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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1969-10-28
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Billy Harper's unique music creativity was first noted in Houston, Texas, where, at age 5, he was singing at sacred and secular functions and participating in choral and solo singing events. By age 14, he formed his first Billy Harper Quintet while a student at Evan E. Worthing High School. Graduating cum laude, he went on to study saxophone and music theory at North Texas State University and received his Bachelor of Music degree. He continued graduate studies at NTSU and became a member of the
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Billy
- Family name
- Harper
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Houston
- Occupation
- music educator
- Employer
- Rutgers University
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- tenor saxophone
- Image
- Billy Harper photo 2.jpg
- Residence
- Westbeth Artists Community
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- Billy Harper
- date of birth
- 1943-01-17
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