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East Meets West in Jazz Drumming Legacy
(Los Angeles, California) -- Exalt Entertainment Group, premiering jazz and spoken word artists nationally and The World Stage, a non-profit organization providing leadership in the presentation of African American cultural and artistic works, today announced they will co-present Winard Harper at L.A's Theatre at 4305 in Leimert Park Village on April 25, 2008 to celebrate Jazz ...
Make It Happen
Label: Piadrum Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: 01. Segment (Charlie Parker) - 4:14; 02. Children of the World (Ruban Brown) - 3:53; 03. Morning Glow (Onaje Allan Gumbs) - 6:06;
04. Make It Happen (Winard Harper) - 6:39; 05. Tamisha (Ameen Saleem) - 6:46; 06. I've Never Been in Love Before (Frank Loesser) - 6:49;
07. Get it! Get it! (Wycliffe Gordon) - 4:02; 08. Not One Chance (T.W. Sample) - 5:15; 09. Reflection (Ray Bryant) - 4:18; 10. Divine
Surveillance (Winard Harper) - 6:04; 11. Lourana (Lawrence Clark) - 3:33; 12. Chronic Mistakes (Josh Evans) - 3:55;
13. BangBangBoomBoomBapBap (Winard Harper) - 2:10; 14. After Hours (Avery Parish) - 6:27; 15. The Prayer (Winard Harper) - 5:39
Winard Harper Sextet: Make It Happen
by AAJ Italy Staff
Winard Harper è un batterista che lavora da tempo con questo gruppo con cui, cosa non sempre possibile per chi segue la strada del bop più o meno “verace", cerca sempre di portare novità nella sua musica, di mischiare le carte con armonie e ritmi inusuali per il genere che fa. Gli ospiti che ha invitato, ...
Make It Happen
Label: Piadrum Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: Segment; Children of the World; Morning Glow; Make It Happen; Tamisha; I've Never Been in
Love Before; Get It! Get It!; Not One Chance; Reflection; Divine Surveillance; Lourana; Chronic
Mistakes; BangBangBoomBoomBapBap; After Hours; The Prayer.
Winard Harper: Make It Happen
by Terrell Kent Holmes
Drummer, composer and bandleader Winard Harper brings his relentless exuberance to Make It Happen, where the seemingly disparate Afro-Caribbean and bebop styles stand shoulder to shoulder. The percussion-driven nature of the recording is evident from the top, with an energetic arrangement of Charlie Parker's “Segment where Alione Faye's percussion binding the fabric of the two genres ...
Winard Harper: Multicultural Ambassador
by Franz A. Matzner
A tremendous force on the drums and percussion instruments of all kinds and a successful bandleader, Winard Harper has been beating on one kind of instrument or another since almost before he could walk. A child prodigy and now a veteran performer, Harper's music recognizes few stylistic, cultural, or genre boundaries. Comfortable in any setting--whether playing ...
Winard Harper Sextet: Make It Happen
by John Kelman
Jazz records made in one day aren't particularly unique. But looking at the large cast of players on Make It Happen, one has to be impressed at the amount of planning that went into the session--an effort that, in the hands of lesser mortals, might suck the life out of such an ambitious outing. But drummer ...
Winard Harper Sextet: Make It Happen
by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
Veteran drummer Winard Harper (who has played with Dexter Gordon, Johnny Griffin, Betty Carter, Ray Bryant, Abdullah Ibrahim, Pharoah Sanders, Clifford Jordan and others) gives us two albums in one on Make It Happen. The first is percussion-heavy. The opening tracks, for example, present an approach to ensemble sound that recalls Mosaic-era Jazz Messengers (carefully arranged ...
Come into the Light
Label: Savant Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: Spoken Intro - Cecil Brooks III; Float Like a Butterfly; Little Sunflower; Divine Intervention; If You Could See Me Now; 911; T.F.; Specimen a; Polka Dots and Moonbeams; Corner Pocket; Come into the Light (Intro); Come into the Light; Korinthis.
A Time For The Soul
Label: Savant Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: Soul Time, Mr. Baggy Pants, Here's To Life, Dat Dere, About Face, When The Time Is Right, All Praise To G-d, Alone Together, Catanya, Glorify.
