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Article: Album Review

JC Sanford Orchestra: Views from the Inside

Read "Views from the Inside" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi


Nell'attuale rinascimento del jazz orchestrale JC Sanford non è affatto un esordiente anche se pubblica solo ora il primo disco a suo nome. È membro fondatore con Darcy James Argue del Composers' Federation Pulse, ha operato nel BMI Jazz Composers' Workshop guidato da Jim McNeely e Mike Abene, da anni agisce regolarmente come compositore ...

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Leave the Door Open

Label: Whirlwind Recordings
Released: 2014
Track listing: The Translator; Leave the Door Open; Madhuvanti; Multiplicity; Spoonful; Kemne Avul; Turning World; Devil Mountain Blues; Deep River.

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Mother Stump

Label: Cuneiform Records
Released: 2014
Track listing: John the Revelator; Folk Song For Rosie; Wide River To Cross; Refuge; Do You Remember Big Mama Thornton?; I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know; Stratusphunk; Folk Song For Rosie (a slight return); Suzanne; Dance With My Father Again; Wide River To Cross (Part 2).

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News: Festival

Joel Harrison Announces The 5th Annual Alternative Guitar Summit

Joel Harrison Announces  The 5th Annual Alternative Guitar Summit

February 4, 2015 @ Shapeshifter Lab And February 6-8, 2015 @ Rockwood Music Hall Joel Harrison, guitarist/composer/bandleader and founder of the annual Alternative Guitar Summit, is happy to announce the 2015 Alternative Guitar Summit, taking place at Shapeshifter Lab (February 4), and Rockwood Music Hall (February 6-8)! This festival of daring, inventive guitarists, who emphasize new ...

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Article: Catching Up With

Joel Harrison e il Questionario di Proust

Read "Joel Harrison e il Questionario di Proust" reviewed by Paolo Peviani


All About Jazz: Il tratto principale della mia musica. Joel Harrison Non mi si può legare ad un singolo stile. Mi muovo liberamente tra più correnti musicali. AAJ La qualità che desidero nei musicisti che suonano con me. J.H. L'anima, la versatilità, l'apertura mentale. AAJ Come ...

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Article: Album Review

Joel Harrison: Mother Stump

Read "Mother Stump" reviewed by Dave Wayne


Given his proclivity for wildly eclectic, big-concept musical projects featuring improbable combinations of multi-ethnic instrumentalists, Joel Harrison is about the last guitarist I'd expect to record a funky slab of power-trio jazz-rock-funk fusion. Across the board, his guitaristic skills have taken a back seat to compositional concerns and rich, detailed arrangements. Yet, here is Mother Stump, ...

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Article: Live Review

Festival International de Jazz de Montreal 2014

Read "Festival International de Jazz de Montreal 2014" reviewed by John Kelman


Festival International de Jazz de Montréal Ambrose Akinmusire By Invitation Tigran By Invitation Tord Gustavsen Quartet / Brad Mehldau & Mark Guiliana, Mehliana June 26-July 6, 2014 There simply isn't a festival in the world like the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal. Where else in the world can you ...

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Article: Album Review

Joel Harrison: Mother Stump

Read "Mother Stump" reviewed by Glenn Astarita


Every so often, musicians feel an inner urge to return to their roots and test their acumen with newer techniques and perspectives. Here, guitarist Joel Harrison revitalizes his early persuasions in a trio format, with keyboardist Glenn Patscha appearing on several tracks. Recognized for his heterogeneous projects, including big band, world-jazz, progressive jazz and distinctive style ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

JC Sanford Orchestra: Views from the Inside

Read "JC Sanford Orchestra: Views from the Inside" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky


Views From The Inside is a study in contrasts and opposing forces. It's a work of compression and expansion, sonic saturation and sparsity, and consonance and dissonance. It's music that's alternately grandiloquent and direct, pointing to a place where high art and simple emotional expression aren't at odds with one another. In short, it's everything that's ...

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News: Recording

Guitarist Joel Harrison Revisits His Roots Growing Up In Washington, D.C. On Latest Cuneiform Records Release, Mother Stump

Guitarist Joel Harrison Revisits His Roots Growing Up In Washington, D.C. On Latest Cuneiform Records Release, Mother Stump

Mother Stump Highlights Harrison’s Guitar Playing Over His Composing On Covers of Buddy Miller, Leonard Cohen, Al Kooper, Luther Vandross, Paul Motian, George Russell And More Featuring Top NY-Based Sidemen Michael Bates (bass), Jeremy ‘Bean’ Clemons (drums), Glenn Patscha (keyboards) For many years, guitarist Joel Harrison claimed he had no roots. Growing up in Washington D.C., ...


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