At left in the featured photo, that’s Richard Howell, the magnificent saxophonist known a lot now by newbies as Elé’s dad, ever since Elé became the drummer of choice for saxophonist Ravi Coltrane’s quartet.

Read about Richard here: http://www.rchowellmusic.com/about.html.

When Elé is in town, we often get to hear the two of them, father and son, in a combo setting. It’s always amazing.

To get just a little perspective on what Richard and Elé sound like sharing the bandstand, check out the YouTube link below… start at the 20 minute mark! Richard starts the music, bassist Ravi Abcarian joins in after about 4 minutes, and then Elé–filling in for drummer Myron Cohen–appears at the kit about 3 minutes later:  https://www.youtube.com/live/KtzIngDdthU

In the picture below, that’s Richard peeking out from the left side and Elé towering at the right, flanking drummer Myron Cohen, Ravi Coltrane, cellist Rosy Zhang and trumpeter Jonathan Finlayson, with saxophonist Alex So peeking over Richard’s head, gathered in a NY club not too many weeks ago.