Category: Press
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Apr, 2011
String Choir – Downbeat Review
By Jon Ross, DownBeat Guitarist Joel Harrison’s latest group of arrangements – Paul Motion tunes arranged for string quartets – belongs in a gray area between classical and jazz. this isn’t simply jazz with strings, the subgenre that once bewitched Charlie Parker; Harrison’s record leans more toward classical music, but it’s certainly not the jazz-as-classical [...]
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Mar, 2011
The Music of Paul Motian
By John Kelman, All About Jazz Joel Harrison has stretched the boundaries of form and freedom for over fifteen years, but Urban Myths (HighNote, 2009) and, in particular, the ambitious The Wheel(Innova, 2008), have represented significant evolutionary leaps. The Wheelmarried a conventional horn-led jazz quintet with a classical string quartet, its collection of Harrison originals pushing the limits of [...]
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Jul, 2009
Joel Harrison – Urban Myths
By Michael Jackson, DownBeat High Note release generally prove reliably mainstream; this one has more bite. The placid cover pic of the Hudson and predictable title don’t prepare for the energy released by this crack nonet. The opener starts blithely, as do several of the heads, then Daniel Kelly’s organ sound infiltrates the bottom end. [...]
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Jul, 2009
CD Review: “Urban Myths” by Joel Harrison
By Dr. Matthew Warnock, Modern Guitarist Urban Myths is an exciting and innovative modern jazz record by New York based guitarist Joel Harrison. Accompanied by some of the idiom’s leading musicians, including Christian Howes, violin; Daniel Kelly, keyboards; Stephan Crumb, bass; Jordan Person, drums; and the ever brilliant David Binney on alto sax, Harrison delivers [...]
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Jun, 2009
Bass CD Reviews – Urban Myths
By Damian Erskine, Bass CD So I did a tour with guitarist Joel Harrison about 6 or 7 years ago (as a sub for Kai Eckhardt). The sheet music got lost in the mail & I was at that point in my development in which I was good but didn’t have a lot of things [...]