Release Date: 04 December 2012
Label: SteepleChase
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 716043126026
Genres: Jazz Contemporary
Release Date: 25 November 2022
Label: SteepleChase
Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 716043126019
Genres: Jazz Contemporary
Description
180g audiophile vinyl reissue of saxophonist Billy Harper’s superb 1990 LP ‘Destiny Is Yours’ featuring trumpeter Eddie Henderson.
Billy Harper (b. 1943) is one of the most prominent figures in today’s jazz scene. He rose to his stardom through his stints with Gil Evans’ Orchestra, Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers and the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra. Harper started leading his own group in the late ‘70s and has been touring all over the world with his group since.
Of this New York studio recording Chinyére Nealé wrote in the linernotes, “Nils Winther of SteepleChase has wanted to record Billy for fifteen years. Finally, destiny has made this recording possible.�
French magazine compact described this album as “a real treasure which will bring you pleasure till the last day of your life.�
Billy Harper: tenor saxophone
Eddie Henderson: trumpet
Francesca Tanksley: piano
Clarence Seay: bass
Newman Baker: drums
Tracklisting
Tracklisting
Stan Getz
Allegra Levy
Various Artists
Jamale Davis
Ron McClure
Brian Charette
Alex Heitlinger
Andy LaVerne
Billy Harper Quintet
Billy Harper Quintet
Billy Harper Quintet
