When
I Think Of You - Everette Harp: Featured
on The Very Best of Café Jazz, celebrating 400 shows;
Edition
400
- March 26th, 2006
Everette Harp was raised
the youngest of eight children in Houston Texas. He started piano at two
and then picked up the sax at the four. Since his father was a minister,
gospel music understandably became one of Harp's earliest influences;
that and the jazz greats that he discovered while in high school. For
a short time after graduating from North Texas State with a major in music,
Everette worked as an accountant before choosing to pursue a career in
music. He played in a few local bands and picked up a bit of studio jingle
work before moving to Los Angeles in 1988. There his career as a sideman
took off. He briefly gigged with Teena Marie and then toured internationally
with Anita Baker ... |
