I just learned from a Jim Alfredson Facebbok post that George Howard passed away at the age of 100. Jim brought George into his home studio in 2017 to record "How It's Done", Howard's first recording - undertaken at the age of 92! It is a great CD and I'm glad Jim convinced George to do it. Lansing's City Pulse did a story on the session: https://lansingcitypulse.com/stories/oh-yeah-george,2650
Here's George's obit: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/george-howard-obituary?id=60161751
I'm going to give this CD a spin again.
discogs link: https://www.discogs.com/release/34602784-George-Howard-How-Its-Done
Absolutely terrific box set. Previously unreleased music from Zardi's Hollywood Night Club in 1955 and 56. Nice companion to previously issued 6-CD box set "The Complete Crazy Sunday at the Lighthouse 1953". The Los Angeles Jazz Institute (LAJI) over the years has issued many CDs of rare West Coast Jazz music as membership gifts.