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Background

Jeff Majors,

Gospel Harpist

  • Born in Washington, D.C., on or before 1960

Jeff Majors' Dream

  • Studied harp with Alice Coltrane in the '70s.
  • Began on the trumpet, but inspired to play the harp by a dream

...from an interview with Black Enterprise in 2001

"At the age of 15, the Lord laid me down in a dream. And in that dream I was playing this instrument, and I was surrounded by imps.The notations from this instrument turned into arrows, and they started warding off these imps"

Jeff Majors Performances

Psalm 23

Early Harp Career

Wade in the Water

  • Began performing in D.C. Jazz bands in the '80s
  • Moved towards gospel music as a way to really feature the harp

Majors ... from a 2001 press release for a benefit concert

"I want people to appreciate the harp--which has been taken out of the commercial market for so many years--as the true instrument of celebration that it is."

Glorious Lamps (African Praise)

Majors' Radio Career

  • 1991: Became a weekend announcer for Radio One
  • 1993: Assistant Director at WWIN-AM in Baltimore
  • 1998: Vice President for nine gospel radio stations in Detroit, Washington, and Miami

Sacred Series

  • series began in 1998
  • Jeff Major's music was used in several 9/11 memorial events

From the Gospel City website...

  • first album reached #32 on Billboard's Gospel Chart

“My purpose is to send some comfort and healing in people’s lives, because that’s what the modality of the instrument was created for. Every time we see a harp, it’s so closely associated with angelic forces. When you see a picture of a harp, you see an angel with it, or you see a cherub with it. And that is the motive and direction in which I always try to play the music."

Majors' Harp Philosophy

... from an interview with Metro Connections:

  • "It is the mother of all string instruments coming out of Africa"
  • followed by Sacred 2000 and Sacred 2001, and then Sacred 4 You in 2002
  • Named his harp "Hanifa," after an African queen
  • Sacred 4 You reached #67 on Billboard's R&B Chart
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