The music of Earl Howard includes intricate saxophone playing as well as electronics produced both live and on tape. More recent accomplishments from this New York-based artist involve a combination of chamber music performed with acoustic instruments and electronics. Howard first began performing professionally in the '70s -- his relative youth, as well as the niceties of spelling separate him from the earlier pianist, composer, and guitarist Earle Howard, although there is also a wide gap stylistically. Earl Howard graduated from the California Institute of the Arts in 1974....