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BILLY HARPER QUINTET at Scullers Jazz Club
Courtesy of Ticketmaster | Posted on August 9, 2023
Where
Scullers Jazz Club
400 Soldiers Field Road
Boston, MA
Map
617-562-4111
When
Fri, October 20, 2023
7:00 pm
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Musicians
Billy Harper
saxophoneAbout
In his early recordings and performances with leaders such as Art Blakey, Lee Morgan, Max Roach, Thad Jones/Mel Lewis and Gil Evans, during the 60s and 70s, Billy Harper already had a massive sound on the tenor saxophone, combining John Coltranes spiraling intensity with a bluesy brawn that pointed back to his Texas origins. Harpers authority has only grown with age: a half-century on, he stands as one of the most commanding horn men on the planet, a pillar of stirring post-bop jazz whose robust back catalog seems long overdue for rediscovery.For half a century he has been performing his original music with the Billy Harper Quintet all over the globe, recording over a dozen albums as leader, many of them considered historic...