"Once Around," too, sounded potent and harmonically modern, with a strong, dark tenor saxophone solo from Billy Harper, another guest who was once in the Jones-Lewis band.

Billy Harper - tenor saxophone (tracks 3 & 5-8)

Appropriately, the evening's featured artist was Billy Harper, a tenor saxophonist who cites spirituality as a central tenet of his music.

In the 1990s, he returned to playing acoustic hard bop, touring with Billy Harper in 1991 while also working as a physician.

In the seventies he played with Roy Haynes, Freddie Hubbard, Woody Shaw and Billy Harper, among others.

Andrew White, the legendary Coltrane transcriber and saxophonist, will appear, as will two fine saxophonists, Sonny Fortune and Billy Harper.

Billy Harper, the tenor saxophonist, and his quintet will open the series on Saturday night.

She garnered 36.5% of the vote, with the remaining 13.4% going to Billy Harper.

Billy Harper - Soran-Bushi, B.H. (Denon, 1977, issued in 1981)

Black Saint is an album by American jazz saxophonist Billy Harper recorded in 1975 for the Italian Black Saint label.