Jazz Articles about Darryl Harper

About Darryl Harper

Album Review

Jason Moran: From the Dancehall to the Battlefield

Read "From the Dancehall to the Battlefield" reviewed by Neri Pollastri

by Neri Pollastri
December 11, 2023

Uscito il primo gennaio 2023 su Bandcamp, questo album di Jason Moran, per il suo concept, per la varietà e la ricchezza, per il modo in cui fonde radici storiche e modernità è probabilmente da considerare il disco dell'anno. Il suggestivo titolo From the Dancehall to the Battlefield sintetizza la storia del mitico musicista a cui è dedicato: James Reese Europe, compositore, arrangiatore e direttore d'orchestra nero, nato a Mobile, in Alabama, nel 1881, e trasferitosi prima a ...

Radio & Podcasts

Bill Evans, Graham Collier and Impossible Gentlemen

by Jerome Wilson
December 7, 2022

This is an eclectic show featuring the clarinets of Darryl Harper and Tony Scott, the pianos of Bill Evans and Horace Silver, and groups such as The Impossible Gentlemen and the Leadbelly Legacy Band.Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can;t Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaic) 00:00 Louis Moutin/Jowee Omicil/Francois Moutin “Let's Talk" from M.O.M. (Laborie Jazz) 1:02 The Impossible Gentlemen “You Won't Be Around To See ...

Album Review

Darryl Harper: The Edenfred Files

Read "The Edenfred Files" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
August 23, 2013

Clarinetist Darryl Harper has five previous recordings to his credit (all released on HipNOTIC) and has had precious little coverage at All About Jazz. A longtime member of violinist Regina Carter's band, Harper has been chipping away at the edges of hard bop and post-bop since his 2001 recording, The Onus: Recurring Dream. At first blush, Harper might appear as a free jazz or avant-garde advocate in the mold of Jimmy Giuffre but, while those elements are present, Harper has ...