Harvey Wainapel Quartet

Harvey Wainapel – saxophone

Larry Ham – keys

Rich Syracuse – bass

Jeff Siegel – drums

Wainapel joins forces with three of the region’s top musicians: pianist Larry Ham; bassist Rich Syracuse; and drummer Jeff Siegel. Harvey says, “We’ll present a few of my compositions, some tunes we believe should be considered ‘standards,’ and we’ll throw in some Brazilian spice.”

Saxophonist Harvey Wainapel grew up in Ellenville, then moved to Philadelphia, Boston, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, New York City, and has lived in the San Francisco areasince 1982. Over the years Harvey has toured internationally with Ray Charles, Airto Moreira & Flora Purim, and Joe Lovano. Wainapel (pronounced “wine-apple”) hasalso performed and/or recorded with pianists Kenny Barron, Dave Brubeck, andMcCoy Tyner; drummers Billy Hart and Mike Clark; the hr-Bigband (German Radio Big Band in Frankfurt); Holland’s Metropole Orchestra; and he has presented his own work in 17 countries.