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Winard Harper (* 1962 in Baltimore) ist ein US-amerikanischer Jazz-Schlagzeuger und Bandleader des Modern Jazz
Fridays and Saturdays, Jersey-City’s very own world-renowned Jazz drummer and bandleader Winard Harper brings Jazz greats to an audience wishful to hear world-class Jazz without having to cross over into Manhattan. January 17 and 18, Winard features legendary soulful tenor saxophonist Houston Person.
Winard Harper. Hiram Winard Harper (born June 4, 1962) is an American jazz drummer. Career. Harper played in the 1980s with Dexter Gordon, Johnny Griffin, and with Betty Carter for four years. While working with Carter he met Wycliffe Gordon, with whom Harper would collaborate repeatedly. [1]
BIOGRAPHY. Winard Harper was born in Baltimore in 1962, a child prodigy. Although his parents were not musicians they were full of encouragment as they noticed him beating on cans when he was three or four years old.
“When drummer Winard Harper drives an ensemble, as he does on Faith, he immediately recalls the brilliance of Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers. The synergy created by Harper's flinty rhythmic attacks, rim-shots and fiercely swinging ride-cymbal and the swaggering, bluesy solos from his front-line horns are entirely Buhaina-like. As ...
Winard Harper, celebrated jazz drummer and leader of his own groups for most of his professional life, was born in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1962. He was encouraged to play the drums by his father who noticed him beating on cans as a toddler.
31. Okt. 2006 · “Winard Harper, however, has proven since the late ‘80s to be one of the true great bandleaders who sits behind a drum kit while pushing his ensemble to explore international sounds ranging from African to Caribbean to Afro-Cuban, all wrapped around the core of Hard Bop jazz. ” - Chicago Defender " Demetrius Patterson
