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The Har-You Percussion Group
12+ albums
jazzfunkbrazilelectronicAfro-Cuban Jazz
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In the late '60s race riots plagued major cities; in Harlem, these events forced educators to think of new and exciting ways to keep kids off the streets and interested in their education. Harlem Youth Opportunities Unlimited (the Har-You Act) was a series of educational programs designed for that purpose. The Harlem Youth Percussion Group grew out of that zeitgeist. Jamaican-born percussionist Montegro Joe was asked by Julien Euell (executive director of the arts and culture division of Har-You Act) to teach Afro and jazz percussion. After four years of training, these 11 young men, age 16-19, created a self-titled album. Album royalties from the project went into a scholarship fund for the students. The group was reunited on the Cu-Bop label in 1996. - AMG User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
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The Har-You Percussion Group
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Welcome to the Party
The Remixes 1997-2000 Disc 1
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Har-You Percussion Group
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The Remixes 1997-2000
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Sounds Of The Ghetto Youth
Soul Jazz Records Presents: Soul of a Nation: Jazz Is the Teacher, Funk Is the Preacher
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Sabroso: The Afro-Latin Groove
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The Remixes 1997-2000 (1 of 2)
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Soul of a Nation 2: Jazz is the Teacher, Funk is the Preacher Afro-Centric Jazz, Street Funk and the Roots of Rap in the Black Power Era 1969-75
Soul Jazz Records Presents SOUL OF A NATION: Jazz is the Teacher, Funk Is the Preacher: Afro-Centric Jazz, Street Funk and the Roots of Rap in the Black Power Era, 1969-75
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The Remixes, 1997-2000 (1 of 2)