''Live on Tour in the Far East'' is a live 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 1991 in Korea and released on the

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accessed March 31, 2015 The album was followed by two additional volumes recorded on the same tour.

Reception

In his review for

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, Don Snowden states "''On Tour, Vol. 1'' shows an impressive musical range, great command of dynamics and is just loaded with really sharp, smart, excellent music once it hits its stride. And it's probably the least exciting of these three discs released from a tour that should have established Billy Harper's quintet as a major group in the jazz world".

Track listing

''All compositions by Billy Harper except as indicated'' # "I Do Believe" - 15:27 # "Countdown" (

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) - 5:12 # "Dance in the Question" (Francesca Tanksley) - 13:41 # "Insight" - 11:21 # "If One Could Only See" - 5:01 # "Croquet Ballet" - 14:50

Personnel

tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while th ...

* Eddie Henderson -

trumpet The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitched one octave below the standard ...

*Francesca Tanksley -

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...

*Louie Spears - bass *

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References

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