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Winard Harper (* 1962 in Baltimore) ist ein US-amerikanischer Jazz-Schlagzeuger und Bandleader des Modern Jazz
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]
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.
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 ...
31. Okt. 2006 · Winard Harper. Biography. Articles. News. Press. Teacher. Has Influenced. Harper summarizes Jeli Posse's swing savvy, world spiced flavor when he shares, “Everything builds on everything as the values and traditions are passed down. From the African roots to today, many ingredients have been thrown into the pot.
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.
