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the Hudson Valley Jazz Festival Presents Winard Harper & the Jeli Posse at BeanRunner Cafe

Courtesy of Ted Bitter | Posted on July 9, 2015

Where

BeanRunner Cafe
201 S Division Street
Peekskill, NY
Map
914-737-1701

When

Sat, August 29, 2015
8:00 pm

At Door

$15

Musicians

About

"Winard Harper is one of his generation's greatest standards bearers." Downbeat Magazine

Winard Harper has performed with some of the greatest names in jazz. At 20, he was playing the drums first with Dexter Gordon, and then Johnny Griffin, and honed his chops for the next four years under the tutelage of the late, great Betty Carter.

With his brother Philip Harper on trumpet, Winard led The Harper Brothers, one of the hottest groups of the post-bop era and produced the chart topping Remembrance: Live at the Village Vanguard.

Winard has released four CD's to his credit: Be Yourself (1994), Trap Dancer (1998), Winard (1999), and Faith with Carrie Smith (2000). He is one of the most sough-after sidemen on the jazz circuit; has been exploring African rhythms that influence his work, and is noted for his abilities on the cymbals, which under his hand become an outstanding solo instrument all their own. ...

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