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| Exalt Entertainment Selected As Winard Harper’s Booking Agent Exalt Entertainment Group premiering jazz and spoken word artists nationally. Today announced that Drummer, Composer and Bandleader Winard Harper selected them as his booking agent. This news comes as no surprise to Exalt Entertainment who seeks to elevate the transaction of booking artists to a long term professional and artistic relationship. According to Exalt Entertainment Group Winard Harper is a world class jazz artist who adds excitement to booked events; bringing seasoned experience from working with legends like Betty Carter, Ray Bryant, Abdullah Ibrahim, Pharoah Sanders and Clifford Jordan. Noting Harper's many credits such as success with The Harper Brothers Quintet and #1 on Billboard's jazz chart in 1991 and consistent JazzWeek Top Tens with successive releases. Expressing that Harper's diverse appeal to audiences is a steady reason that they are able to secure bookings for him. Today Winard Harper is respected as one of the hardest working drummers in the jazz industry, leading the Winard Harper Sextet while also continuing as a sideman. Harper continues to perform and record with artists such as Joe Lovano, Avery Sharpe, Steve Turre, Wycliffe Gordon, Frank Wess, Ray Bryant, Monty Alexander, and Jimmy Heath. Make It Happen, his latest release, highlights his versatility and enduring appeal as a bandleader, composer and overall musician. "Winard brings jazz alive for audiences of all ages and cultures, combining charisma with superb musicianship to effectively transfer the joy and passion of the music. Artists like Winard want agents that share their zeal for and commitment to jazz. We are pleased to be his choice." stated Brenda Bradley, Exalt Entertainment Group representative. write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Jazz News :: home page |