Internationally renowned jazz drummer, percussionist, clinician, author, and educator, Steve Houghton initially received acclaim at age twenty as the drummer with Woody Herman’s Young Thundering Herd.

Since then he has shared stage and studio with luminaries Freddie Hubbard, Gary Burton, Clay Jenkins, Shelly Berg, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Les Hooper, Bob Florence, Bob Sheppard, Billy Childs, Bobby Hutcherson, Pat LaBarbara, Bill Cunliffe, Steve Allee, and Joe Henderson.

This weekend Mr. Houghton  is performing with the Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra in a concert called Matters of Time.

His partial discography as leader includes: The Manne We Love: Gershwin Revisited (TNC), a collection of John Williams’ charts for big band and quintet, the Steve Houghton Quintet Live @ the Senator (Jazz Compass), Remembrances (Warner Bros.), and Steve Houghton Signature (Mesa-Bluemoon).

The jazz drummer stopped by the Classic 107 studio to talk with host Neil Coligan on Jazz After 9. Listen to the interview below!

 

 

 

Mr. Houghton is currently Professor of Percussion and Jazz at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music.

The WJO season opener, Matters of Time, has three performances: Saturday (Oct 25) at 7:30 PM, Sunday (Oct 26) at 2:00 PM and 7:30 PM at the Winnipeg Art Gallery. For tickets go HERE.