Herbie Harper
Herbert Harper was an American jazz trombonist of the West Coast jazz school.
Born in Salina, Kansas, he first started playing swing music with Benny Goodman and Charlie Spivak in the 1940s and 1950s. Working on the West Coast jazz scene, he performed with such musicians as Stan Kenton, Bill Perkins and Maynard Ferguson, among others.
In June 1949, he was a member of the band backing Billie Holiday on her famous Just Jazz radio broadcast for AFRS in Los Angeles. Other band members were Neal Hefti, Herbie Steward, Jimmy Rowles, Robert "Iggy" Shevak and Roy "Blinky" Garner.
In 1954, he recorded several sessions as a member of Steve White's Hollywood-based quartet.Discography
As leader
- Jazz in Hollywood Series
- Herbie Harper
- Herbie Harper Quintet
- Herbie Harper Featuring Bud Shank and Bob Gordon
- Herbie Harper Sextet!
- Herbie Harper Revisited
- Two Brothers with Bill Perkins
As sideman
With Benny Carter
With Bob Florence
- Name Band: 1959
- Bongos/Reeds/Brass
- Here and Now!/Bold, Swinging Big Band Ideas
- Live at Concerts by the Sea
- Westlake
- Soaring
- Magic Time
- Trash Can City
- State of the Art
With Stan Kenton
With Pete Rugolo
- Adventures in Rhythm
- Introducing Pete Rugolo
- Rugolomania
- Music for Hi-Fi Bugs
- New Sounds by Pete Rugolo
- Out on a Limb
- Percussion at Work
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- 10 Trombones Like 2 Pianos
With others'
The Exciting Mr. Bellson and His Big Band Louis Bellson, Skin Deep June Christy, Something Cool Ray Brown, Bass Hit! Vikki Carr, Live at the Greek Theatre Nat King Cole, Nat King Cole Teddy Edwards, Central Avenue Breakdown Vol. 1 Salvador Camarata, Camarata Featuring Tutti's Trombones Barbara Dane, Livin' with the Blues Craig Doerge, Craig Doerge Frank Capp, In a Tribute to the Dorsey Brothers Frances Faye, I'm Wild Again Michael Feinstein, The MGM Album Maynard Ferguson, Dimensions Maynard Ferguson, Stratospheric Russell Garcia, Four Horns and a Lush Life Jimmy Giuffre, Jimmy Giuffre Trios Live 1957-1958 Benny Goodman, Bebop Spoken Here Conrad Gozzo, Goz the Great! Jerry Gray, The Uncollected 1949–50 Harry James, Wild About Harry! Fred Katz, Zen: The Music of Fred Katz Gene Krupa & Harry James, The Complete Capitol Recordings of Gene Krupa & Harry James Dodo Marmarosa & Lorraine Geller, West Coast Piano Touch Big Miller, Sings, Twists, Shouts and Preaches The Monkees, Listen to the Band Roger Neumann, Introducing Roger Neumann's Rather Large Band Roger Neumann, Instant Heat! Harry Nilsson, That's the Way It Is Marty Paich, The Picasso of Big Band Jazz Nicolas Peyrac, Elle Sortait D'Un Drole De Cafe Dory Previn, Mythical Kings and Iguanas Shorty Rogers, The Shorty Rogers Big Band Live 1953 Charlie Spivak, The Uncollected Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra 1943–46 Mel Torme, The Complete George Gershwin Porgy and Bess Steve White, Jazz in Hollywood Jimmy Witherspoon, Spoon''
