Families would pile into station wagons and go to Howard Johnson's. "Whether it was breakfast time, lunchtime, or dinnertime, that's what they did," said businessman John LaRock. And he's betting ...

By Giovanni Russonello Howard Johnson, who set a new standard by expanding ... contributed arrangements and horn parts for rock stars like John Lennon and Taj Mahal; and performed as an original ...

Jazz musician Howard Johnson, who worked with artists ranging from John Lennon to Miles Davis and was a member of TV’s “Saturday Night Live” house band during the ’70s, died today at age 79.