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Harris Eisenstadt

Harris Eisenstadt Radio

General Info

  • Genre: Alternative / Jazz / Other

    Location Brooklyn, New York, US

    Profile Views: 36615

    Last Login: 9/14/2010

    Member Since 4/29/2006

    Website www.harriseisenstadt.com

    Record Label CleanfeedNuscopeNottwoPoobahFMR4829windsMetaCIMP

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    "harris eisenstadt is strong proof that jazz is still young and growing," declared l.a. weekly's greg burk. critics have called him "a rising presence as a composer of note" (troy collins, allaboutjazz.com), "vital and increasingly influential" (glenn astarita, jazzreview.com) and "one of the most creative and skilled musician/composers incorporating traditional material to create new and vital improvised music" (robert iannapollo, allaboutjazz-new york). the village voice's jim macnie adds, "he's perpetually building new ensembles to suit the variety of music he hears in his head—that's what composers do." one of only a handful of drummers equally well-known for his work as a composer, eisenstadt is among the most versatile and prolific musicians of his generation. his eclectic resume includes studies with some of the most respected names in both improvised music and west african drumming, and performances in genres ranging from film and theater to poetry and dance to contemporary classical and opera. most active in jazz and improvised music, as both an in-demand sideman and a bandleader, he has performed all over the globe, earned commissions from organizations such as meet the composer and the american composers forum, and appeared on more than 35 recordings over the past decade. his last release, guewel (clean feed, 2008), was named one of the year’s best in publications such as allaboutjazz.com, time out new york and the village voice, and helped earn him a nomination for up and coming artist of the year by the jazz journalists association and placed him in the 2009 downbeat rising star composer category. Most of the mp3s above are from a fall07 Canada Day gig, with Nate Wooley, Matt Bauder, Chris Dingman, and Eivind Opsvik (studio recording coming fall09 on Clean Feed). Plus one track from Evan Eisenstadt's short film Prism, which I scored.

  • Members

    circa fall09 as a leader: canada day (clean feed oct09, with nate wooley, matt bauder, chris dingman, eivind opsvik) woodblock prints (brian drye, jonathan goldberger, jason mears, mike mcginnis, sara schoenbeck, jay rozen, garth stevenson, mark taylor) others' bands: nate wooley quintet, adam rudolph's organic orchestra, jessica pavone's groups, sean moran's small elephant collaborative: saris (duo with sara schoenbeck) convergence quartet (hawkins/lash/bynum) plus adhoc groups and .. .. .. I edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V4.4 (www.strikefile.com/myspace)

  • Influences

    parents brother grandparents extended family friends sara nature africa new york los angeles toronto amsterdam chicago vancouver bay area new mexico halifax wadada leo smith adam rudolph barry altschul gerry hemingway alex cline vinny golia joe porcaro joe labarbera foday musa suso jalamang camara mamady danfa friends in gambia malick ngom friends in senegal john mizner ira sadoff pat brancaccio alfred ladzekpo kobla ladzekpo beatrice lawluvi john bergamo elvin jones tony williams jack dejohnette roy haynes paul motian joe chambers john bonham mitch mitchell jon fishman neil peart tony oxley tom rainey joey baron michael sarin jim black john hollenbeck kenny wollesen henry threadgill anthony braxton sam rivers yusef lateef don cherry thelonious monk miles davis john coltrane ornette coleman wayne shorter eric dolphy andrew hill charles ives gyorgy ligeti edgar varese toru takemitsu reading books watching films colby... nice... playing and watching hockey playing baseball snowboarding cooking travel staying active

  • Sounds Like

    myself

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