Howard Wales
| Howard Wales | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 8, 1943 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Redding, California, U.S. |
| Genres | Rock, jazz |
| Instruments | Keyboards |
| Years active | 1960s–2020 |
| Labels | What Next |
| Associated acts | Jerry Garcia Harvey Mandel |
| Website | howardwales |
Howard Wales (February 8, 1943 – December 7, 2020) was an American keyboardist who worked in a wide variety of styles. He is perhaps best known for his collaborations with Jerry Garcia in the early 1970s.[1][2][3][4][5]
Wales was a session player for many musical acts, including Ronnie Hawkins, Freddie King, James Brown, and the Four Tops.[3] Though he was adept at accompanying rock and R&B artists, he also played free-form jazz. Later in his career he released several solo albums in this style.
For several months in 1970, Wales led Monday night jazz-rock jam sessions at the Matrix, a club in San Francisco. Jerry Garcia usually played guitar at these free-form performances. The two were often joined by John Kahn on bass and Bill Vitt on drums. A studio album called Hooteroll?, with these musicians and others, and featuring music composed mostly by Wales, was released in 1971.[6] A live album recorded at the Matrix jam sessions, Side Trips, Volume One, was released in 1998.
Wales contributed to the 1970 Grateful Dead album American Beauty. He played organ on the songs "Truckin'" and "Candyman", and piano on "Brokedown Palace".[1][3]
Contents
Death
Wales had a cerebral hemorrhage in November 2020 and died on December 7, 2020.[1][3][4][7] He was 77.
Discography
- A.B. Skhy – A.B. Skhy (1969)
- Music of El Topo – Shades of Joy (1970)
- American Beauty – Grateful Dead (1970)[2][8]
- Hooteroll? – Howard Wales and Jerry Garcia (1971)[9]
- Baby Batter – Harvey Mandel (1971)
- Rendezvous with the Sun – Howard Wales (1976)
- The Monk in the Mansion – Howard Wales (1992)
- Side Trips, Volume One – Howard Wales and Jerry Garcia (1998)
- Complex Simplex – Howard Wales (2001)
- Between Two Worlds – Howard Wales (2006)
- Harvey Mandel and the Snake Crew – Harvey Mandel (2006)
- Life Is a Trip – Howard Wales (2009)
- The Wax Still Drips – Stackabones (2011)
- Faces – Howard Wales (2012)
- Overview – Howard Wales (2014)
- Undisclosed Location – Howard Wales (2018)
References
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External links
- Howard Wales on Bandcamp
- Howard Wales discography at Discogs
