Richard Howell and Sudden Changes - Coming of Age: Mangaku (2018)

Saxophonist Richard Howell calls his protean jazz ensemble Sudden Changes, a moniker evoking its surging energy and quicksilver improvisational flights on the bandstand. But the name also suggests that Howell is starting a new career phase. While revered by his peers in jazz, blues and R&B, Howell has long been an under-the-radar force as a producer, arranger and educator; for more than a decade, he’s maintained higher visibility in Europe than here at home in the Bay Area.