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Genre: Jazz / R&B / Soul
Location NEW ORLEANS, Un
Profile Views: 917356
Last Login: 4/21/2013
Member Since 4/19/2006
Website http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vY2RiYWJ5LmNvbS9jZC9oYXJyaXNvbmQy
Record Label Don Har Music
Type of Label Indie
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.... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ............ Get Code.. | ..Create Your Own!.... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..........Myspace Layouts.. - ..Myspace Editor.... ...... .. .. .. .. ....> .. ..MyGen.. ..Profile Generator.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. DONALD HARRISON'S new CD, 3D is availabe at CDBaby and ITUNES-------------------- Saxophonist Donald Harrison, Jr. was born in New Orleans and is the embodiment of much of the citys cultural heritage. He has been an active participant in the traditional brass bands. He started in the seventies as a young teenager alongside people like Dr. Michael White. After playing in New Orleans modern jazz bands, he ventured to New York in 1979 to play with most of the true great jazz innovators like Art Blakey, Lena Horne, Roy Haynes, Miles Davis, and McCoy Tyner. His participation with the Mardi Gras Indians began at the age of two as the Little Chief to his father, the legendary Big Chief, philosopher, and intellect, Donald Harrison, Sr. Harrison is now the Big Chief of his own group, The Congo Nation. It was his experiences with his father that gave him the idea for the ground-breaking recording, Indian Blues. The record merged Mardi Gras Indian chants, R&B, and Modern Jazz. After receiving a residency from Meet The Composer, he began writing classical music for major orchestras based on New Orleans culture. Harrison is one of the most sought after saxophonist today. .On the international and local front, he has played in many of todays top Funk, R&B, Rock & Roll, Smooth Jazz, Afro-Carribean, and Rap groups. In the mid 80's, Harrison had a revelation which led him to merge all of his vast musical experiences into a style of jazz known as, Nouveau Swing. It is no wonder the New York Times calls him, The Greatest He recently started his own record label to help further New Orleans music. On most Mondays and Tuesdays, you can find him supporting New Orleans music by teaching high school students at the Tipitinas Foundation. When asked where he finds the inspiration for so many things he answered, It comes from my mother who just recently got her Masters degree in Museum Studies. At the age of 69, she felt the need to go back and get credentials so she could tell our stories from an insiders perspective. If she can still be vital at her age, then I have no excuse. .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ............ Get Code.. | ..Create Your Own!.... .. --> --> --> CDBABY LINK for DONALD HARRISON, JR.: "3D" Vol.1 --> ........................DONALD HARRISON, JR.: "3D" Vol.1......Smooth Jazz meets R&B,& Funk with a twist of New Orleans to create a relaxing recording you can use to chill or dance. The recording features Chris Botti, Chuck Loeb, and Eddie Palmieri.......................... .. --> --> CDBABY LINK for DONALD HARRISON: paradise found --> ........................DONALD HARRISON: paradise found......Modern Jazz with a New Orleans twist........................... moz-opacity:.60;opacity:.60;" align="left">..<a href="http://www.rockyou.com? -
Members
DONALD HARRISON QUINTET Donald Harrison - Saxophone, Detroit Brooks - Guitar, Joe Dyson - Drums, Max Moran - Bass, Zaccai Curtis - Piano------ DONALD HARRISON - HEROES TRIO Donald Harrison - Saxophone, Ron Carter - Bass, Billy Cobham -Drums----------------------------------------------------- DONALD HARRISON ELECTRIC BAND Donald Harrison - Saxophone, Max Moran - Bass, Joe Dyson - Drums, Zaccai Curtis - Keyboards, Detroit Brooks - Guitar - Bill Summers, Percussion - Victoria Harrison, Vocals & Beats----------------------- BIG CHIEF DONALD HARRISON & THE CONGO NATION Donald Harrison - Saxophone, Vocals, & Percussion, Mark Brooks - Bass Jessie McBride - keyboards, Joe Dyson - Drums - Detroit Brooks, Guitar - Bill Summers, Percussion - Gerald French, Vocals, Drums, & Percussion - Shaka Zulu, Vocals & Percussion - Bill Summers, Percussion -
Influences
Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Grover Washington, and Donald Harrison, Sr.--- -
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Donald Harrison is the funkiest man on the planet. He made it cool to put Hi-hop, R&B, and New Orleans music in modern jazz in the late 70's when he was nineteen. He is one of the true innovators of our times. He is also a great singer, rapper, and dancer. Watch as he continues to move music in even more directions.
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"The BEST DAY OF YOUR LIFE is the one on which you decide YOUR LIFE is your own. No APOLOGIES or EXCUSES. No one to LEAN ON, RELY ON, or BLAME.
The GIFT OF LIFE is YOURS; it is an AMAZING JOURNEY; and YOU ALONE are responsible for the quality of it. ”
~ Dan Zadra
IF YOU DON'T LIKE BEING A DOORMAT ~ THEN
GET OFF THE FLOOR! YOU ARE TOUGHER AND
STRONGER THAN YOU THINK!
With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,
Richard
www.RichardHarrisLive.com
Please take a minute and give my music a listen!
MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com
Sending Lots of Love to you Today !
"JACKSON'S LOVE - FOR THE LOVE OF A CHILD" - MY BRAND NEW CD - HAS JUST BEEN RECORDED - WATCH FOR IT SOON @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com
TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT FRIENDSHIP ...
"A FRIEND is someone who
UNDERSTANDS YOUR PAST,
BELIEVES in your FUTURE,
and ACCEPTS YOU just the WAY YOU ARE.”
With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE, my friend
Richard
www.RichardHarrisLive.com
Please take a minute and give my music a listen!
MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com
Faith, Hope and Love together can raise POSITIVE KIDS
in a NEGATIVE WORLD !
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TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT A SPECIAL MESSAGE ...
I have just returned from Michigan, where I recorded
my BRAND NEW CD "JACKSON'S LOVE - FOR THE LOVE
OF A CHILD". I believe it is the very best music that I
and the band have ever recorded! Watch for it later
this fall @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com!
With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,
Richard
www.RichardHarrisLive.com
Please take a minute and give my music a listen!
MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com
It's Time to Give the Man SOME RESPECT !
I AM RECORDING A NEW CD THIS SUMMER - WATCH FOR IT @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com
TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT RODNEY DANGERFIELD ...
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"I have good looking kids. Thank goodness my wife cheats on me."
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"My wife wants sex in the back of the car and she wants me to drive."
"What a kid I got, I told him about the birds and the bees and he told me about the butcher and my wife."
"This morning when I put on my underwear I could hear the fruit-of-the-loom guys laughing at me."
~ Rodney Dangerfield
A DAY WITHOUT LAUGHTER IS A DAY WASTED!
With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,
Richard
www.RichardHarrisLive.com
Please take a minute and give my music a listen!
MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com
Clint Eastwood says ~ Make My Day !
I AM RECORDING A BRAND NEW CD THIS SUMMER! WATCH FOR IT @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com
TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT NOT SETTLING ...
"DON'T SETTLE for LESS.
DON'T SETTLE for someone YOU DON'T LIKE as your partner.
DON'T SETTLE for a JOB you don’t like.
DON'T SETTLE for "friends" who make you feel like a lesser person.
DON'T SETTLE for a LIFE you are UNHAPPY WITH.
GO FOR what you REALLY WANT.
STRIVE FOR the BEST – you don’t deserve anything
LESS THAN THAT."
With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,
Richard
www.RichardHarrisLive.com
Please take a minute and give my music a listen!
MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com
Make It a GREAT DAY !
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"You will find as you look back upon your LIFE
that the MOMENTS when you have REALLY LIVED
are the MOMENTS when you have DONE THINGS
in the SPIRIT OF LOVE."
~ Henry Drummond
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WHAT IS SACRED? OF WHAT IS THE SPIRIT MADE?
WHAT IS WORTH LIVING FOR, AND WHAT IS WORTH
DYING FOR? THE ANSWER TO EACH IS THE SAME.
ONLY LOVE.
With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,
Richard
www.RichardHarrisLive.com
Please take a minute and give my music a listen!
MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com
LOVE is all you need !
TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT LOVE ...
"LOVE is LIFE.
And if you MISS LOVE,
you MISS LIFE."
~ Leo Buscaglia
LOVE IS THE BEAUTY OF THE SOUL!
With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,
Richard
www.myspace.com/richardharrislive
Please take a minute and give my music a listen!
MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com
MY ALBUM "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WAMMIE AWARD AS JAZZ ALBUM OF THE YEAR! LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS - AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com
Stopping by to wish you my VERY BEST !
TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT MAKING A DIFFERENCE ...
"If I thought I was going to DIE TOMORROW,
I should nevertheless PLANT A TREE TODAY."
~ Stephan Girard
A MAN HAS MADE A BIG STEP TOWARD DISCOVERING
THE MEANING OF HUMAN LIFE WHEN HE PLANTS SHADE
TREES UNDER WHICH HE KNOWS FULL WELL HE WILL
NEVER SIT.
With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,
Richard
www.myspace.com/richardharrislive
Please give my music a listen!
Cool Jazz CD's @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com
OR
CDBaby.com / ITunes
LISTEN TO SOME SWEET SOUNDS FROM MY NEW CD "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com
Thank you for being a GREAT FRIEND !
TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT WINTER ...
"WINTER is the time for COMFORT,
for GOOD FOOD and WARMTH,
for the TOUCH of a friendly hand
and for a TALK beside the fire:
it is the TIME FOR HOME.”
~ Edith Sitwell
ONE KIND WORD CAN WARM THREE WINTER MONTHS!
With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,
Richard
www.myspace.com/richardharrislive
Please give my music a listen!
Cool Jazz CD's @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com
OR
CDBaby.com / ITunes
MY NEW CD "LOVE'S SWEET SONG" HAS JUST BEEN RELEASED AND IS AVAILABLE @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com
May you have LOVE in your heart this Christmas !
TODAY'S THOUGHT IS ABOUT LOVE AND CHRISTMAS ...
"My idea of CHRISTMAS, whether old-fashioned or modern, is very simple: LOVING OTHERS.
Come to think of it, WHY DO WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR CHRISTMAS TO DO THAT?"
~ Bob Hope
BLESSED IS THE SEASON WHICH ENGAGES THE WHOLE WORLD IN A CONSPIRACY OF LOVE!
With LOVE, RESPECT, and PEACE my friend,
Richard
www.myspace.com/richardharrislive
Please give my music a listen and let me know what you think!
Cool Jazz CDs @ www.RichardHarrisLive.com
OR
CDBaby.com / ITunes