Billy Harper - Somalia

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 1995
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 60:32
Size: 141,7 MB
Art: Front

(13:36)  1. Somalia
(21:56)  2. Thy Will Be Done
(12:45)  3. Quest
( 7:59)  4. Light Within
( 4:15)  5. Quest In 3

The passionate tenor saxophonist Billy Harper had not been heard on record as a leader in quite a few years when this superlative Evidence CD was released in 1995. Harper (who is joined by trumpeter Eddie Henderson, pianist Francesca Tanksley, bassist Louie Spears, and both Newman Taylor Baker and Horace Arnold on drums) brings back the spirit of John Coltrane, performing a very spiritual and generally intense set of music. The five originals are highlighted by the title cut, "Quest" and the nearly 22-minute "Thy Will Be Done." This CD contains some of Billy Harper's finest playing in years. ~ Scott Yanow http://www.allmusic.com/album/somalia-mw0000646635

Personnel: Billy Harper (tenor saxophone, cowbell, vocals); Eddie Henderson (trumpet); Francesca Tanksley (piano); Louie "Mbiki" Spears (bass); Newman Taylor Baker, Horacee Arnold (drums); Madeleine Yayodele Nelson (shekere).

Somalia

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