Earle Howard
Earle Howard (born June 3, 1904) was an American jazz guitarist, pianist, and vocalist.
Career[]
Howard was raised in New York City and went to the same high school as Fats Waller.[1] He belonged to a youth band that included Benny Carter, Charlie Irvis, and Benny Morton.[1] He led bands in the 1920s and accompanied Bill Benford.[1] During the next decade he worked as a musical director, performed in clubs in New York City and in the Blackbirds revue, played with Leon Abbey, and toured in South America.[1] He moved to Europe in the 1950s.[1]
Discography[]
- Americans in Europe Vol. 2 (Impulse!, 1963)
References[]
Categories:
- 1904 births
- American jazz bandleaders
- American jazz pianists
- American male jazz musicians
- American male pianists
- Jazz stubs