New York City-based guitar savant Joel Harrison curates a collection of intergenerational collaborations from some of the city’s finest players on Don’t Forget Your Guitar, including Ben Monder, Wendy Eisenberg, David Gilmore, Bill Frisell, Cindy Cashdollar, to name a few. Each song is a duet between refined and raw expression locked in conversation of string, …
Guitar Talk Vol. 2 is a double album CD of guitar duos, a follow up to 2020’s Guitar Talk. One disc is classical, one is jazz. The jazz guitar music is a discursive collection of improvisations based on Harrison’s bold, far-ranging compositions. They include a stirring tribute to the late Dickey Betts with Nels Cline, …
Joel Harrison Anthem of Unity With Gary Versace, Gregory Tardy, and with Special Guest Jack DeJohnette
The Stardust Reunion Band is a vocal-centered record featuring four of New York city’s greatest singers, Everett Bradley, Nicki Richards, and Keith Fluitt, and Amanda Homi. The songs draw from R&B, jazz, rock, gospel, and much else, and feature a who’s who crew including Josh Dion (dr. and voice), Chulo Gatewood (bass), John Cowherd (keys), …
Duos with Ben Monder, Steve Cardenas, Pete McCann, David Gilmore, and Steve Swallow. Track Listing 1. It Falls on You: with Steve Cardenas, Ben Monder 2. Sunday Night With Vic: with Pete McCann for Vic Juris 3. Autumn in Olivebridge: with Ben Monder 4. Rebound: with Pete McCann 5. I Knew Right Away: with Steve …
NEW MUSIC FOR 18 piece JAZZ ORCHESTRA: AMERICA AT WAR Feat. Jon Irabagon, Ben Kono, Alan Ferber, Ingrid Jensen and many more Gratitude (excerpt) March on Washington
Joel Harrison: electric, National Steel, acoustic guitars Anupam Shobhakar: sarode Ben Wendel: saxophone, bassoon Dan Weiss: drums, tabla Hans Glawaschnig: acoustic bass (2,3,5,6,7) Stephan Crump: acoustic bass (1,8) Members of Talujon Percussion Quartet: David Cossin: bells, toms, snare, woodblock, cajon, bongos, bass drum Matt Ward: marimba, vibraphone, timpani, glockenspiel Michael Lipsey: street drum, talking drum, …
My goal on the latest Free Country recording is again to arrange country and Appalachian music for a jazz group in new and unusual ways. I’m conscious of both moving forward and staying true to the elemental soul of the songs, where old stories are told by modern, protean players. Or as a friend once …
The Other River is a collection of eleven original songs and lyrics. To jazz fans his eighteenth CD may seem a surprise. While still bearing some of Harrison’s trademark moves as a composer, the focus this time is on the lyrics. This music is unabashed Americana, stripped down songs that address the heart, dealing with …
Complete score and parts in PDF format for big band chart Yellowcake from Joel Harrison’s album, America at War. Includes an immediate ZIP download upon purchase. America at War by Joel Harrison + 18 Also available on all streaming platforms.
