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INTUITION AND INNOVA RECORDS PRESENT
A six movement suite for
string quartet and jazz quintet
A true union of the jazz and classical music traditions, with compositional influences from Appalachia and West Africa.
Intuition Records presents
www.passingtrain.com
All new songs
“Harrison is onto something both innovative and compelling and deserves a much wider audience.”
— Don Heckman, LA Times
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Music from the recent
Intuition release Passing Train,
with a smaller band:
featuring Ben Wittman, Fima Ephron,
Henry Hey, Liala Biali (vox)
www.passingtrain.com
, 55 Christopher St., New York City
2 shows: 10pm and 11:30pm, $10
One show: 8 pm
9th and Ave. C, New York City
NEW PROJECT
JOEL HARRISON STRING CHOIR plays the music of Paul Motian
A sample live recording of the String Choir playing music of Paul Motian is available. More performances planned.
“Harrison suggests the music of the future.”
— Irish Times
Info: 212-362-3379
If you would like to receive occasional notices of events and CD releases, please send an e-mail to joel@joelharrison.com and simply say CA mailing list. We appreciate your interest!
Joel Harrison – guitar/composer
Nguyên Lê – guitar
Dave Binney – sax
Gildas Bocle – bass
Jamey Haddad – drums/percussion
Also:
Henry Hey, Stephan Crump, Satoshi Takeishi, Jordan Perlson, Marty Wehner
Sample MP3s:
 American Babylon
Blue Ghosts of Bourbon Street
You Bring the Rain
 Guitarist Joel Harrison’s new Highnote recording, released April 2007, was commissioned by the French American Jazz Exchange and Chamber Music America and includes French/Vietnamese guitarist Nguyên Lê, and saxophonist David Binney. As with all Harrison’s music the compositions have a wide stylistic reach — the focus for this recording is the sonic world of two guitars: Harrison, Lê (as well as Binney) all share a passion for the crossroads of jazz, rock, Indian, and African music where lyricism meets noise, Indian raga meets jazz harmony, and the after effects of electric Miles meets Messiaen and the Middle East.
Harrison on Harrison is currently charting on Jazz radio!
Jazz Explorations of George Harrison
Arranged by Joel Harrison
Featuring
Dave Liebman: sax
Uri Caine: keyboards
Dave Binney: sax
Music Excerpts (MP3):
Here Comes the Sun
Within You Without You
The Art of Dying
All Things Must Pass
Joel Harrison's latest project is a singularly original journey into the music of George Harrison. Joel reinvents George's songs, with stunning improvisational, textural, harmonic, and rhythmic twists. His band, which includes Jazz icons such as David Liebman, Uri Caine, and David Binney inhabit the arrangements with remarkable exuberance, pathos, and creativity, roaming in a multitude of directions, delighting in surprise, contrast, and exploration. Fans of George Harrison will be thrilled that for once it is he, not Lennon and McCartney, who is front and center.
“Each day just goes so fast
I turn around, it’s past
You don’t get time to hang a sign on me”
“Sunrise doesn’t last all morning
A cloudburst doesn’t last all day”
— George Harrison
More info...
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