Jazz Drummer, Band Leader, Composer,  Educator, dedicated to bringing Jazz to where it is needed

“Winard Harper was born in Baltimore, a child prodigy. Although his parents were not musicians, they were full of encouragement as they noticed him beating on cans when he was three or four years old. At five years old, Winard would sometimes sit in and play his drums in older brother Danny’s rock ‘n roll band after the family moved to Washington, D.C. When Winard’s younger brother Philip took to playing the trumpet, the two of them would busk in the streets of George Town, jam with a few bands, and help out with Danny’s various bands.

“This music is powerful, it can do a lot of good for people. If they’d spend some time each day listening to it, we would see many changes in the world.”

— Winard Harper

“Building something together… sharing vision, cohesion, sacrifices and growth over time… that makes a band.”

— Winard Harper