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Craig Harris at Welcome To Harlem Evening Jazz Series at Rendall Memorial Presbyterian Church
Courtesy of Diane Shepherd | Posted on October 8, 2016
Where
Rendall Memorial Presbyterian Church
Welcome To Harlem Evening Jazz Series
59 West 137th Street
New York, NY
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When
Fri, October 14, 2016
7:00 pm
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Musicians
Craig S. Harris
tromboneAdam Klipple
organ, Hammond B3Calvin Jones
drumsCraig Harris
tromboneTony Lewis
drumsAbout
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...