Enjoy the exciting and spiritual sound of The Brandee Younger Jazz Harp Quartet who provide a rush of emotion on a live cover of "Blue Nile" by Alice Coltrane. From their album "Live @ The Breeding Ground" now available at Bandcamp.
Ms. Antoinette has released her newest single " Give Me Your Love". A remake of the great Master genius Curtis Mayfield. Its sexy smooth and funky fresh blessed with Mariea's beautiful touch on harp, so hit play and enjoy the magic below.
Ms. Antoinette celebrated musical career of stunning musical performances as the principle Harpist for the Los Angeles Southeast Symphony Orchestra, jazz harpist for the all star touring female jazz band, "Jazz In Pink", and her solo performance and recording career has established her a being one of the most exciting and gifted harpist today.
With a style that is both contemporary and Urban she is blazing a new trail for the harp with a new and fresh sound.
Mia Theodoratus brings moving emotions on her approach to strings for a performance to soothe the casual listener and surprise the average break-beat head. Mia is a composer, improviser and harpist who's goal is to express life through the harp using classical technique infused with the dynamics of free bop and the rhythm/feel of rock.
As a teacher she started the harp program at the Irish Arts Center in New York City, is head of the harp department at the Xaverian School and teaches out of her private studio. She studied at the Peabody Conservatory for two years before completing her BFA at UT at Austin, TX and has a MFA from California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, CA. Her harp instruction includes lessons with Susan Davids, Alice Chalifoux, Jeanne Chalifoux, Lucile Lawrence, Gloria Agostini and Susan Allen. For free improvisation she worked with Charlie Hayden, Roscoe Mitchell, Amiya Dasgupta and Wadada Leo Smith.
The beauty of Mia's harp playing on this song incorporates a unique style merging classical music with the Latin-influenced chords from an all-time Funk classic. Enjoy a beautiful harp cover of the immortal break-beat tune "Apache" by Incredible Bongo Band.
Beautifully smooth and sparkling, the enchanting sound of Joel Bruce Wallach provides tranquil inspiration on his 2013 album "Heavenly Harp". Enjoy the stream below as Joel tells a story from song to song with rich melodies and a delicate touch of strings.
Enjoy a revivalist approach to Jazz by a group of talented musicians from the 2013 Winter Jazz Fest. By merging the delicate sound of a harp with the funky sound of a classic Hip Hop breakbeat, Brandee Younger and co. perform an emotionally stirring and thumping tribute to the innovative Jazz harpist Dorothy Ashby.
Learn more about classically-trained New York harpist Brandee Younger and listen to more of her music here at brandeeyounger.com and soundcloud.com/harpista
Brandee Younger - Harp
Ameen Saleem - Bass
Casey Benjamin -Sax
Kim Thompson -Drums
Sharel Cassity - Flute
Raydar Ellis - DJ
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