billy harper- 'Black Saint' LP (Black Saint)

Tenor saxophonist, bandleader, and composer Billy Harper's "Black Saint" is a powerful and evocative jazz album that pays tribute to the renowned Italian avant-garde jazz label Black Saint. Emerging in the New York City jazz scene in the late 60s, performing with Art Blakey, Max Roach, and Lee Morgan, and influenced by Coltrane, Harper carves out his distinctive sound with hints of R&B and hard bop. A cult favorite, the album is defined by Harper's soulful tenor saxophone, accompanied by trumpeter Virgil Jones and pianist Joe Bonner.