitarist of the year nominee in the National Jazz Awards. The night of the awards he will be in the studio recording the fresh fluency of his horniest new brainchild, join them in celebratory preparation of the session in artist Mike Hansenís New Work Studio, site of the Annual Festival of Autumnal Happiness, the night before the NJA.

Ron Gaskin