Houston Express (album)

Houston Express is the ninth album led by saxophonist Houston Person. It was recorded April 8 & 9, 1971 and released on the Prestige label. To date, it has only been re-released on Compact Disc in South Africa.

Houston Express
Studio album by Houston Person
Released	1971
Recorded	April 8 & 9, 1971
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre	Jazz
Length	38:23
Label	Prestige PR 10017
Producer	Bob Porter
Houston Person chronology
Person to Person! (1970) Houston Express (1971) Broken Windows, Empty Hallways (1972)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic

Allmusic awarded the album 4½ stars stating "As period soul-jazz goes, this is considerably above the average. It's funky, but not in the bland crossover sense; there's a sense of jazz ensemble discipline to the arrangements, but it's still R&B-based enough to groove to".

Track listing

1. "Young Gifted and Black" (Nina Simone, Weldon Irvine) - 5:15
2. "The Houston Express" (Horace Ott) - 5:48
3. "Enjoy" (Ott) - 4:55
4. "Give More Power To The People (For God's Sake)" (Eugene Record) - 3:40
5. "Chains of Love" (A. Nugetre) - 7:30
6. "Just My Imagination" (Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong) - 5:35
7. "Lift Every Voice" (James Weldon Johnson, John Rosamond Johnson) - 5:40

Personnel

• Houston Person - tenor saxophone
• Cecil Bridgewater (tracks 4–6), Harold "Money" Johnson (tracks 1–3 & 7), Thad Jones (tracks 1–3 & 7), Ernie Royal (tracks 1–3 & 7) - trumpet
• Garnett Brown, Jack Jeffers - trombone (tracks 1–3 & 7)
• Harold Vick - tenor saxophone, flute (tracks 1–3 & 7)
• Babe Clarke - baritone saxophone
• Paul Griffin - piano, electric piano (tracks 1–3 & 7)
• Jimmy Watson - organ
• Ernie Hayes - organ, electric piano (tracks 4–6)
• Billy Butler - guitar
• Jerry Jemmott - electric bass
• Bernard Purdie - drums
• Buddy Caldwell - congas
• Horace Ott - arranger, conductor (tracks 1–3 & 7)