Stevie Wonder, Robert Glasper, Keyon Harrold, Marcus Strickland, Jean Baylor, Thunder Cat, Mogs Slam, Chris 'Daddy' Dave, Kennuth Wallum, Saunders Sermon ll, Ellon Doty, Gregory Porter, Stimulus, Joel Holmes, Cecilia Stallin, Burnice Travis, Corey Christianson, Jahmal Nichols, Tivon Pennicott, Cory James, Sharp Radway, Ondre J Pivet, Jowee Bash, Sam Barsh Chip Crawford, Kamau Kenyatta, De La Soul, and Hypnotic Brass Ensemble are all current musical inspirations for me.


'St. Louis American'

“America’s true classical music is jazz,” said drummer and St. Louis native Emanuel Harrold. “It perfectly expresses what we have gone through as a people in this country.”

Harrold is a part of the hip-hop generation. He’s even produced for hip-hop artists like De La Soul. But he is among a growing core group of talented musicians who are intent on bringing the flavor of their culture to genre – and, in a sense, returning jazz to its originators – as he stands on the shoulders of fellow St. Louis-area jazz greats like