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Darryl Harper

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Darryl Harper began studying clarinet at age six in his native Philadelphia and was introduced to jazz at 16 by trombonist Anthony Hurdle. Within a year he was working professionally and began sitting in at sessions and performing with Tony Williams, Tyrone Brown, Eddie Green, Bootsie Barnes and other veteran Philadelphia-based jazz artists. Over the years he has performed with Dee Dee Bridgewater, Roscoe Mitchell, Dave Holland, Orrin Evans, Freddie Bryant, Tim Warfield and Uri Caine. He performed with violinist Regina Carter for two years and toured the U.S., Europe, South America and the Caribbean. He currently holds the clarinet chair in pianist/composer Jason Moran’s tribute project to World War I veteran James Reese Europe: Jason Moran’s Harlem Hellfighters – James Reese Europe and the Absence of Ruin.

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Article: Album Review

New England Jazz Collaborative: Tributaries

Read "Tributaries" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers

Tributaries is the debut recording by the seventeen-member New England Jazz Collaborative whose origin and purpose are summed up as follows: “an artist-led non-profit collective dedicated to commissioning, presenting and documenting new music and expanding the audience for what remains a thrilling and vital musical form." The album consists of half a dozen fresh ...

Album

From the Dancehall to the Battlefield

By Jason Moran

Label: Yes Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: From the Dancehall to the Battlefield; Ballin the Jack / Feed the Fire; All of No Man's Land Is Ours; Russian Rag; Darktown Strutter’s Ball; Flee as a Bird to Your Mountain / Ghosts; Drop (Tear); That Moaning Trombone; Memphis Blues; St. Louis Blues; Hesitating Blues; Clef Club March; Castle House Rag; Zena's Circle; For James.

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Chamber Made

By Darryl Harper

Label: Darryl Harper
Released: 2022
Track listing: Kaleidoscope; Suite for Clarinet and String Quartet: 1. Shadows at Dawn, 2. Branches of Night, 3. Fire and Flowers; Silence; Spacial Décor: Mvt 1. Wound, Mvt 2. Pressing, Mvt 3. The Important Thing; Cash in Your Face

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Bill Evans, Graham Collier and Impossible Gentlemen

Read "Bill Evans, Graham Collier and Impossible Gentlemen" reviewed by Jerome Wilson

by Jerome Wilson

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 ...

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The Need's Got To Be So Deep

By Darryl Harper

Label: HiPNOTIC Records
Released: 2014
Track listing: Tale of a Suburban Cowboy; Scrapbook; The Side Pipers; Jazz Clarinet Quartet: I. Variations, II. Ballad, III. Interlude, IV. Spin; Not Like This; The Need's Got To Be So Deep; Postures; Anthem for Unity; Water Pistol; Playtime; Dances for Outcasts: I. Prodigal Son, II. The Fugitive; Prelude and Fugue-Like; Woodwind Quintet: I. Bach Corral, II. Pandeirinho, III. Penthex.

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News: Recording

Clarinetist/Composer/Bandleader Darryl Harper Releases "The Need's Got To Be So Deep" On Hipnotic Records

Clarinetist/Composer/Bandleader Darryl Harper Releases "The Need's Got To Be So Deep" On Hipnotic Records

2-CD Set Presents Original & Commissioned Compositions For Duo, Trio, Quartet, Quintet, Octet & Works By Jimmy Giuffre, Carla Bley & Yusef Lateef / Guests Include Violinist Regina Carter, Vocalist Marianne Solivan, Pianist Helen Sung & Guitarist Freddie Bryant In an interview from 1989, during which he discussed “the cultural aesthetics of black jazz,” the Pulitzer ...

Album

The Edenfred Files

By Darryl Harper

Label: HiPNOTIC Records
Released: 2013
Track listing: Blues For Jerry; Sirens Calling; Spindleshanks; Walking With Old Souls; Kansas City Blues; Edenfred; After The Rain.

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Four Artists Of The Jazz Clarinet Renaissance

Read "Four Artists Of The Jazz Clarinet Renaissance" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky

Since the jazz clarinet never really died, renaissance--or rebirth--may not be the term that best describes what's happening to the instrument in the twenty-first century jazz universe; it is, however, a pretty good one word synopsis. The licorice stick was there at or near the start, tooting along next to the trumpet and ...

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Article: Album Review

Darryl Harper: The Edenfred Files

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

by C. Michael Bailey

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, ...


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