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Arnett Howard
Background information
Born (1950-09-06) September 6, 1950 (age 74)
Welch, West Virginia, U.S.
GenresJazz
OccupationMusician
Instrument(s)Trumpet, keyboards
Years active1967–present

Arnett Howard (born September 6, 1950) is an American jazz musician, journalist, teacher, historian, and ambassador for Columbus, Ohio.[clarification needed]

Career

Arnett was born September 6, 1950, in Welch, West Virginia, but was raised in Plain City, Ohio. In 1968 he graduated from Jonathan Alder High School, where he played trumpet in the school's marching band. After high school, he started taking classes at Capital University in 1968 but left in 1970 to pursue a musical career. He graduated from Capital in 1999. Howard returned to Capital University in 2007 to teach a class called "Columbus Jazz History".

He co-wrote the books Columbus: The Musical Crossroads,[1] Listen for the Jazz: Key Notes in Columbus History,[2] and Ohio Jazz: A History of Jazz in the Buckeye State.[3]

Howard started playing music professionally in 1967. He was a member of local bands The Soul Internationals, The Vadicans, The Metronomes, Dave Workman's Blues Band, Cash McCall and his Bumswipe Blues Band Boys, and The Soul Superbs. He led Arnett Howard's Creole Funk Band from 1988 to 2002. He retired from Croele Funk Band in 2002.[4]

Discography

  • Arnett Howard's Creole Funk Band (1987)
  • Live at Victory's (1988)
  • Lancaster Festival Live (1989)
  • Ten For Ten (1994)
  • Arnett Howard's Rocket '88's (1996)
  • Kidding Around (1997)
  • Joyful Music, Generous Spirit (2001)
  • Extended Family (2002)
  • Final Funk (2003)
  • Fiyah on the Bayou (2003)
  • I'm a Walkin', Talkin' Pair of Pants (2003)
  • Elijah's Wooden Book (2003)
  • Welcome to the Lancaster Festival (2005)
  • Arnett Howard Christmas (2005)

References

  1. ^ Aaron Beck, Rich heritage of music, musicians in Columbus strike a chord, The Columbus Dispatch, August 10, 2008
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-09-15. Retrieved 2009-09-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Ohio Jazz: A History of Jazz in the Buckeye State | http". Artsfoundationofoldetowne.org. Retrieved 2016-07-25.
  4. ^ Scott Rawdon, Event entertainment takes skill in art of pleasing all., Business First-Columbus, November 9, 2001