Harvey Wirht werd geboren in Paramaribo, Suriname. 

Surinamer Harvey Wirht speelde geschiedenis dinsdag avond op de The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, voor 6 miljoen TV kijkers als drummer voor het duo Angelique Kidjo en Ziggy Marley. Het nummer 'Sedjedo' van Angelique's nieuwe album 'Djin Djin' (www.kidjo.com) werd op spectaculaire manier uitgevoerd. Harvey en Angelique treden op tijdens het Dunya festival in Rotterdam op 27 Mei 2007.

Harvey Wirht based in Brooklyn NY, part of a new generation of drummers with a musical language steeped in the traditional rhythms of the world such as Kaseko, Kawina, Jazz, Gnawa, Bikutsi, Calypso, and Songo. His playing has been described as “effortless syncopated grooving”, “powerful drums”, “organic cooking along a hot simmer”, and an “original and expressive voice”. He has played on over 30 albums, has toured the 5 continents of mother earth and can be seen performing with; Hassan Hakmoun, Martino Atangana, Malika Zarra, Azouhouni Adou, Gilad Barkan, Gino Sitson, the Amsterdam based Fra Fra Sound and Angelique Kidjo.

Harvey B Wirth was born and raised in Suriname, South America’s multi-cultural paradise. It was there that he started his drum studies at the Suriname Public Music Academy (VMS) under the tutelage of master drummers the late Albert Collins and Walter Graves. During his formative years Harvey became a big fan of Suriname’s drum legend Eddy Veldman.
After paying his dues Harvey was offered and seized the opportunity to study in the USA at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA. He studied under John Ramsey, Joe Hunt and the late great Alan Dawson.
In Boston Harvey became inspired by drum-guru Lenny Nelson. Massachusetts presented Harvey with great musical opportunities such as touring with the Either Orchestra, including their historic tour to Ethiopia. He performed and toured with artists such as Steel-Pan artist Ron Reid, Orville Wright, and David “Happy” Williams, Phil Wilson, Tiger Okoshi, Joanne Brackeen, George Garzone, Billy Pierce, Ira Coleman, Maria Schneiders and the jazz Composers alliance, Fareed Haque, John Benitez, David Murray, John Tchicai and many others. Harvey’s playing has received press in The Boston Globe, Down Beat, Jazz Times, and Modern Drummer magazine.