Craig Harris – Harlem Jazz Series – October 14, 2016 | 7:00pm – 9:00pm
When Craig Harris exploded onto the jazz scene in 1976, he brought the entire history of the jazz trombone with him. From the growling gutbucket intensity of early New Orleans music through the refined, articulate improvisation of the modern era set forth by J.J. Johnson, into the confrontational expressionism of the ‘60s avant-garde, Craig handled the total vernacular the way a skilled orator utilizes the spoken word. He has performed with a veritable Who’s Who of progressive jazz’s most important figures and his own projects display both a unique sense of concept and a total command of the sweeping expanse of musical expression. It is those two qualities that have dominated Craig’s past twenty years of activity, bringing him far beyond the confines of the jazz world into the sphere of multimedia and performance art as composer, performer, conceptualist, curator and artistic director.
Featuring:
Craig Harris – trombone
Adam Klipple – piano
Calvin Jones – bass
Tony Lewis – drums
1st set: 7pm – 7:45pm (15 min break) 2nd Set: 8pm – 8:45pm
House doors open at 6:30pm
Rendall Memorial Presbyterian Church
59 West 137th Street
New York, NY
More Info: http://bit.ly/2d8sgeC
