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Harper & Brothers

 
Artist: The Harper Brothers
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The Harper Brothers

Group Members:

Winard Harper, Philip Harper, Justin Robinson, Stephen Scott, Walter Blanding, Nedra Wheeler, Kiyoshi Kitagawa, Kevin Hays, Michael Bowie, Javon Jackson

Similar Artists:

Wynton Marsalis, Terence Blanchard, Donald Harrison, Art Blakey, Kent Jordan, Horace Silver, Out of the Blue, The Jazztet, Christopher Hollyday

Performed Songs By:

Winard Harper, Philip Harper
  • Formed: 1988
  • Disbanded: 1991
  • Genres: Jazz
  • Representative Albums: "Harper Brothers," "Remembrance: Live at the Village Vanguard," "Artistry"

Biography

One of the most hyped jazz groups of the late '80s, the Harper Brothers (co-led by drummer Winard Harper and trumpeter Philip Harper) symbolized what was right and wrong about the "Young Lions" movement. The musicianship in this hard bop unit was excellent and the young players respected their elders, but strong originality was lacking (they were largely revisiting the past) and the Harper Brothers received an excess of publicity at the expense of more innovative players. Still, during its five years, the group produced four enjoyable bop albums for Verve, and its sidemen (altoist Justin Robinson, tenors Javon Jackson and Walter Blanding, pianists Stephen Scott and Kevin Hays, and bassists Michael Bowie and Nedra Wheeler, among them) all had strong starts to their career. Both Winard and Philip Harper have grown musically since the band's breakup. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide
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Group portrait of the four Harper brothers by Mathew Brady, ca. 1860. Left to right: Fletcher, James, John, and Joseph.

Harper & Brothers was a prominent New York City book and magazine publishing firm which founded Harper's Magazine.

James Harper and his brother John, printers by training, started their book publishing business J. & J. Harper in 1817. Their two brothers, Joseph Wesley Harper and Fletcher Harper, joined them in the mid 1820s. The company changed its name to "Harper & Brothers" in 1833. The headquarters of the publishing house were located at 331 Pearl Street, facing Franklin Square in Lower Manhattan (about where the Manhattan approach to the Brooklyn Bridge lies today).

Harper & Brothers began publishing Harper's New Monthly Magazine in 1850. The brothers also published Harper's Weekly (starting in 1857) and Harper's Bazar (starting in 1867).

George B. M. Harvey became president of Harper's on Nov. 16, 1899.[1]

Harper's New Monthly Magazine ultimately became Harper's Magazine, which is now published by the Harper's Magazine Foundation. Harper's Weekly was absorbed by The Independent (New York; later Boston) in 1916, which in turn merged with The Outlook in 1928. Harper's Bazar was sold to William Randolph Hearst in 1913 and is now Bazaar, published by the Hearst Corporation.

In 1962 Harper & Brothers merged with Row, Peterson & Company to become Harper & Row. Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation acquired Harper & Row in 1987, and William Collins & Sons in 1990. The names of these two national publishing houses (Harper & Row in the United States and Collins in Britain) survive in the newly formed HarperCollins, which has since expanded its international reach with further acquisitions of formerly independent publishers.

References

  1. ^ HARPER & BROS. REORGANIZE.; G.B.M. Harvey, Editor and Proprietor of Th... - Article Preview - The New York Times

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