Category: Press
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Sep, 2004
Free Country II with David Binney
This is Joel Harrison’s second CD on the ACT label, a followup to his hugely successful Free Country release of 2003. Once again Harrison travels along the seams of Jazz, Country, Blues, and Spirituals, using country classics, hymns, and folk tunes as a gateway to creative music making. Harrison has included his own compositions on [...]
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Aug, 2004
Reviews of Free Country One and Two
“Harrison suggests the music of the future.” – Irish Times “The most singular vision you are likely to encounter all year.” – London Times “Guitarist-singer Harrison describes his music as a trip “along the seams of jazz, country, blues and spirituals, using country classics, hymns and folk tunes as a gateway to creative music-making.” That’s [...]
24
Apr, 2003
Free Country Review Quotes
“Harrison’s arrangements are particularly elastic, finding new strains of elegaic grace and wild anxiety, tender comfort and enduring sadness…he doesn’t remove structure, he removes stricture.” – Marty Hughely – The Oregonian “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. [...]
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Jun, 1997
Reviews of Transience and Range of Motion
“Harrison’s music manages to be simultaneously complex, fascinating, AND entertaining… Master composer and guitarist.” – Phil Elwood, San Francisco Chronicle “World music in the context of large jazz ensembles seldom sounds as engrossing, emotional, and jubilant.” – Jazz Times “One of the ten best releases of the year.” – Dan Oullette: Downbeat Check out the [...]