Johnson played tuba, sax, clarinet and trumpet. He recorded four albums as a bandleader and nine as a member of the George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band and played on albums by John Lennon, Charles Mingus, Muddy Waters, Gil Evans, Gábor Szabó, Gato Barbieri, MIles Davis, Pharaoh Sanders, The Band and many others. Johnson was a member of the Saturday Night Live band from 1975 to 1980.
SNL alum, Taj Mahal sideman Howard Johnson dies at 79
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