jnorek Posted February 1, 2023 Report Share Posted February 1, 2023 (edited) Is anybody else here enamored with The Harper Brothers "Remembrance" live album from the Village Vanguard? Originally released in 1990, I bought it on a whim from a CD Club at age sixteen and still think it's one of the best hard bop albums I've ever heard. I find it truly bizarre that this album is totally forgotten and has never been reissued on vinyl in spite of reaching #1 on the Billboard Jazz Albums charts back in the day. This record truly swings!! Edited February 1, 2023 by jnorek Added photo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stompin at the Savoy Posted February 1, 2023 Report Share Posted February 1, 2023 Listening to it on Spotify. Some fine playing and excellent sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted February 1, 2023 Report Share Posted February 1, 2023 I liked it more then than I have since. At the time, fit the young lion Marsalis conception very well but comes across now as a very competent reproduction of a style from 25+ years before. As far as the idea of a vinyl reissue - are there any expensive remastering of LPs from that era? They seem stuck on the originals and not the imitators. Also I sometimes feel like the mastering is a good example of the over-brightness that sometimes plagued CDs of the era. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted February 1, 2023 Report Share Posted February 1, 2023 I always liked that album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnorek Posted February 1, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2023 4 hours ago, Stompin at the Savoy said: Listening to it on Spotify. Some fine playing and excellent sound. Glad you dig it! I know the album isn't breaking new ground, but it is still a great live hard bop album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Bresnahan Posted February 1, 2023 Report Share Posted February 1, 2023 I seem to have traded in or sold all of my Harper Brothers CDs so I cannot listen to this one anymore. I did like their music and I seem to remember seeing them live back around the time of "Artistry" (1992). It's weird that I don't have any of their music in my music library as I'm almost positive that I had all 4 of their CDs - "The Harper Brothers", "Remembrance - Live at the Village Vanguard", "Artistry" & "You Can Hide Inside The Music". All I can think is that this must have been back at a time when I was deleting mp3 music files from my PC if I sold the original CD. I did that for while back then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted February 1, 2023 Report Share Posted February 1, 2023 Yeah, I saw them around 1992/3 too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabshakeh Posted February 1, 2023 Report Share Posted February 1, 2023 9 hours ago, jnorek said: I find it truly bizarre that this album is totally forgotten and has never been reissued on vinyl in spite of reaching #1 on the Billboard Jazz Albums charts back in the day. This record truly swings!! I think that the Young Lions hype did lasting damage to the groups and artists caught up in it. Whatever you think of the Harpers, Harrison/Blanchard and the Fo'tet were really great groups, and they don't deserve to have been forgotten as they have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin V Posted February 1, 2023 Report Share Posted February 1, 2023 I like this and the other Harper Brothers album I have, so I'll play it soon. Stephen Scott was such a busy player in the '90s and '00s; I wish that he were still as active now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Posted February 1, 2023 Report Share Posted February 1, 2023 10 hours ago, jnorek said: Is anybody else here enamored with The Harper Brothers "Remembrance" live album from the Village Vanguard? Originally released in 1990, I bought it on a whim from a CD Club at age sixteen and still think it's one of the best hard bop albums I've ever heard. I find it truly bizarre that this album is totally forgotten and has never been reissued on vinyl in spite of reaching #1 on the Billboard Jazz Albums charts back in the day. This record truly swings!! Could that record really be 33 years old? My goodness. Saw them live at a Kansas City jazz festival around that time, enjoyed the show (and this CD). Will have to pull it out and listen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felser Posted February 1, 2023 Report Share Posted February 1, 2023 (edited) I also saw them live ca. 1988-1989 outdoors at Penn's Landing. Really good show except for Javon Jackson, who was really having an off night. Also saw Philip Harper with Blakey a year or two earlier, and and he tore it up. Benny Green's very first gig with the Jazz Messengers, whenever that would have been. Jean Toussaint on tenor. Edited February 1, 2023 by felser Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kh1958 Posted February 1, 2023 Report Share Posted February 1, 2023 Philip Harper plays from time to time at Smalls. I heard him there a couple of times a few years ago, with Miki Yamanaka on piano. It was a pretty good group, actually; I'd buy a CD if there was one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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