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Any jazz fan will tell you Harvie S is one of the great bass players on the scene today. He's played with the best and he continues to challenge himself and his peers in new artistic directions. Moreover, Harvie is a producer, bandleader, composer and educator.

Harvie S has performed with masters in  music including Stan Getz, Pat Metheny, Chet Baker, Dexter Gordon, Jim Hall, Michael Brecker, Gil Evans, Arturo O'Farrill, Lee Konitz, James Williams, James Moody, Al Cohn and Zoot Sims, Houston Person, Art Farmer, Toots Thielemans, Bob Mintzer, Joe Lovano, Dave Leibman,  Danilo Perez, Paquito D'Rivera, Ray Barretto, Ray Vega and countless others. He can be heard on several hundred CDs as a sideman, eight as a leader and another fifteen as a co-leader with such greats as James Brown, Chick Corea, Mike Stern, John Scofield,  Pucho and the Latin Soul Brothers, Kenny Barron, Ingrid Jensen, Pat Martino, Dr. Billy Taylor, Grover Washington Jr., David Mathews, Virginia Mayhew and Tony Bennett.

He has been a guest on NPRs "All Things Considered" and "Fresh Air." His career is documented in Leonard Feather's Encyclopedia of Jazz, the Grove Dictionary of Jazz and the All Music Guide.

The Harvie S band has played festivals worldwide including the JVC Festival, the Syracuse Jazz Festival, the Iridicum, the Blue Note, Tblissi Jazz Festival, Manhattan School of Music, Pori Jazz Festival and countless others.

Harvie S has had featured articles in the New York Times, the New York Post, Downbeat, Jazziz, Cadence, Coda (Canada), Jazztimes, Swing Journal (Japan), Jazz Life, Jazz Forum (Poland), Jazz Hot (France) and Hot House.

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