• A vinyl record album cover for 'Houston Person: Person to Person!' by the band Houston Person, featuring a portrait of the musician playing a saxophone. The album is housed in a tan paper sleeve with bold black, white, and red text, set against a solid gray background.

Houston Person

Person To Person!

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SLEEVE
VG
MEDIA
  • VG+
YEAr
  • 1972 (1971)
COUNTRY
USA
extras
  • Green Labels, Reissue
IF YOU LIKE
  • Jazz
  • Soul-Jazz
  • Jazz-Funk
  • Gene Ammons
  • Johnny "Hammond" Smith
  • Charles Earland

Recorded on October 12, 1970, at Van Gelder Studio and released on the Prestige label, Person to Person! is a high-groove, star-studded soul-jazz session featuring tenor saxophonist Houston Person alongside Virgil Jones (trumpet), Sonny Phillips (organ/electric piano), Grant Green (guitar), Jimmy Lewis (electric bass), Idris Muhammad (drums), and Buddy Caldwell (congas). The album leans heavily into a warm, earthy R&B and blues foundation—shining brightest on deep emotional cuts like Ray Charles's "Drown in My Own Tears"—while cheekily balancing pop-soul crossover material like "Close to You" and "Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday" with Person’s signature unhurried, storytelling tone. Propelled by Grant Green's crisp guitar work and Idris Muhammad's buoyant pocket, the set captures Person at his accessible, swinging bes.