Billy Harper as he appears on the cover of the 1990 album Destiny Is Yours Credit: Steve Krakow for Chicago Reader Saxophonist Billy Harper has a quote from jazz radio broadcaster Miles Willis ...

As a teenager in the 1950s, before he started making jazz history and captivating audiences with soaring tenor sax solos, Billy Harper could be found dancing at Eldorado Ballroom. The venerable Third ...

In his early recordings and performances with leaders such as Art Blakey, Lee Morgan, Max Roach, Thad Jones/Mel Lewis, Randy Weston and Gil Evans, during the 60s and 70s, Billy Harper already had a ...

A teenage guitar whiz in Los Angeles in the 1980s, Grant-Lee Phillips made four records with his band Grant Lee Buffalo in the 1990s that felt two decades ahead of their time, a mix of almost ...