Greg Howard & Harper February 5, 2009

Greg Howard – Chapman Stick Artist: Greg was a section leader in the very first VMA band in 1980! He returns to his hometown to support VMA night at Jammin' Java! Greg is one of the world's best known performers on this unusual American stringed instrument. His music ranges from popular songs by the Beatles, Dylan,etc, to Latin and Flamenco inspired Jazz, Miles Davis, Charles Mingus, Michael-Heges-style originals and true free improvisation. He has released 9 CDs on his own Espresso Record Label, as a soloist and in collaborations with Tim Reynolds, the late Leroi Moore (Dave Matthews Band), and trumpeter John D'earth, among others.

Harper has been described as "a singer with the deep soul of Motown, a harmonica player who can graft Sonny Boy II and Little Walter with John Popper, a songwriter who tells his own compelling stories in an unhurried, J.J. Cale-like manner, and a musical visionary who is unafraid to mix the didgeridoo, an important part of his Australian indigenous culture, with infectious modern percussive rhythms".

http://www.vamusicadventures.org/
http://www.greghoward.com/
http://www.harper.biz/

Official Website: http://www.jamminjava.com/