VERY RARE: Free Jazz alto NOAH HOWARD on ESP-1031 LP

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"Noah Howard Quartet" on ESP-DISK ( 1031 ) featuring Free Jazz alto saxophonist Noah Howard with Ric Colbeck on trumpet, Scotty Holt on bass and Dave Grant on drums. Recorded in 1966.

Here's what WIKIPEDIA has to offer regarding this legendary record label:

"ESP-Disk is a New York-based record label, founded in 1960[1] by lawyer Bernard Stollman. The label's discography was important in the history of jazz, and especially free jazz. From the beginning, the label's goal has been to provide its recording artists with complete artistic freedom, unimpeded by any record company interference or commercial expectations—a philosophy summed-up the ESP motto, printed on every release: “The artists alone decide what you will hear on their ESP-Disk”. Though it originally existed to release Esperanto-based music, starting with its second release ( Spiritual Unity by Albert Ayler ), ESP became the most important exponent of what is commonly referred to as free jazz. ESP also released recordings by uncommercial underground rock acts including the Fugs, The Godz and Pearls Before Swine. Though it largely ceased releasing records in the 70s, a few new releases have crept out from the label, and it still exists to this day, with nearly its entire catalog still available. Other artists who have recorded for this label include Ornette Coleman (the "Town Hall Concert"), Pharaoh Sanders (who made his recording debut on ESP), Sun Ra, Ronnie Boykins, Marion Brown, Sonny Simmons, Paul Bley, Ran Blake, and Perry Robinson."

The album cover is VG++ (with a name stamp on the back) and the vinyl play-grades somewhere between VG++ and NM-

This certainly appears to be original ESP vinyl from that fabled era (with the 156 5th Avenue address) but please see the record label photo above for additional deliberation regarding vintage.

This is a NO RESERVE auction.

Another ESP RECORD being auctioned:

 "The Milford Graves Percussion Ensemble with Sunny Morgan"

PLEASE VIEW MY OTHER JAZZ LPs  ( ALL used records are play-graded NOT sight-graded )

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