NEA Jazz Master Big Chief Donald Harrison -sax/vocals. Joe Dyson - drums, Dan Kofman - piano, and Nori Naraoka will perform his music from his Nouveau Swing style of jazz. The sound is a funky and soulful blend with the swing music.

Soulful and funky jazz sets with leader Big Chief Donald Harrison, Mike Clark, Nori Naraoka, and Dan Kaufman

Soulful and funky jazz sets with leader Big Chief Donald Harrison, Mike Clark, Nori Naraoka, and Dan Kaufman

Soulful and funky jazz sets with leader Big Chief Donald Harrison, Mike Clark, Nori Naraoka, and Dan Kaufman

Soulful and funky jazz sets with leader Big Chief Donald Harrison, Mike Clark, Nori Naraoka, and Dan Kaufman

Soulful and funky jazz sets with leader Big Chief Donald Harrison, Mike Clark, Nori Naraoka, and Dan Kaufman

The Five Blind Boys of Alabama & Donald Harrison Quartet open the South Beach Jazz Festival in Miami, Florida at the North Beach Bandshell.

BEBOP & BEYOND

We are doing a tribute to Charlie Parker @ Birdland in NYC. We play two shows each night from August 19 to August 21. Come hear some young musicians who take understanding bebop just as serious as playing their own music. We will play some classic bop material and some of my Nouveau Swing music.
The group includes myself on alto sax and new jazz stars Joe Dyson drums Nori Naraoka bass Dan Kaufman piano

BEBOP & BEYOND

We are doing a tribute to Charlie Parker @ Birdland in NYC. We play two shows each night from August 19 to August 21. Come hear some young musicians who take understanding bebop just as serious as playing their own music. We will play some classic bop material and some of my Nouveau Swing music.
The group includes myself on alto sax and new jazz stars Joe Dyson drums Nori Naraoka bass Dan Kaufman piano

BEBOP & BEYOND

We are doing a tribute to Charlie Parker @ Birdland in NYC. We play two shows each night from August 19 to August 21. Come hear some young musicians who take understanding bebop just as serious as playing their own music. We will play some classic bop material and some of my Nouveau Swing music.
The group includes myself on alto sax and new jazz stars Joe Dyson drums Nori Naraoka bass Dan Kaufman piano

The band and I are playing at Baltimore's historic Keystone Korner Jan. 17-18. The program will include our take on many styles of swinging modern acoustic jazz. We will be playing nouveau swing, quantum jazz, jam band jazz and jazz spiced up by New Orleans cultural music. Come hear our Baltimore debut of my trap/jazz take on the biggest single ever "Old Town Road," by Lil Nas X. Some of the greatest musicians are digging the blend we came up with that is jazz with trap flavor. get tickets here: https://www.instantseats.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.event&eventID=6FD0B0FA-E894-0CBE-6DB820DC9E98A9E8&fbclid=IwAR1o-1qQ4L1fZpjAn6EMiZa43hfNHQsqQmwaXRzSm3QU3gYa9eFeysyE2kA

We are exploring a new sound at the Drom on Jan 16 with: Donald Harrison DJ Logic Joe Dyson Dan Kaufman Nori Naraoka Get tickets here. https://www.dromnyc.com/e/big-chief-donald-harrison-77034294649/?fbclid=IwAR0cgk3jiOYolwmGLj_EDDUz_gEQhbKo8CMdtb2Lt7SA9ns7BvEyKwudwuU

Join Turtle Bay Resort, HawaiiOnTV.com & Jazz Alley TVfor the First Annual Oahu Jazz & Blues Festival,Saturday November 22nd, 2014Oceanfront Under the Stars from 5-9PM Festival Events Going on All Weekend! Thursday Nov. 20th from 7-9pm - Jazz Fest Kickoff at "Surfer", The Bar at Turtle Bay ResortFriday Nov. 21st from 6-9pm - Jazz Fest Dinner & Meet the Artists at Turtle Bay ResortSaturday Nov. 22nd from 5-9pm - FESTIVAL DAY, Oceanfront at Turtle Bay ResortSunday Nov. 23rd from 10am - 1pm - Jazz Fest Brunch, with Special Guests at Turtle Bay Resort Featuring:Grammy Winner & Jazz Legend - Les McCannOver 50 Years of Musical Genius & Soul Jazz Style! Grammy Winner from Dazz Band and Kool & The Gang - Skip Martin Rock & Blues with a Latin Twist from New Orleans - The Iguanas! Grammy Nominated Jazz Sax Legend & Mardi Gras "Big Chief" - Donald Harrison"The King of Nouveau Swing" with hits that have charted in Billboard Magazine's Top Ten! Grammy & Nā Hōkū Hanohano Award Winner - John Cruz Grammy Nominated Saxophone Master - Javon JacksonSaxophonist in Art Blakey's Band, The Jazz Messengers. Nā Hōkū Hanohano Award Winner - Paula FugaThe Sweet Sound of Aloha! Nā Hōkū Hanohano Award Winner - Benny UyetakeExtreme Jazz Guitar Nā Hōkū Hanohano Award Winner - Brother Noland

International Jazz Day at Carver Theater night concludes as Grammy-nominated and 2006 Jazziz "Person of the Year"  Donald Harrison Jr, is joined by Christian Scott,  a Grammy-nominated and two-time Edison Award-winning jazz trumpeter; The Bridge Trio, Joe Dyson, Max Moran, Detroit Brooks, Zaccai Curtis, Conun Papas, and The Congo Square Nation Afro - New Orleans Cultural Group for a 8:30 pm concert.  This concert is a benefit for the Southern University Alumni Scholarship Fund and The Guardians Institute Book program started in 2006 which has given over 40,000 books to the youth of New Orleans.  The cost of admission is only $20.  Donald grew up in a home environment saturated with the city's traditional music of brass bands, parades, modern jazz, R&B, funk, classical, world ethnic, and dance music. His connection to New Orleans roots were deepened by his father, a Big Chief in the African and Native American influenced culture of Afro-New Orleans culture. The culture is an offshoot culture of Congo Square, one of the only known places in North America where Africans openly participated in their culture in the 1700's and 1800's...

10/23/13- 10/26/13

Ralph Peterson - Drums Bill Pierce - Tenor Sax Brian Lynch - Trumpet Donald Harrison - Alto Sax Reggie Workman - Bass