American Saxophone player, Vocalist
Songwriter/arranger/producer, Educator

For a couple of decades Richard Howell and his bands, (currently, Sudden Changes), have been an iconic Jazz music force in his native Bay Area. While revered by his peers as a Jazz, Blues and R&B musician and singer, the award-winning-composer Howell has long been an under-the-radar force as a producer, arranger and educator as well.

He was decisively influenced by his teachers Don Myrick and Justo Amario, also musically inspired by Cannonball Adderley and John Coltrane. In the bands of Etta James and Chaka Khan, he played at legendary American and European Jazz festivals (Montreux, Nice, North Sea and London) and on major network US television shows (Johnny Carson, Jay Leno, etc).

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