''If Our Hearts Could Only See'' is an album led by saxophonist

Billy Harper Billy Harper (born January 17, 1943) is an American jazz saxophonist, "one of a generation of John Coltrane, Coltrane-influenced tenor saxophonists" with a distinctively stern, hard-as-nails sound on his instrument.Chris KelseyBilly Harper Biogr ...

recorded in 1997 and released on the Japanese DIW label.Billy Harper discography
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Reception

In his review for

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, Greg Turner states "This is one of 1997's best releases and a wonderful addition to Harper's slender discography".

Track listing

''All compositions by Billy Harper except as indicated'' # "The Seventh Day" – 8:30 # "Time and Time Again" – 8:06 # " My One and Only Love" (

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, Guy Wood) – 5:28 # "Egypt" – 6:20 # "Speak to Me of Love, Speak to Me of Truth" – 7:35 # "If One Could Only See" – 6:00 # "The One Who Makes the Rain Stop" – 7:54 # "I Move Silently Throughout This World" (Billy Harper, Vernel Lillie) – 4:48 # "World Without End" – 6:59

Personnel

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, vocals * Eddie Henderson – trumpet *Francesca Tanksley – piano *

Clarence Seay Clarence Seay (born January 7, 1957, Washington, DC) is a jazz bassist and composer. He has been an acoustic bassist with the Wallace Roney Quintet for over 15 years. Seay, also known as "Big C", is a disciple of the Paul Chambers school of ja ...

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Newman Taylor Baker Newman Taylor Baker (born February 4, 1943) is a jazz drummer and a washboard player. Early life Newman Taylor Baker's paternal grandfather, Thomas Nelson Baker Sr., was the only former slave to receive a PhD from Yale University (1906). His f ...

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References

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