2003
Sundays in January 2003:
the 5th, 12th, 19th, 26th
8:30-11pm
Toad Hall,
57 Grand St. in Soho
(near W. Broadway)
“Mini” Free Country
Joel Harrison - guitar and vocal
Jen Chapin - vocal
Stefan Crump - acoustic bass
Todd Isler - hand percussion
This is one of the last righteous bars that still exist in Soho. Relaxed, low key, hip but not too hip, and friendly. We’ll do quiet, unusual renditions of great American roots music, esp. offbeat, old country and Appalachian.
Free!
Info - 212-431-8145
Friday, January 24, 2003, 6-9pm
55 Bar
55 Christopher St., W. Village
A new project!
Joel Harrison and Shotglass
Music for Drinking
This is my true NYC vocal debut. Everything from Al Green, to George Jones, to Beck to originals. I am finally returning to my own roots as a singer, with the blessed encouragement of pals and barkeeps...
Joel Harrison - guitar, voice
Rob Burger - accordion, Fender Rhodes
Chulo Gatewood - bass
Aaron Johnston - drums
pedal steel?
Friday, February 7th, 9-12 pm
Cornelia Street Cafe
29 Cornelia St., W. Village
$8
212-989-9319
Free Country (Full Size)
Joel Harrison - guitar
Dave Binney - sax
Stephan Crump - bass
Jen Chapin - voice
Dan Weiss - drums
possible wild special guests...
Mon. Feb. 24, 2003, 10 pm - 1 am
JOEL HARRISON and FREE COUNTRY
RODEO BAR (A new venue for us!)
375 3rd Ave. at 27th St.
New York City
Joel Harrison: guitar, voice
Darol Anger: violin
Dave Binney: sax
Stephan Crump: bass
Dan Weiss: drums
Jen Chapin: voice
Radical versions of old Country and Appalachian music
Wed. Mar. 12, 2003, 9:30 pm
George Harrison Tribute band, featuring saxophonist Dave Liebman
55 bar
55 Christopher St.
New York City
Saturday, March 22, 2003, 8-11pm
Transience Quartet featuring Paul Hanson (bassoon)
Jupiter
Shattuck and Center St. in Berkeley, California
Sunday, March 23, 2003, 7:30 pm (one set)
Transience Quartet featuring Paul Hanson (bassoon)
SIMMS Creative Music Series
116 9th St. at Mission, San Francisco, California
Wednesday, March 26, 2003, 8:30 pm
with Raz Kennedy’s Identity Crisis
Great American Music Hall
859 O’Farrell St. (between Larkin & Polk)
San Francisco, California
phone: 415.885.0750
phone (tickets): 510.762.bass (2277)
www.musichallsf.com
April 24, 2003, Free Country release
Announcing the release in Europe and Asia of the new Free Country on the ACT Company label. The North America release date is June 2. For more information on how to order promo copies contact info@actmusic.com. Click here for audio samples!
Thursday April 24, 2003, 9pm
Shotglass
Hank’s Saloon
3rd Ave. and Atlantic Ave., Brooklyn, NY
Joel Harrison: voice, guitar
Adam Klipple: keys
Ben Wittman: drums
Friday May 2, 2003, 10 pm
55 Bar
55 Christopher St., NYC
Groove music of all stripes
Joel Harrison: guitar, voice
William Galison: harmonica
Jerome Harris: bass
Adam Klipple: keys
Ben Wittman: drums
June 11, 2003, 9:30 pm-one set.
Admission $15.
CD Release Concert.
JOE’s PUB - 425 Lafayette Street, NYC 10003
(at the Public Theater at Astor Place)
The band at Joe’s Pub will include:
Joel Harrison- voice guitar
Dave Binney- sax, sampler
Rob Berger- accordion, piano
Rob Thomas- violin
Jen Chapin- voice
Stephan Crump- bass
Todd Isler- percussion
Dan Weiss- drums
Click here for the press release.
Joel Harrison and Free Country
Special July 4th weekend show!
Sun. July 6, 2003 @ 9:30 pm
Serious bar music, Free Country tunes and grooves, thematically emphasizing this weird holiday
featuring:
Jen Chapin (voice)
Stephan Crump (bass)
Adam Klipple (keys)
Alison Miller (drums)
55 Bar, 55 Christopher St. @7th Ave. NYC
212-929-9883
Wed. July 23, 2003, 8 pm-one set
Makor, 35 W. 67th St., NYC
Jen Chapin (voice)
Stephan Crump (bass)
Todd Isler (world percussion)
Christian Howes (violin)
also @ 10 pm Rich and Jennie Stearns featuring the amazing fiddler/composer Chad Crumm an inspiration for Free Country!
212-601-1000
Tues. July 1, 15, 22, 29, 2003, 9:30-12 pm FREE
Offshore Ale House
Oak Bluffs, Martha’s Vineyard Massachusetts
featuring: David Heilbroner (guitar) and a cast of special guests.
Serious bar music, Free Country tunes and grooves.
508-693-2626
August 1: Los Angeles County Museum of Art - 5-8pm*
August 2: Rocco @ The Lillian Theatre, 1076 Lillian Way, Hollywood, CA, 11pm-1am, www.roccoinla.com*
August 3: Zoey’s, 451 E. Main Street, Ventura, CA - 7:30pm & 9:30pm, www.zoeyscafe.com*
August 4: Yoshi’s, 510 Embarcadero West, Oakland, CA - 8pm, www.yoshis.com**
August 5: Q’s, 140 Lithia Way, Ashland, OR - 9pm***
August 6: Sam Bonds Garage, 407 Blair Blvd, Eugene, OR, 8pm***
August 7: Squirrel’s, 100 SW 2nd Avenue, Corvallis, OR, 9:30pm***
August 8: Jimmy Mack’s, Portland, OR, 9pm***
August 9: Pendleton Center for the Arts, 214 N. Main Street, Pendleton, OR, 7:30pm, $15, $12 members***
August 10: Battelle Auditorium - Main Battelle Campus, Richland, WA, 7:30pm***
August 11: Art House, Olympia, WA, 8pm****
August 12: Tractor Tavern, 5213 Ballard Ave NW, Seattle, WA - 9pm, $10, www.tractortavern.com
Joel Harrison & Free Country tour the West Coast in support of his new CD Free Country
Guitarist Joel Harrison will bring his unique “country meets jazz” sound to select West Coast cities and venues from August 1-12. The music that will be featured can be heard on Harrison’s new CD, Free Country (ACT/High Note Records). This recording is a collection of old American Country and Appalachian tunes arranged in unusual, sometimes radical, ways. This body of work is Harrison’s sonic view of the experiment known as America- not the billboard, but the underbelly. He has taken timeless songs into regions both haunting and humorous, gorgeous and reckless, retelling their stories through the lens of his visionary arranging and the improvisational talents of the players. In essence it is a Jazz record, but its stylistic scope is enormous. Harrison has practically created a new genre. He has linked the Country songbook to Jazz in a startling new way.
Tour Ensembles:
* Joel Harrison (vocals, electric and electric slide guitars); David Binney (alto sax, live sampling); Thomas Morgan (acoustic bass); Dan Weiss (drums, tablas); Jeff Gauthier (violin)
** Joel Harrison (vocals, electric and electric slide guitars); David Binney (alto sax, live sampling); Thomas Morgan (acoustic bass); Dan Weiss (drums, tablas); Raz Kennedy (vocals); Mark Little (piano)
*** Joel Harrison (vocals, electric and electric slide guitars); David Binney (alto sax, live sampling); Thomas Morgan (acoustic bass); Dan Weiss (drums, tablas)
**** Joel Harrison (vocals, electric and electric slide guitars); David Binney (alto sax, live sampling); Thomas Morgan (acoustic bass); Dan Weiss (drums, tablas); Bert Wilson (saxophone)
For more information, interview requests, jpegs, contact Don Lucoff or Steph Brown at DL MEDIA, (610) 667-0501 or dondlmedia@covad.net / stephdlmedia@covad.net
The tribute to George Harrison returns!
Harrison on Harrison
creative recomposing of George’s opus as well as original works
Wed. Sept. 10, 2003, 9:30 pm
55 Bar
55 Christopher St.
212-929-9883
featuring legendary saxophonist Dave Liebman - (Miles Davis, Richie Bierach, etc.)
Joel Harrison: guitars, voice
Henry Hay: keyboards
Todd Isler: hand percussion
Dan Weiss: drums
Stephan Crump: bass
Wed. Oct. 22, 2003, 9 pm
Poes Pub
2706 Main St.
Richmond Virginia
Tel: 804-648 2120
www.poespub.com
admission $7
Thurs. Oct. 23, 2003, 9:30 pm
Vincent’s Ear
Asheville, NC
68 B N. Lexington Ave.
Asheville NC 28801
828-259-9119
cover $7
www.vincentsearcafe.com
Fri. Oct. 24, 2003
Evening Muse
3227 N. Davidson Street
Charlotte, NC 28205
http://www.theeveningmuse.com
themuse@queencitymusic.com
704-376-3737
Sat. Oct. 25, 2003, 8 pm
Carrboro Arts Center
300-G Main St.
Carrboro NC 27510
919-929-2787
$11 and $9 student
www.artscenterlive.org
Sunday Oct. 26, 2003, 8 and 10 pm
Orbits
406 Lafayette Blvd.
Fredericksburg VA
540-371-2003
$7 and $5 student
booking@eatatorbits.com
Joel Harrison returns home! This performance is especially exciting to me since Blues Alley is where I first went to hear Jazz as a teenager growing up in DC. I remember seeing Teddy Wilson (from Benny Goodman’s group) there when I was 16 and trying to convince him of the artistic significance and integrity of Rock music! Arghh...
Mon. Oct. 27, 2003, 8 and 10 pm
Blues Alley
1073 Wisconsin Ave.
Washington D.C.
202-337-4141
www.bluesalley.com
Tuesday, October 28, 2003
Passing Train: Makor, 35 W. 67th St., 8 pm
Premiering a new project! All new vocal material. Songs from the next CD...
Double bill with Doug Wamble
Free Country European Tour 2003
Nov. 4: Munich, Germany: Unterfahrt Jazz Club
Nov. 5: Mannheim, Germany: Enjoy Jazz Festival
Nov. 6: Paris, France: Sunside Jazz Club
Nov. 7: Tilburg, Netherlands: Paradox, www.xs4all.nl/~paradoxt/
Nov. 8: Goettingen, Germany: Goettingen Jazz Festival
Nov. 9: Dortmund, Germany: Domicil
Nov. 11: Groningen, Netherlands: Osterpoort concert hall
Nov. 12: Amsterdam, Netherlands: Bimhuis
Nov. 13: Leeds, UK: The Atrium, Grand Arcade
Nov. 14: London, UK: Live broadcast on BBC, Pizza Express
Nov. 15: London- Vortex
Free Country
Sat. Nov. 22, 10 pm
Double bill w/Bethany Yarrow
Baggot Inn
82 W. 3rd St. at Thompson in West Village, New York City
212-477-0622
Saturday, December 6, 2003
Passing Train
W/ Dave Binney, Ben Wittman, Stephan Crump, Jen Chapin
New Songs
Liberty Heights Tap Room
34 Van Dyke St. (Corner Dwight St. in Red Hook)
Brooklyn, NY 11231
718-246-8050
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!
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