Dylan Lee Howe (born August 4, 1969 in England) is a jazz drummer, studio/session drummer and composer.

Biography

Howe grew up in Hampstead, London. He is the son of guitarist Steve Howe (of Yes)—his father named him after Bob Dylan., DH attended King Alfred School. He started playing aged 10 & is mainly self-taught. He studied for small periods of time with Bill Bruford and Jonathan Mover and UK teaching great Bob Armstrong.

In 1996 he joined the house band for the Channel 4 light entertainment series Light Lunch and Late Lunch, presented by comediennes Mel and Sue. He joined Ian Dury and the Blockheads in 1997. Dylan joined father Steve and brother Virgil Howe in Steve Howe's Remedy band in a 2004 European tour and is featured on many of his solo albums. The Steve Howe Trio is a new group featuring Steve, Dylan & Ross Stanley on Hammond organ and will be touring the UK in May 2007.

Dylan Howe married Zoe Street in November 2006. They live in London

Dylan Howe Quintet

Dylan Howe formed his own jazz quintet in 2003 and has released 3 solo albums:[1]

• The Way I Hear It (2003) OT Records
• This Is It (2004) OT Records
• Translation - Recorded Live In Soho - Volume 1 (2006) Motorik Recordings

The Quintet consists of Howe, Quentin Collins (trumpet), Brandon Allen (tenor sax), Ross Stanley (piano) and Chris Hill (double bass). Translation - Volume 1 was released August 28th 2006 on Motorik Recordings distributed by New Note. Translation - Voume 2 - Standards is due out mid-2007, with a major UK tour September/October 2007 to follow.

Dylan Howe & The Subterreanans

Howe's new project is Dylan Howe & The Subterreanans, playing the music of David Bowie's Low & Heroes reimagined by a future jazz sextet with strings & electronics. They will be launched later this year.

"Forming a 3rd stream between the seminal 70’s Bowie albums and the Philip Glass adaptations is a new project lighting the touch paper of improvisation and igniting fresh explorations of some of the most important music of the 20th century. The Art event meltdown of 2007 - featuring the leading players of the world stage celebrating & re-energizing the music that changed a generation forever 30 years ago..."

The project consists of Dylan Howe (drums/arrangements), Ross Stanley (piano), Chris Hill (double bass), Quentin Collins (trumpet), Brandon Allen (tenor sax) and Gilad Atzmon (alto sax), with Adrian Utley [guitar, electronics) and The Neukoln Strings. Artwork, projections and stage set are by Sir Peter Blake.

Session work

Dylan Howe's previous session / studio work has included Paul McCartney, Portishead, Damon Albarn, Dave Gilmour, Nick Cave, Shane McGowan, singer-songwriter Ray Davies' (of The Kinks), Hugh Cornwell, Steve Harley, Glenn Tilbrook, Suggs, Green Garside, Paul Young, Curtis Stigers, Courtney Pine, Gilad Atzmon, Jim Mullen, Guy Barker, Tom Jones, Baxter Dury (Ian's son), Lewis Taylor, Hijack, Edwin Starr, Sam Moore, Ben E King, Ruby Turner, Martha Reeves, Sam Brown, P. P. Arnold, Sinead O'Connor, Jane Monheit, Seal, Leon Ware, Gabrielle, Chaka Khan, Lightning Seeds.

He has worked with the following producers: Trevor Horn, John Leckie, Laurie Latham, Andy Wright, Biff Stannard & Julian Gallagher, Paul O'Duffy, Nigel Godrich, John Cornwell, Karl Wallinger, John Brough, Steve Power and Guy Chambers.

A full session/musical history is available at [2].

External links

• Dylan Howe website
• Dylan Howe Quintet MySpace page
• Dylan Howe & The Subterreanans MySpace page