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Billy Harper (17 Jan 1943 - )

Male Person - United States

Releases (9)

Official

Album

  1. Capra Black 1973
  2. Black Saint 1975
  3. Soran-Bushi, B.H. Apr 1978
  4. Knowledge of Self 30 May 1979
  5. Trying to Make Heaven My Home 1979
  6. The Believer 1980
  7. Destiny Is Yours 1990 (as Billy Harper Quintet)
  8. Somalia 1995
  9. If Our Hearts Could Only See 1997

Relationships (3)

Member Of

  1. Max Roach Quartet tenor saxophone
  2. Billy Harper Quintet
  3. Grachan Moncur III Octet

Recordings by (42)

  1. Capra Black 11:22 (1973)
  2. Sir Galahad 8:08 (1973)
  3. New Breed 4:35 (1973)
  4. Soulfully, I Love You / Black Spiritual of Love 9:39 (1973)
  5. Cry of Hunger 10:49 (1973)
  6. Awakening 6:54 (1977)
  7. Priestess 11:33 (1977)
  8. Love on the Sudan 17:11 (1977)
  9. Trying to Get Ready (トライング･トゥ･ゲット･レディ) 10:30 (Apr 1978)
  10. Loverhood (ラヴァーフッド) 8:37 (Apr 1978)
  11. Soran-Bushi, B.H. (ソーラン･ブシ･B.H.) 16:22 (Apr 1978)
  12. Knowledge of Self 18:40 (30 May 1979)
  13. Insight 17:40 (30 May 1979)
  14. Trying to Make Heaven My Home 18:00 (1979)
  15. Is It Not True, Simpy Because You Cannot Believe It ? 19:55 (1980)
  16. I Do Believe 4:35 (1980)
  17. Believe, For It Is True 12:11 (1980)
  18. Loverhood 3:02 (1985)
  19. Destiny Is Yours 12:44 (1990)
  20. East-West Exodus 13:46 (1990)
  21. Dance In The Question 11:06 (1990)
  22. My Funny Valentine 5:21 (1990)
  23. The One That Makes the Rain Stop 10:36 (1990)
  24. If Only One Could See 4:33 (1990)
  25. Groove From Heaven 10:55 (1990)
  26. Somalia 13:36 (1995)
  27. Thy Will Be Done 21:55 (1995)
  28. Quest 12:45 (1995)
  29. Light Within 7:59 (1995)
  30. Quest in 3 4:14 (1995)
  31. The Seventh Day 8:30 (1997)
  32. Time and Time Again 8:06 (1997)
  33. My One and Only Love 5:28 (1997)
  34. Egypt 6:20 (1997)
  35. Speak to Me of Love, Speak to Me of Truth 7:35 (1997)
  36. If One Could Only See 6:00 (1997)
  37. The One Who Makes the Rain Stop 7:54 (1997)
  38. Vernell Lillie's: I Move Silently Throughout This World 4:48 (1997)
  39. World Without End 6:59 (1997)
  40. Dance, Eternal Spirits, Dance! ?:?? (1997)
  41. I Got It From Heaven 3:01 (2000)
  42. Intro 3:34 (2004)

On Recordings (50)

Instruments

  1. Tiptoe 6:42 Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra (1970) tenor saxophone
  2. Dedication 5:13 Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra (1970) tenor saxophone
  3. It Only Happens Every Time 3:07 Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra (1970) tenor saxophone
  4. Consummation 5:09 Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra (1970) tenor saxophone
  5. Give Peace a Chance 4:34 Louis Armstrong (1970) saxophone
  6. Us 3:37 Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra (1970) tenor saxophone
  7. A Child is Born 4:09 Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra (1970) tenor saxophone
  8. Ahunk Ahunk 7:57 Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra (1970) tenor saxophone
  9. Boy From New Orleans 3:56 Louis Armstrong (1970) saxophone
  10. Fingers 10:38 Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra (1970) tenor saxophone
  11. We Shall Overcome 6:43 Louis Armstrong (1970) saxophone
  12. This Black Cat Has 9 Lives 2:40 Louis Armstrong (1970) saxophone
  13. Joshua 7:12 Max Roach (1971) tenor saxophone
  14. Motherless Child 7:24 Max Roach (1971) tenor saxophone
  15. Garden of Prayer 2:50 Max Roach (1971) tenor saxophone
  16. Were You There When They Crucified My Lord 5:52 Max Roach (1971) tenor saxophone
  17. Troubled Waters 7:02 Max Roach (1971) tenor saxophone
  18. Let They People Go 6:52 Max Roach (1971) tenor saxophone
  19. Angela 6:27 Lee Morgan (1972) alto flute, tenor saxophone
  20. Day by Day 5:09 Kimiko Kasai With Gil Evans Orchestra (1972) woodwind
  21. Inner Passions Out 17:40 Lee Morgan (1972) woodwind
  22. Thoroughbred 10:38 Masabumi Kikuchi + Gil Evans (1972) woodwind
  23. Bye Bye Blackbird 2:48 Kimiko Kasai With Gil Evans Orchestra (1972) woodwind
  24. When Suny Gets Blue 3:20 Kimiko Kasai With Gil Evans Orchestra (1972) woodwind
  25. Good Bye 3:50 Kimiko Kasai With Gil Evans Orchestra (1972) woodwind
  26. Don't Knock My Funk 4:42 Bobbi Humphrey (1972) tenor saxophone
  27. Ictus 1:39 Masabumi Kikuchi + Gil Evans (1972) woodwind
  28. Satin Doll 3:46 Kimiko Kasai With Gil Evans Orchestra (1972) woodwind
  29. Priestess 9:09 Masabumi Kikuchi + Gil Evans (1972) woodwind
  30. Croquet Ballet 10:55 Lee Morgan (1972) woodwind
  31. There'll Never Be Another You 3:36 Kimiko Kasai With Gil Evans Orchestra (1972) woodwind
  32. Love In The Open 11:29 Masabumi Kikuchi + Gil Evans (1972) woodwind
  33. In What Direction Are You Headed? 16:30 Lee Morgan (1972) woodwind
  34. Sidewinder 6:16 Bobbi Humphrey (1972) tenor saxophone
  35. Morgan 10:25 Charles Earland (1972) tenor saxophone
  36. Drizzling Rain 6:00 Masabumi Kikuchi + Gil Evans (1972) woodwind
  37. Capra Black 15:37 Lee Morgan (1972) woodwind
  38. Journey to Morocco 8:20 Bobbi Humphrey (1972) tenor saxophone
  39. Set Us Free 5:50 Bobbi Humphrey (1972) tenor saxophone
  40. Eleven #11 2:38 Masabumi Kikuchi + Gil Evans (1972) woodwind
  41. Poor Butterfly 3:31 Kimiko Kasai With Gil Evans Orchestra (1972) woodwind
  42. I Fall in Love Too Easily 3:00 Kimiko Kasai With Gil Evans Orchestra (1972) woodwind
  43. I'm Walkin' 5:43 Kimiko Kasai With Gil Evans Orchestra (1972) woodwind
  44. Spanish Harlem 3:43 Bobbi Humphrey (1972) tenor saxophone
  45. Soulfully, I Love You / Black Spiritual of Love 9:39 Billy Harper (1973) saxophone
  46. Cry of Hunger 10:23 Gil Evans (1973) flute, tenor saxophone
  47. Thoroughbred 6:36 Gil Evans (1973) flute, tenor saxophone

Produced

  1. Soulfully, I Love You / Black Spiritual of Love 9:39 Billy Harper (1973)
  2. Cry of Hunger 10:49 Billy Harper (1973)
  3. New Breed 4:35 Billy Harper (1973)

Credited as (11)

  1. Billy Harper
  2. Randy Weston & Billy Harper
  3. Billy Harper Quintet
  4. Stanley Cowell / Billy Harper / Reggie Workman / Billy Hart
  5. Jon Faddis, Billy Harper
  6. The Cookers feat. Billy Harper, David Weiss & George Cables
  7. The Cookers feat. Eddie Henderson, Billy Harper & George Cables
  8. Raimonds Raubiško, Nic Gotham, Billy Harper, Madars Kalniņš, Andris Grunte, Haralds Bondaris
  9. Stanley Cowell / Sonny Fortune / Billy Harper / Billy Hart / Reggie Workman
  10. Billy Harper & Jon Faddis
  11. Stanley Cowell, Sonny Fortune, Billy Harper, Billy Hart, Reggie Workman

Works (39)

Composed

  1. Thoroughbred
  2. I Do Believe
  3. Soran Buschi B.H.
  4. Insight
  5. The Seventh Day
  6. Time and Time Again
  7. Egypt
  8. Speak to Me of Love, Speak to Me of Truth
  9. If One Could Only See
  10. The One Who Makes the Rain Stop
  11. Vernell Lillie's: I Move Silently Throughout This World
  12. World Without End
  13. Croquet Ballet
  14. East-West Exodus
  15. Groove From Heaven
  16. Trying To Make Heaven My Home
  17. Destiny Is Yours
  18. Insight
  19. Soulfully I Love You (Black Spiritual of Love)
  20. The Call of the Wild and Peaceful Heart
  21. If One Could Only See
  22. Thy Will Be Done
  23. I Can Deliver
  24. Somalia
  25. Quest
  26. Light Within
  27. Quest in 3
  28. Capra Black
  29. Sir Galahad
  30. New Breed
  31. Cry of Hunger
  32. Dance, Eternal Spirits, Dance!
  33. Priestess
  34. Calvary
  35. Illumination
  36. Trying to Get Ready (トライング･トゥ･ゲット･レディ)
  37. Loverhood (ラヴァーフッド)
  38. The Quest
  39. Is It Not True, Simply Because You Cannot Believe It?

Links (14)

Official Homepages

  1. http://www.billyharper.com/

Other Databases

  1. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n92072275
  2. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n92072275
  3. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w69s6bwm
  4. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13894971s
  5. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/106606
  6. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/billy_harper
  7. https://d-nb.info/gnd/134579550

Songkick

  1. https://www.songkick.com/artists/505302

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/378001

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000083525

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/87732886

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q863114

Stream For Free

  1. https://open.spotify.com/artist/7DACbUcNWTTQqRVMpvMjqK