Album Review
Harper, Billy Quintet – “Live On Tour In The Far East Vol. 2” – [Steeplechase Productions]
Hemroid The Leader 1/15/2016 CD, Jazz
Texas Tenor Billy Harper on tour with his eponymous quintet in Taiwan. The first track is Priestess, Harper’s most famous composition. The next tune is also by Harper, and he is very energized on the horn. The first two tracks are 17 and 25 minutes, great for the bottom of the hour. He solos first on both tracks, until trumpeter Eddie Henderson takes over at about the ten- or 11-minute mark. Concert outlook anyone? The band displays impressive command of the material, fluidly changing arrangements to evoke different moods. The album was remixed and mastered by Danish jazz god and Steeplechase honcho Nils Winther, and it sounds great.
you heard it 18 times on kfjc! most recently:
- 1407 days ago, Hemroid the Leader played My Funny Valentine
- 2512 days ago, Dusty Rhodes played Trying to Make Heaven My Home
- 2513 days ago, Double Felix played Trying to Make Heaven My Home
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- 2517 days ago, Avakhov played Trying to Make Heaven My Home
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