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Ascona Jazz Award 2008 for Donald Harrison
Ascona, Lake Maggiore, Switzerland - Following singer Lillian Boutt (Special Prize 2006) and Father Jerme Ledoux (Special Prize/Award 2007), a third outstanding personage of New Orleans cultural life will be recognized by the Ascona Jazz festival. The Ascona Jazz Award 2008 will be bestowed on the great saxophonist Donald Harrison. The intention of the festival directors ...
Donald Harrison, Jr. Quartet in Denver
by Geoff Anderson
Donald Harrison, Jr. Quartet Dazzle Nightclub Denver, Colorado January 17, 2008 Genetics has a concept called “hybrid vigor," which means that you get much healthier and more vital offspring when the parents are not closely related. Basically, that's why you shouldn't marry your sister. Donald Harrison, Jr. is a ...
The Survivor
Label: Nagel Heyer Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: The Survivor; Twerk it; Summertime; Cool Breeze; The Hook Up; Oriental Folk Song; Nouveau Swing; Sincerely Yours; Caravan (Who is the Funky Drummer).
Donald Harrison: The Survivor
by John Barron
Donald Harrison has earned premiere status in the jazz world as an inventive improviser with a highly personalized voice. His command of the alto saxophone is second to none and his contributions as a genre-hopping composer are compelling to discerning and casual listeners alike. On The Survivor, recorded for the German Nagel Hayer label, the Art ...
Twerk It
Album: The Survivor
By Donald Harrison
Label: Nagel Heyer Records
Released: 2007
Duration: 7:08
Donald Harrison: Free Style; New York Cool
by Russ Musto
Donald Harrison is one of the most confident and convincing improvisers in jazz today. The boundary leaping New Orleans alto saxophonist's distinctive broad toned sound is immediately recognizable as his own, regardless of the environment in which it is being heard, be it bebop, hard bop, New Orleans R & B or funk. Harrison has managed ...
Donald Harrison: Free Style
by Keiran Smalley
Coming across the music of Donald Harrison was something of a happy accident for me. I was not really listening to our local jazz radio station late one evening; my thoughts were wandering elsewhere. Suddenly this great tune came on. It consisted of a stripped-down funky rhythm overlaid with a simple yet insistent alto line which ...
Free Style
Label: Nagel Heyer Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: Hand Jive; Free Style; New Hope; Get Your Swerve; So What; Rock Song; Well You Needn't; Iko Iko; Free to Be; Heroes; Candlelight
Heroes
Label: Nagel Heyer Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: Heroes; Blues for the New Millennium; My Funny Valentine; One of a Kind; Double Trouble; Receipt Please; Candlelight; Solar
Bonus tracks: Free Style; Iko Iko; Straight No Chaser
Donald Harrison: Free Style
by John Kelman
They say context is everything, and nobody knows that better than alto saxophonist Donald Harrison, who recorded Free Style literally back-to-back with his last Nagel Heyer release, Heroes , featuring bassist Ron Carter and drummer Billy Cobham. While both sessions are trio dates--with the exception of three tracks featuring pianist Glen Patscha--one couldn't find two more ...
