A photo of Gregory Howe at the sound board.

Gregory Howe

Gregory Howe founded Wide Hive Records in 1996. While primarily active as producer, mixer, and composer, Howe also performs guitar, synthesizer, turntable, voice and percussion on many recordings.

From 1996 to 2024 Howe recorded and released albums for Throttle Elevator Music with Kamasi Washington, Roscoe Mitchell, Mike Clark, Dissent, Erik Jekabson, Calvin Keys, Phil Ranelin (Pharoah Sanders, Henry Franklin, Big Black), Wide Hive Players and the incomparable artist and guitarist Larry Coryell.

Thereafter Howe recorded and released seven albums of Throttle Elevator Music with Kamasi Washington, six albums with esteemed artist Roscoe Mitchell, four stellar albums with Daggerboard's virtuoso trumpeter Erik Jekabson, and his own eponymous release in 2017.

Looking forward: 2022 / 2023 now includes Daggerboard and The Skipper Henry Franklin (Spring 2022) Calvin Keys Blue Keys with Gary Bartz (Summer 2022), Daggerboard Skipper Babatunde and Mike Clark (Fall 2022), Jake Breaks Return (winter 2022- early 2023), and Erik Jekabson's Opus (March 2023).

'Years from now, Wide Hive's Gregory Howe will be regarded as a dynamic force in the rapidly diversifying independent musical culture of the early 21st century' - All Music Guide.

    Releases by This Artist

  • Picture of the cover of Daggerboard & The Skipper
  • Picture of the cover of "Daggerboard: Last Days of Studio A"
  • A photo of a classic Ford Mustang with the words "Jake Breaks" behind it.
  • The cover of the album "Final Floor" by Throttle Elevator Music Featuring Kamasi Washington
  • A picture of the cover for Throttle Elevator Music's "Emergency Exit."
  • A picture of the cover of the record album "Gregory Howe."
  • A photo of the cover of the Wide Hive release, Throttle Elevator Music - Jagged Rocks
  • A photo of the cover of the Wide Hive release, Throttle Elevator Music - Area J
  • The cover of the Wide Hive Release, Wide Hive Players, Turnstyle
  • The Cover of the Wide Hive release "Calvin Keys - Vertical Clearance"
  • A cover of the Wide Hive release, Throttle Elevator Music
  • A picture of the album cover for "Salsa Blanco" by Gregory Howe Gregorio Howe Y Compadres.
  • The cover of the Calvin Keys Album: Detours Into Unconscious Rhythms
  • The cover of the album "dissent" by "dissent."
  • The cover of the dissent album "Primal Deconstruction."
  • The cover of the dissent album "Bleeding Together."
  • A photo of the cover of the Wide Hive Release, Seven Grain, by Vertical Unit
  • A photo of the cover of the Wide Hive Release, Mayhem Mystics, by Variable Unit.
Gregory Howe and Roscoe Mitchell in the Wide Hive sound room.Gregory Howe and Larry Coryell, in 2012, in front of Wide Hive Studios, in Berkeley, California.

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