Richard Howell’s Sudden Changes

Calib Phair | Piano Max Elhardt | Trumpet Anthony Mills | Bass Deszon Claiborne | Drums Richard Howell | Protagonist Richard Howell is an acclaimed musician, composer and educator whose music celebrates diversity as it bridges, unites and merges the experience of all listeners. He defines it as ‘Bridge Music”. ”Bridge Music ” is a jazz pathway over obstacles that joins differences and links through the sonic connection. Its roots are based in the spirit of John Coltrane’s “A Love Supreme ”, in the contradiction of James Brown’s simplistic yet complicated African inspired rhythmic concepts to the deep soulfulness of the Isley Brothers forever touching our hearts.  Richard has a spiritual way of connecting to audiences of all ages and producing crowd moving performances. Richard appeals to multi-generational crowds, mostly quality music enthusiasts of multiple genres and cultures. He has performed and recorded with numerous Pop, Soul, and Jazz music icons such as Etta James, Chaka Khan… View Source