Lee Harper

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Wilson Leroy "Lee" Harper (born February 27, 1945 in LeJeune , North Carolina ; † November 10, 2010 in Salzburg ) was an American modern jazz trumpeter .

Harper was tutored on the trumpet by his father and performed with local bands. He studied political science at Washington State University until 1967 and then worked in urban planning . From 1971 he concentrated on making music and in the same year moved to Europe, where he first worked in Paris with Christian Escoudé , Boulou Ferré and Siegfried Kessler . Between 1973 and 1979 he was part of the Munich jazz scene and played with Hermann Breuer , Charly Antolini , Dusko Goykovich , Bobby Jones , Mal Waldron and Boško Petrović . In 1979 Erich Kleinschuster brought him into the ORF big band (of which he was a member until 1988).

In addition, he has worked from Salzburg since 1985 as an arranger for numerous other radio orchestras. He has also performed with Thad Jones , Al Porcino , Joe Haider , Leo Wright , Hans Koller , Karl Ratzer , the Conexion Latina , Sal Nistico , Rudi Wilfer , Caterina Valente , Elly Wright , Jenny Evans and Allan Praskin . He performed with his own trio and quartet and occasionally with his own medium-sized formation and with Barbara Dennerlein . In addition, Harper worked as a music teacher, in particular for the State Conservatory in Klagenfurt . He died of a heart attack.

Discographic notes

  • Take Off (1980)
  • Aladár Pege International Jazz Workshop (1987)
  • Winter Blues (1991)
  • Live At 50 (1995)
  • Takes a While (2002)
  • Lee Harper's Little Big Band Plays Wayne Shorter (2005)

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SURNAME Harper, Lee
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Harper, Wilson Leroy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH February 27, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH LeJeune , (North Carolina)
DATE OF DEATH November 10, 2010
Place of death Salzburg