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.

Reception
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)