Career
Houston played with George Cables and Lenny White in the house band at Slug"s, a club in New York City, then played with Nina Simone (1969), Roy Haynes (1969-1970), Sonny Greenwich and Don Thompson (1970), Roy Ayers (1971-1973), Charles Tolliver (1973-1975), Stan Getz (1975-1977), and Woody Shaw (1977-1979). In 1978 he began collaborating with Joanne Brackeen, working with her through 1986. He also played with Pepper Adams (1983), Slide Hampton (1981), Frank Foster (1984-1986), and Roland Hanna (1986).