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1979 studio album by Houston Person

The Big Horn

Studio album by Houston Person

Released

1979

Recorded

May 20, 1976

Genre

Jazz

Length

43:03

Label

Muse
MR 5136

Producer

Michael Cuscuna

Houston Person chronology

Stolen Sweets
(1976)

The Big Horn
(1979)

Pure Pleasure
(1976)

The Big Horn is an album by saxophonist Houston Person recorded in 1976 and released on the Muse label in 1979.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
DownBeat

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars noting that "Reliable soul jazz, nicely played ballads, and good standards are tenor saxophonist Houston Person's forte, and he demonstrates that repeatedly on this '76 quintet set".

Track listing

"Bluesology" (Milt Jackson) - 9:55
"This Love of Mine" (Sol Parker, Frank Sinatra, Hank Sanicola) - 5:33
"Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You" (Andy Razaf, Don Redman) - 5:27
"The More I See You" (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon) - 6:50
"Memories of You" (Andy Razaf, Eubie Blake) - 4:18
"I Concentrate on You" (Cole Porter) - 11:00

Personnel

References

Muse Records discography accessed April 11, 2014
Payne, D., Houston Person discography, June 27, 2009
^ Wynne, R., Allmusic listing, accessed April 11, 2014
Gabel, Lars (January 1980). "Arnet Cobb and the Muse All Stars: Live at Sandy's! / Houston Person: The Big Horn". DownBeat. Vol. 47, no. 1. pp. 37–38.

v t e Houston Person
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
As leader or co-leader	Underground Soul! (1966) Chocomotive (1967) Trust in Me (1967) Blue Odyssey (1968) Soul Dance! (1968) Goodness! (1969) Person to Person! (1970) Truth! (1970) Houston Express (1971) Broken Windows, Empty Hallways (1972) Sweet Buns & Barbeque (1972) The Real Thing (1973) The Big Horn (1976) Stolen Sweets (1976) Wild Flower (1977) The Nearness of You (1977) Suspicions (1980) Very Personal (1980) Heavy Juice (1982) Always on My Mind (1985) The Talk of the Town (1987) Basics (1987) The Party (1989) Something in Common (and Ron Carter, 1989) Just Friends (and Buddy Tate, 1990) Now's the Time (and Ron Carter, 1990) Why Not! (1990) The Lion and His Pride (1991) Christmas with Houston Person and Friends (1994) Horn to Horn (with Teddy Edwards, 1994) Close Encounters (with Teddy Edwards, 1996) Person-ified (1996) The Opening Round (1997) My Romance (1998) Soft Lights (1999) Together at Christmas (with Etta Jones, 2000) The Way We Were: Live in Concert (with Etta Jones, 2000 ) In a Sentimental Mood (2000) Dialogues (and Ron Carter, 2000) Blue Velvet (2001) Sentimental Journey (2002) Social Call (2003) To Etta with Love (2004) You Taught My Heart to Sing (and Bill Charlap, 2004) All Soul (2005) Just Between Friends (2005) Thinking of You (2007) Mellow (2009 Moment to Moment (2010) Nice 'n' Easy (2011) So Nice (2011) Naturally (2012) The Melody Lingers On (2014) Chemistry (and Ron Carter, 2015) Something Personal (2015) Rain or Shine (2017) Remember Love (and Ron Carter, 2018)

Houston Person

Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.

As leader
or co-leader

Underground Soul! (1966)
Chocomotive (1967)
Trust in Me (1967)
Blue Odyssey (1968)
Soul Dance! (1968)
Goodness! (1969)
Person to Person! (1970)
Truth! (1970)
Houston Express (1971)
Broken Windows, Empty Hallways (1972)
Sweet Buns & Barbeque (1972)
The Real Thing (1973)
The Big Horn (1976)
Stolen Sweets (1976)
Wild Flower (1977)
The Nearness of You (1977)
Suspicions (1980)
Very Personal (1980)
Heavy Juice (1982)
Always on My Mind (1985)
The Talk of the Town (1987)
Basics (1987)
The Party (1989)
Something in Common (and Ron Carter, 1989)
Just Friends (and Buddy Tate, 1990)
Now's the Time (and Ron Carter, 1990)
Why Not! (1990)
The Lion and His Pride (1991)
Christmas with Houston Person and Friends (1994)
Horn to Horn (with Teddy Edwards, 1994)
Close Encounters (with Teddy Edwards, 1996)
Person-ified (1996)
The Opening Round (1997)
My Romance (1998)
Soft Lights (1999)
Together at Christmas (with Etta Jones, 2000)
The Way We Were: Live in Concert (with Etta Jones, 2000 )
In a Sentimental Mood (2000)
Dialogues (and Ron Carter, 2000)
Blue Velvet (2001)
Sentimental Journey (2002)
Social Call (2003)
To Etta with Love (2004)
You Taught My Heart to Sing (and Bill Charlap, 2004)
All Soul (2005)
Just Between Friends (2005)
Thinking of You (2007)
Mellow (2009
Moment to Moment (2010)
Nice 'n' Easy (2011)
So Nice (2011)
Naturally (2012)
The Melody Lingers On (2014)
Chemistry (and Ron Carter, 2015)
Something Personal (2015)
Rain or Shine (2017)
Remember Love (and Ron Carter, 2018)

v t e Cedar Walton
Year(s) indicated are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader	Cedar! (1967) Spectrum (1968) The Electric Boogaloo Song (1969) Soul Cycle (1969) Breakthrough! (1972) A Night at Boomers, Vol. 1 (1973) A Night at Boomers, Vol. 2 (1973) Firm Roots (1974) Pit Inn (1974) Mobius (1975) Eastern Rebellion (1976) The Pentagon (1975) Beyond Mobius (1976) Eastern Rebellion 2 (1977) First Set (1977) Second Set (1977) Third Set (1977) Animation (1978) Eastern Rebellion 3 (1979) Soundscapes (1980) The Maestro (1981) Piano Solos (1981) Heart & Soul (1982) Among Friends (1982) The All American Trio (1983) Eastern Rebellion 4 (1983) Cedar's Blues (1985) The Trio 1 (1985) The Trio 2 (1985) The Trio 3 (1985) Cedar Walton (1985) Bluesville Time (1985) Blues for Myself (1986) Cedar Walton Plays (1986) Duo (1990) Cedar Walton at Maybeck (1992) Manhattan Afternoon (1992) Composer (1996) Roots (1997) The Promise Land (2001) Latin Tinge (2002) Underground Memoirs (2005) Midnight Waltz (2005) One Flight Down (2006) Seasoned Wood (2008) Voices Deep Within (2009) The Bouncer (2011)
As sideman with Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers	Three Blind Mice (1961) Mosaic (1961) Buhaina's Delight (1961) Caravan (1962) Ugetsu (1963) Free for All (1964) Kyoto (1964) Indestructible (1964) Golden Boy (1964) Buhaina (1973) Anthenagin (1973)
With Art Farmer (or where stated), Benny Golson & The Jazztet	Take a Number from 1 to 10 (Golson, 1960–61) The Jazztet and John Lewis (The Jazztet, 1960–61) Big City Sounds (The Jazztet, 1961) The Jazztet at Birdhouse (The Jazztet, 1961) The Time and the Place (1967) The Art Farmer Quintet Plays the Great Jazz Hits (1967) Homecoming (1971) Yesterday's Thoughts (1975) To Duke with Love (1975) The Summer Knows (1976) Art Farmer Quintet at Boomers (1976) Voices All (The Jazztet, 1982)
With Eddie Harris	Cool Sax from Hollywood to Broadway (1964) The In Sound (1965) Mean Greens (1966) The Tender Storm (1966) Excursions (1966) How Can You Live Like That? (1976)
With Billy Higgins	Soweto (1979) The Soldier (1979) Once More (1980) Bridgework (1980–86) Billy Higgins Quintet (1993)
With Milt Jackson	Milt Jackson at the Museum of Modern Art (1965) Born Free (1966) Milt Jackson and the Hip String Quartet (1968) Goodbye (1972–73) Olinga (1974)
With Etta James	Mystery Lady: Songs of Billie Holiday (1994) Time After Time (1995) 12 Songs of Christmas (1998) Blue Gardenia (2000–1)
With Clifford Jordan	Spellbound (1960) Starting Time (1961) Bearcat (1962) These are My Roots: Clifford Jordan Plays Leadbelly (1965) Glass Bead Games (1973) Half Note (1974) Night of the Mark VII (aka, The Highest Mountain, Muse, 1975) On Stage Vol. 1 (1975) On Stage Vol. 2 (1975) On Stage Vol. 3 (1975) Firm Roots (1975) The Highest Mountain (SteepleChase, 1975)
With Blue Mitchell	The Cup Bearers (1962) Boss Horn (1966) Stratosonic Nuances (1975) Summer Soft (1977)
With Houston Person	Chocomotive (1967) Trust in Me (1967) Blue Odyssey (1968) Broken Windows, Empty Hallways (1972) The Big Horn (1976) Very Personal (1980) Naturally (2012)
With others	God Bless Jug and Sonny (Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt, 1973) Left Bank Encores (Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt, 1973) Something for Lester (Ray Brown, 1977) Slow Drag (Donald Byrd, 1967) The Almoravid (Joe Chambers, 1971–73) Somethin's Cookin' (Junior Cook, 1981) Broken Shadows (Ornette Coleman, 1971–72) Katumbo (Dance) (Johnny Coles, 1971) Giant Steps (John Coltrane, 1959) Up, Up and Away (Sonny Criss, 1967) The Beat Goes On! (Sonny Criss, 1968) This Is the Moment! (Kenny Dorham, 1958) Blue Spring (Kenny Dorham & Cannonball Adderley, 1959) It's All Right! (Teddy Edwards, 1967) Soul Trombone (Curtis Fuller, 1961) Smokin' (Curtis Fuller, 1972) Tangerine (Dexter Gordon, 1972) Generation (Dexter Gordon, 1972) Bush Dance (Johnny Griffin, 1978) Roots (Slide Hampton, 1985) The Quota (Jimmy Heath, 1961) Triple Threat (Jimmy Heath, 1962) Mode for Joe (Joe Henderson, 1966) Hub Cap (Freddie Hubbard, 1961) Here to Stay (Freddie Hubbard, 1962) The Body & the Soul (Freddie Hubbard,1963) Bolivia (Freddie Hubbard, 1991) Highway One (Bobby Hutcherson, 1978) Farewell Keystone (Bobby Hutcherson, 1982) Really Livin' (J.J. Johnson, 1959) J.J. Inc. (J.J. Johnson, 1960) Save Your Love for Me (Etta Jones, 1986) Advance! (Philly Joe Jones, 1978) Drum Song (Philly Joe Jones, 1978) Seven Minds (Sam Jones, 1974) Something in Common (Sam Jones, 1974–77) First Class Kloss! (Eric Kloss, 1967) Abbey Is Blue (Abbey Lincoln, 1959) Strings! (Pat Martino, 1967) From This Moment On! (Charles McPherson, 1968) Horizons (Charles McPherson, 1968) Caramba! (Lee Morgan, 1968) The Sixth Sense (Lee Morgan, 1968) The Mode (Sonny Red, 1961) Sonny Red (1971) Setting Standards (Woody Shaw, 1983) For Losers (Archie Shepp, 1968–69) Kwanza (Archie Shepp, 1968–69) Now Is the Time (Idrees Sulieman, 1976) Goodbye Yesterday (Lucky Thompson, 1972) Concert: Friday the 13th – Cook County Jail (Lucky Thompson, 1972) I Offer You (Lucky Thompson, 1973) Another Story (Stanley Turrentine, 1969) Up Front (David Williams, 1986)

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