★★★★★
To this day there are very few artists in the R&B; industry that touch the soul of social issues and global problems as Marvin Gaye did in the early 70's. Marvin Gaye was more about reaching the soul of people with his music rather than just their pocketbooks. As we can see today in the music industry, just about anyone can sell albums with a great beat and a catchy rhythm...
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2009-06-08
★★★★★
Saxman, song writer, Everette Harp has to like the feel of a song as well as the melody before he puts his name on it.Says Harp, " I'm really back doing what I do best?taking great tunes and playing to the heart of the song, the way the song dictates, not being influenced by anything else happening in the genre."Harp's goal of 'combining contemporary R&B; with improv elements, creating energy,' is exactly what he accomplished with All For You...
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2009-06-08
★★★★★
Whenever Everette Harp comes to mind, there is one aspect of his career that rings true; he is a jam maker as well as a jam master. As a native of Houston, Texas, I watched the evolution of this master blaster during the latter part of the 1980s with a high degree of enthusiasm. I often lamented to myself that he was not long for Texas; bigger and better things were in store for him as he pushed the limits of his artistry...
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2009-06-07
★★★★★
Track Listing: Juke Joint; All Jazzed Up (and Nowhere To Go); In Time; Old School; Funky Palisades; In My Father's Eye; Chasin'; Wait 4 U; Don't Look Any Further; My Inspiration. Personnel: Everette Harp: alto and tenor saxophones, keyboards, vocal; Rex Rideout: keyboards; A...
- www.allaboutjazz.com
2009-06-05
★★★★★
Conventional contemporary wisdom says that performing covers of beloved pop classics is a cheap way to lure the curious. But when care is taken to create an entire imaginative tribute to a great artist, with no two arrangements alike, some latitude should be in order...
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2008-08-28
★★★★★
One listen to "Full Circle" from this CD is all one needs to be convinced that David Sanborn is back to his old soulful R&B; ways; the only problem is that it's Everette Harp. Harp, who shows virtually no individuality on alto, hints at Kenny G. on soprano and mostly performs derivative instrumentals. A few numbers include routine group soul vocals. The set of R&B; is pleasant and well-played, but is instantly forgettable and strictly-for-the-money dance music.
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2008-08-28
★★★★★
On this 2006 date (his debut for the Shanachie imprint), Everette Harp not only blows his saxophone (alto, soprano, and tenor), but he does much of the drum and keyboard programming, he produced it, and he composed six of the set's ten tracks. He also enlisted a stellar cast of likeminded performers to assist him: George Duke, Michael White (the drummer), Jonathan Butler, and David Mann, just to name a few...
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2008-08-28
★★★★★
Of all the '90s purveyors of the Sanborn based alto sound, Everette Harp may just be the most inventive, taking stylistic liberties beyond even sure fire peers Warren Hill and Dave Koz. While all the hooky rhythm and jazz cuts on Common Ground are straight out of the slick and superb school of expensively produced magnificence, it's Harp's intense gale force breath that places the wailing emergency calls on even the typical romantic fare...
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2008-08-28