2005
Monday, January 17, 2005, 10 pm
Joel Harrison and Free Country
55 Bar
55 Christopher Street, New York, NY
212-929-9883
Featuring: Dave Binney, Gary Versace, Dan Weiss, Stephan Crump, and guests
Sunday January 30, 2005, 10pm
Joel Harrison and the Goodbye Club
Knitting Factory Tap Bar (new and expanded)
Leonard and W. Broadway in Tribeca, 212-219-3006
Joel Harrison: guitar, voice
Keeran Tohurst: dobro, pedal steel
Gary Versace: piano
Jerome Harris: bass
Ben Wittman: drums
Wed. February 16, 2005, 10 pm- one set
The C Note
Ave. C and 10th st., East Village
Songs, original and traditional, stretching ’em out... Chris Howes was just voted the “best new talent” for violin in a Downbeat poll.
Joel Harrison and the Goodbye Club
Trio performance
Joel Harrison: guitar, vocal
Chris Howes: violin, baritone violin (one octave lower than violin- beautiful sound)
Ben Wittman: drums
New York City Guitarist Joel Harrison brings his Jazz group FREE COUNTRY to the Midwest, featuring saxophonist David Binney
2/24 Nightown, Cleveland OH
2/25 Schuler’s Books & Music, Grand Rapids MI
2/26 Firefly, Ann Arbor MI
2/27 Dick’s Den, Columbus, OH
2/28 Manhattan’s Supper Club, Toledo, OH
3/1 Baker’s Keyboard Lounge, Detroit, MI
3/3 Cultural Affairs Dept, Chicago, IL
3/4 & 5 Rossi’s Blue Star, Minneapolis, MN
Guitarist/Vocalist/Songwriter JOEL HARRISON Blends Country, Jazz, Blues, Gospel, Folk, Rock and World on New CD, So Long 2nd Street. Follows Hugely Successful 2003 Release, Free Country
Joel Harrison has a gift for interpreting and marrying American music in all its forms as he made clear on his 2003 release, Free Country, which was named by many critics as one the best recordings of that year. As the SACRAMENTO BEE commented:
Norah Jones adds her soft drawl to a somber, soulful reading of Johnny Cash’s I Walk the Line and an equally adventurous Tennessee Waltz. But by the time this transcendent record is over, you nearly forget Jones was even on it. Harrison has created a grand tribute to divergent musical genres, which he shows have more in common than anyone would have guessed.
Harrison continues on that musical path on So Long 2nd Street (HighNote/ACT), which marks his 5th recording as a leader but his first as a vocalist. Once again he travels along the seams of jazz, country, blues, and spirituals, using country classics, hymns, and folk tunes as a gateway to his distinctive creative music making. Side by side with gems by Merle Haggard, Jimmy Webb, the Stanley Brothers and timeless traditional tunes, Harrison has included three of his own compositions, one co-written by saxophonist, David Binney, a frequent collaborator. Harrison’s singular arranging style and the improvisational talents of his band create a dramatic atmosphere full of compositional surprises, gorgeous, moody textures, explosive soloing and quiet, intimate detail. The band consists of Gary Versace, accordion, organ, piano; Dan Weiss, drums.
Info: 212-580-2546
Monday, March 28, 2005, 9 pm, two sets
21st Century Schizoid Music series
Cornelia Street Cafe
29 Cornelia St., West Village, NYC
212-989-9319
The first set will be new compositions for Sextet (my quartet plus strings- violin and cello) Some of these pieces are part of a suite composed with the help of a NYSCA grant and are among my most involved compositions to date. There will be some seriously weird stuff with todd reynolds from the Ethel string quartet manning his electronic arsenal along with Binney’s laptop and my effects. Not to mention the shear virtuosity of this gang.
The second set will be very different- I will do solo and duo versions of my original songs.
Joel Harrison: guitar, voice
Dave Binney: sax, electronics
Todd Reynolds (Ethel quartet): violin, electronics
Wendy Cutter: (Bang On a Can Allstars): cello
Francois Moutin: bass
Dan Weiss: drums
Thurs., May 5, 2005, 10pm-midnight
Baggot Inn
82 W.3rd St. in the W. Village
Cheap
Joel Harrison: guitar, voice
Stephan Crump: bass
Ben Wittman: drums
Last gig before recording in early June. Your presence and even your feedback would be helpful!
Monday, May 23, 2005, 10 pm
55 Bar
55 Christopher St. at 7th Ave.
For the second time I’m presenting the fruits of much compositional labor Quartet plus strings: new music written with the generous assistance of a NYSCA grant Sections from a 5 movement suite as well as other pieces
Joel Harrison: guitar
Donny McCaslin: sax
Lindsey Horner: bass
Dan Weiss: drums
Dana Leong: trombone and cello
Chris Howes: violin
The joyful return of
LIVE WIRE
featuring Joel Harrison guitar
and Stan Strickland saxophone
Every Thursday in July AND
Thursday June 30, 10 pm - 12 pm
R&B, Jazz, Blues, World rhythms
OFFSHORE ALE HOUSE
30 Kennebec St., Oak Bluffs
(508) 693-2626
Guests will include:
drums: Tom Major (Entrain), Ben Wittman (from NYC), Taurus Biskus
bass: Chico Huff, Chulo Gatewood (from Hugh Masakela’s band), Judd Fuller
plus: Jeremy Berlin, David Heilbroner and surprise guests!
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July 10, 2005
Free Country
North Sea Jazz Festival
The Hague, Netherlands
for more info: www.northseajazz.com.
Wednesday, August 31, 2005, 8 pm, one set
Joel Harrison and The Starfish Parade
Makor
35 W. 67th St., New York, NY, 212-601-1000
New songs and old ones dressed in new clothes.
Gary Versace: keys
Stephan Crump: bass
Ben Wittman: drums
Joel Harrison Group
Fall 2005 Southern Tour Itinerary
Guitarist/Composer Joel Harrison performs music from his latest Highnote release Harrison on Harrison, Jazz explorations of George Harrison’s songs, as well as music from the Free Country project.
Joel Harrison: Guitar, voice
David Binney: saxophone
Stephan Crump: bass
Allison Miller: drums
Monday, October 3, 2005
Blues Alley, Washington D.C.
shows at 8 and 10 pm, $18
1073 Wisconsin Ave. 202-337-4141
Tuesday, October 4, 2005
Gravity Lounge, Charlottesville VA
8 pm, $7 adv. $10 door
103 South 1st St., Charlottesville 434-977-5590
Wednesday, October 5, 2005, 9:30 pm
ADA gallery
228 W. Broad St., Richmond, VA
804-644-0100
$5-10 sliding scale
Thursday, October 6, 2005
Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
12:15 pm free concert at UNC
8 pm: clinic with poet Michael Chitwood
Friday, October 7, 2005
Hillsborough, NC
Clinic: 7:30 pm: info- 919-732-8976
Concert: Blue Bayou, Hillsborough NC
9:30 pm
106 S. Churton St. 919-732-2555
Saturday, October 8, 2005
The Garage, Winston Salem NC
9 pm, $7
110 W. 7th St. 336-777-1127
Sunday, October 9, 2005
Grey Eagle Tavern, Asheville NC
8 pm, $7
185 Clingman Ave. 828-232-5800
Tuesday, October 11, 2005, 9pm, two sets
Joel Harrison and the Starfish Parade
New Sextet
Koze Lounge
676 5th Ave. @21st St., Brooklyn, New York
New Tues. night creative music series
Mingus, Motian tunes as well as original pieces by ensemble
Joel Harrison: guitar
Sam Bardfeld: violin
Taylor Ho Bynum: cornet
Dave Ambrosio: bass
Will Holhauser: accordion
George Schuller: bass
Europe Dates
October 20, 2005, 8 pm
Le Petit Faucheux
23 Rue des Cerisiers, Tours France
0247389117
October 21-22, 2005, 9pm
La Fontaine
33 rue Juliette Dodue, Paris
01 42 45 36 27
Featuring: Rick Margitza (saxophone), Eric Echampard (drums), Arnaud Cuisiner (bass)
October 24, 2005, 8pm
The Loft
Wissmannstrasse 30, Koln, Germany
221 51 9872
featuring Ralph Beerkircher (guitar), Matthias Schubert (saxophone)
October 26, 27, 2005
Guest with Lorenzo Felicitiano group
Abruzzo and Rome, Italy.
Details to follow.
October 30, 2005
Bristol UK
Solo set and then a collaboration with members of the group Portishead.
Details to follow.
 Tuesday, November 8, 2005, 10 pm
HARRISON ON HARRISON: CD RELEASE SHOW
Jazz explorations of George Harrison
by Joel Harrison
Featuring Dave Liebman (saxophone)
Joel Harrison: guitar, voice
Henry Hay: keyboards
Dave Binney: sax
Dave Ambrosio: bass
Todd Isler: perc.
Dan Weiss: drums
55 Bar,
55 Christopher Street (West Village), New York, NY
$10
Every Sunday, Beginning November 27,
8 to 11pm
Joel Harrison’s Starfish Parade
Toad Hall
57 Grand Street, Soho (@ W. Broadway)
Free!
Joel Harrison: guitar, voice
Stephan Crump: bass
Todd Isler: hand percussion
Songs, instrumental excursions...
“A brilliant, ever-inventive guitarist” — Village Voice
Wednesday, December 14, 2005
8 pm and 9:30 pm
We Have Been the Victims of a Broken Promise
WORLD PREMIERE
Makor
35 W. 67th St., New York, NY
212-612-1000
$15 advance/$18 door
“This is a premiere of a 5-movement, 50-minute piece for double quartet, by far the most involved composing I have ever done in terms of length, concept, and structure. This New York State Council of the Arts commission is my most evolved attempt to date to bring together the worlds of ‘classical’ (notated) music and ‘Jazz’ (improvisation). It is NOT a Jazz piece with lazily composed strings appended. It is, if anything, a piece of classical music, with influences from Appalachia, Africa, and other nameless locales, both urban and non-urban, with improvisation. It is (hopefully) a beautiful, intense, sad, mysterious, hopeful, grooving, rocking, virtuosic work called We Have Been the Victims of a Broken Promise. It has allowed me to grow exponentionally. It features a who’s who of incredible players from the worlds of Ethel, Bang on a Can, Alarm Will Sound, and of course, some of the most amazing Jazz players anywhere. Also, included- an arrangement for string quartet of a Paul Motian composition. The 2nd set will be a set of Harrison on Harrison material featuring Uri Caine on piano.”
— Joel Harrison
Strings:
Todd Reynolds, Chris Howes,
Caleb Burhans, Wendy Sutter
Plus:
David Binney, Ralph Alessi,
Lindsey Horner, Dan Weiss
Joel Harrison: guitar (replacing viola on 2 movements)
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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