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billy . harper performing at the jazz standard in 2007 houston , texas black saint , strata-east , steeplechase , evidence non_vocal_instrumentalist 17 january 1943 saxophone , flute billy harper photo 2.jpg billy harper
 billy harper
billy harper

billy harper -lrb- born january 17 , 1943 , in houston , texas -rrb- is an american jazz saxophonist , `` one of a generation of coltrane-influenced tenor saxophonists '' with a distinctively stern , hard-as-nails sound on his instrument .
