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"Escalator Over The Hill" by The New School Studio Orchestra and Vocal Ensemble
by Paul Reynolds
The New School Studio Orchestra and Vocal Ensemble The Tishman Auditorium at The New School “Escalator Over The Hill" New York, NY May 2, 2025 Ask greying jazz-rock fans about long-lost projects they never saw live and Escalator Over The Hill by Carla Bley is likely to come up. Released ...
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Billy Harper
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In his early recordings and performances with leaders such as Art Blakey, Lee Morgan, Max Roach, Thad Jones/Mel Lewis, Randy Weston and Gil Evans, during the 60s and 70s, Billy Harper already had a massive sound on the tenor saxophone, combining John Coltrane’s spiraling intensity with a bluesy brawn that pointed back to his Texas origins.
Harper’s authority has only grown with age: a half-century on, he stands as one of the most commanding horn men on the planet, a pillar of stirring post-bop jazz whose robust back catalog seems long overdue for rediscovery.
