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Donald Harrison: Heroes
by John Kelman
Stripping down from his quintet début on Nagel Heyer, '02's Real Life Stories , saxophonist Donald Harrison teams up with bassist Ron Carter and drummer Billy Cobham, two of his personal heroes. Having an intermittent history with both musicians, Harrison obviously felt that the combination would provide the perfect combination of groove, freedom and exploration. The ...
Real Life Stories
Label: Unknown label
Released: 2002
Track listing: Playa Haters; Real Life Stories; Swept from the Sea; Oleo; A Night in Tunisia; Strange Day; Take Five; I'm Barred; Keep the Faith
Donald Harrison: Real Life Stories
by C. Michael Bailey
Nouveau Swing... Alto saxophonist Donald Harrison is all about dance. It is danceable rhythms that fuel his nouveau swing vision of jazz. Not necessarily Latin in texture, the rhythm is at once angular and smooth—a musical dichotomy. The 42-year-old New Orleans native has been recording since the mid 1980s and has produced a solid track record ...
Donald Harrison: Real Life Stories
by Dave Nathan
It's can be disconcerting reading the liner notes for albums of such well known jazz artists as Donald Harrison. The undertaking is characterized as something just short of the second coming, of the reincarnation of Charlie Parker and John Coltrane and everyone of note in between these two. The music is described as revolutionary, evolutionary, a ...
Meet Duane Eubanks
by AAJ Staff
Duane Eubanks is the youngest practicing member of yet another one of jazz's famous families, the Eubanks. In fact, the Eubanks family's immersion in music began with Duane's maternal grandmother, who passed on the tradition to Duane's mother, Vera, and to Duane's uncles, Ray and Tommy Bryant. Vera still performs in Philadelphia, and one ...
Donald Harrison: Free To Be
by Robert Spencer
Donald “Duck" Harrison is an alto saxophonist of confidence and power, as this bold and enjoyable set abundantly attests. The first two tracks, “Free to Be" and “Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise" place his instrument's lyrical cry in a driving, straightforward setting, in which Harrison charges through the changes with complete authority. On these tracks ...
The Power Of Cool
Label: CTI Records
Released: 1991
Track listing: The Tropic Of Cool; The Wind Cries Mary; Shadowbrook; All I Want Is You; Till U Comeback; Close The Door; The Power Of Cool; Too Fast; Ceora; Four;
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