Brandee Younger (born in Hempstead, NY) is an American harpist. Younger infuses classical, jazz, soul, and funk influences to the harp tradition pioneered by her predecessors and idols Dorothy Ashby and Alice Coltrane. Younger leads her own ensemble, performs as a soloist and has worked as a sideman for such musicians as Pharoah Sanders, Jack DeJohnette, Charlie Haden, Bill Lee and Reggie Workman, and other popular artists including Lauryn Hill, John Legend (Love in the Future), Common (Finding Forever), Ryan Leslie, Drake, Maxwell, The Roots, Moses Sumney and Salaam Remi. Younger is noted for her work with saxophonist Ravi Coltrane, who was featured on her latest release, Soul Awakening. Currently, she actively records and tours with drummer and producer Makaya McCraven, following the release of his 2018 recording Universal Beings.
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Dezron Douglas
American composer and bassist
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Dorothy Ashby
American jazz harpist
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Alice Coltrane
American jazz musician
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Ravi Coltrane
American jazz saxophonist (born 1965)
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Radha Renee Botofasina
musical artist
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Lakecia Benjamin
musical artist
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Nubya Garcia
British jazz musician (tenor sax, flute, composition)
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American jazz musician
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American jazz trumpeter
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American record producer from New York
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American jazz saxophonist
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American jazz musician
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Reggie Workman
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American musician
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American jazz drummer, percussionist, and composer
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Deborah Henson-Conant
electric harpist, touring musician, composer
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American musician
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Marion Brown
American saxophonist
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Catrin Finch
Welsh harpist
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Dee Carstensen
American musician
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Hank Mobley
American saxophonist
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Amy Winehouse
English singer and songwriter
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Eric Dolphy
American jazz musician
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Sathima Bea Benjamin
South African jazz singer
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Archie Shepp
American jazz musician
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John Coltrane
American jazz saxophonist
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Brad Mehldau
American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger
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American musician, rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer and actor
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Jimmy Heath
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Dave Liebman
American jazz composer, saxophonist and flautist
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Pharoah Sanders
American jazz saxophonist
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Ray Draper
American musician
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Elvin Jones
American jazz drummer
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Cécile McLorin Salvant
American jazz singer of French and Haitian roots
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Abdullah Ibrahim
South African pianist and composer
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Sean Jones
American musician
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Sonny Fortune
American saxophonist
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Esperanza Spalding
American jazz bassist and singer
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Jazmine Sullivan
American singer-songwriter
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Ellery Eskelin
musician
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Pamela Williams
American musician
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Christian McBride
American musician
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Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
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Javon Jackson
American musician
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Jimmy Cobb
American jazz drummer
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YolanDa Brown
British musician
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Ruth Berman Harris
Harpist, composer
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Billy Harper
American musician
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Ledisi
American R&B and jazz recording artist, songwriter and actress.
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Cecil Taylor
American jazz pianist and poet
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Frank Wright
American jazz musician
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Renee Rosnes
Canadian pianist
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Dewey Johnson
American jazzman
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Moses Sumney
American singer-songwriter
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Edmar Castañeda
Colombian musician
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Donald Ayler
American musician