Jazz Articles about Harris Eisenstadt

Harris Eisenstadt: Guewel

by Troy Collins
October 27, 2008

Canadian-born, Brooklyn-based drummer Harris Eisenstadt has quickly become an essential part of the East Coast jazz scene since his return from the West Coast in 2005. In addition to numerous collaborative projects, he has spent a great deal of time abroad, studying traditional West African griot rhythms in Gambia and Senegal. Loosely translated as 'musician' in Wolof (Senegal's primary ethnic group and language), Guewel is the latest entry in a journey that began on his seventh recording, Jalolu (CIMP, 2003), ...

Harris Eisenstadt: Tiebreaker & Guewel

by Robert Iannapollo
September 7, 2008

Jeb Bishop / Harris Eisenstadt / Jason Roebke Tiebreaker Not Two 2008 Harris Eisenstadt Guewel Clean Feed 2008

Peripatetic drummer Harris Eisenstadt seems to be a man constantly on the move. Canadian by birth, American by residence--first on the East coast, then the West Coast, then back--with musical trips to Europe ...

Harris Eisenstadt: The All Seeing Eye + Octets

by Kurt Gottschalk
July 18, 2007

It's a bold few decisions Harris Eisenstadt makes The All-Seeing Eye + Octets. He starts it off by covering the whole of Wayne Shorter's The All Seeing Eye (Blue Note, 1965), but arranges it for new instrumentation and then pairs that with two suites of his own. It's the sort of thing you'd better know you can pull off if you're going to try. Fortunately, Eisenstadt does. He reworks Shorter's septet considerably. The original Blue Note session ...

Harris Eisenstadt: The All Seeing Eye + Octets

by Troy Collins
June 16, 2007

Recently relocating from Los Angeles to New York City, percussionist Harris Eisenstadt is becoming a ubiquitous presence in the bi-coastal creative improvised music scene. Wadada Leo Smith, Sam Rivers, Bobby Bradford, Jeb Bishop, Rob Brown, Vinny Golia and a cast of notables have all utilized his skills in the past. The All Seeing Eye + Octets is his sixth album as a leader and the culmination of his West Coast-based artistic achievement.

A brazen re-interpretation of Wayne Shorter's ...

Harris Eisenstadt: Simultaneous Juxtapositions

by John Sharpe
May 22, 2007

Upcoming Canadian drummer and composer Harris Eisenstadt has rung the changes with each successive release so far. His sixth outing as leader, All Seeing Eye + Octets (Poobah, 2007), is not a departure in that sense only. Intriguingly, it combines a re-imagining of the Wayne Shorter Blue Note suite of the same name, with two of his own chamber jazz pieces. Eisenstadt has proven himself winningly at home in a wide range of settings, from free improv groups to large ...

Harris Eisenstadt: We Are Not Obstinate Islands / The Zone

by Jeff Stockton
November 5, 2006

The Diplomats We Are Not Obstinate Islands Clean Feed 2006 Paul Rutherford/Torsten Muller/Harris Eisenstadt The Zone Konnex 2006

We Are Not Obstinate Islands is a live recording of a freely improvised concert in Rochester performed by drummer Harris Eisenstadt, Rob Brown on alto and the ubiquitous Steve Swell on trombone. The ...

Harris Eisenstadt: The Soul and Gone

by Rex Butters
April 6, 2006

Composer/percussionist/drummer Harris Eisenstadt made a brief trip to Chicago to mix it up with the locals, and the lively and listenable new music scene he encountered inspired him to document the action. He returned to Los Angeles long enough to grab some scores and reed roaster Jason Mears, and The Soul and Gone was born. Utilizing heavy hitters Jason Adasiewicz (vibes), Jeb Bishop (trombone), Jason Roebke (bass) and Jeff Parker (guitar), Eisenstadt brings a slightly jazzier compositional bent to this ...