Performance · Production
Houston Person
United States · b. 1934-11-10
Houston Person is credited on 524 releases across 213 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1963–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
524
Credits
213
Albums
7
Decades active
226
In collections
Biography
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Jazz, soul, disco saxophonist, born November 10, 1934 in Florence, South Carolina.
Person has recorded over 75 albums as a bandleader on Prestige, Westbound, Mercury, CTI Records, and Muse Records.
He has recorded with Charles Brown, Bill Charlap, Charles Earland, Lena Horne, Etta Jones, Lou Rawls, Horace Silver, Dakota Staton, Les McCann, Ron Carter, Roger Kellaway, Billy Butler, Johnny Hammond etc.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
524 releases · 213 albums · active 1963–2025
- Performance · 522
- Production · 196
- Other credits · 12
Studios: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · M&I Recording Studios · Soundtrack Studios · Capitol Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

To Pimp A Butterfly
2015

Live At Club Mozambique
2006

Black Talk!
1970

Afro-Disiac
1970

The Dank D-Funk Blend
2019

Hail Ceasar!
1972

This Is Billy Butler!
1969

Jazz For When You're Alone
1999

Jazz For A Lazy Day
1999

Jazz For A Rainy Afternoon
1998

Jazz For The Quiet Times
1998

Jazz For The Open Road
1998

Fast Hands
1980

I Concentrate On You
1978

Got To Get Your Own
1975

Shaft
1973

The Real Thing
1973

Soul Story
1972

The Boss Is Back!
1970

The Talk Of The Town
1987

Road Warriors
1984

Profoundly Blue
1973

Houston Express
1971

Night Life
1971
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Etta Jones
- "Johnny ""Hammond"" Smith"
- Charles Earland
- Melvin Sparks
- Sonny Phillips
- Johnny Lytle
- Don Patterson
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