Jackson Harrison

Jackson Harrison Trio: Land Tides

by J Hunter
May 22, 2007

Australia is better-known for rock than it is for jazz, but Jackson Harrison might change that. The spirit of Bill Evans and Paul Bley runs through the young Aussie's compositions like two streams coming together to form a raging river. The Jackson Harrison Trio paints pictures of astonishing abstract art on its debut disc Land Tides, splashing fiery colors onto backgrounds that are often stark but always stunning.

If there is an Australian parallel to Harrison's music, it ...