Credit: Greg Turner

Billy Harper

Texas-born tenor saxophonist influenced by Coltrane, but with his own soulful, muscular approach to post-bop.

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1960s - 2020s

January 17, 1943 in Houston, TX

Jazz

Post-Bop, Modern Creative, Jazz Instrument, Modal Music, Saxophone Jazz

Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers, The Cookers, The Warriors

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