STEFON HARRIS

jazz and classical vibraphonist

“Growing up, I listened to a lot of classical music because that’s what I was studying, but I can’t really remember the first album that I ever bought.

“I do remember the first album that turned it all around for me, however. In my first year of college, someone played me a record by Charlie Parker called ‘Now’s the Time.’ It was a very moving experience, and that’s all it took for me. I listened to that recording, and I was completely blown away. That next year I moved to New York City so that I could be closer to the jazz and learn more about it.”