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July 25, 2009 / 8pm
Jazz In July Concert Series
Jazz Vocalist with a Trio
2009 Winner of
Nighlife Award for Outstanding Jazz Vocalist
 Allan Harris Quartet - performing July 25, 2009 as a part of the 2009 Jazz In July Concert Series |
Harris’ voice and demeanor project the warmth of Tony Bennett, the bite and rhythmic sense of Sinatra, and the sly elegance of Nat ‘King' Cole." Delivering a reper- toire of familiar and beloved standards, Harris’ romantically appealing voice reaches out with the heartbreaking depth that caresses a song, giving each it’s fullest respect by combining the best of the past with his unique gifts to create something fresh and distinctive. Besides having total vocal control, Harris is also a superb musician with a natural ear, and the ability to accompany himself on the guitar while retaining his hallmark pinpoint vocal accuracy and incredibly clear diction without a.ectation. Allan Harris has thrilled audiences around the world and debuted many unique one-of-a-kind performances.
He has been a featured soloist and producer of a three year jazz series at Sotheby's where he .rst teamed up with the great Tommy Flanagan (Ella Fitzgerald’s accompanist for twenty years) and was recorded live for National Public Radio. Harris is also a master clinician and has taught master classes at JAS Aspen Academy working alongside Christian McBride and Loren Schoenberg; Berklee School of Music, The Jazz Vocal Coalition, City College’s Aaron Davis Hall, Lausanne, Switzerland’s Jazz Music School, to name a few. Harris has sat on the Kennedy Center panel to choose the next U.S. Jazz Ambassador and has judged the Thelonious Monk Awards Vocal Competition. Harris has sung and recorded with some of the best jazz pianists in the world: Cyrus Chestnut, Bill Charlap, Eric Reed, Benny Green, Bruce Barth, and Tommy Flanagan.
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“It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing..and Allan
Harris has that swing all right!” |
He has performed at venues such as the the Allen Room, The Kennedy Center, the Umbria Jazz Festival, Marciac Jazz Festival, the Aspen Jazz Festival, the National Concert Hall in Dublin; Berlin’s Komische Opera House; Israel - a 10 day tour; the Espoo Jazz Festival; the Linkoping Jazz Festival; New Zealand’s Queenstown Jazz Festival; Germany’s Swing IT Concert/TV Series with the New York Voices and James Morrison; Lugano, Switzerland with Jon Faddis and the Big Band de Lausanne singing the lead in Duke Ellington’s Sacred Mass which was recorded live. BET Jazz has recorded and aired several Allan Harris concerts with hosts Lou Rawls and Ramsey Lewis. CBS News has conducted 2 interviews with Harris and Will Friedwald, the author of "Jazz Singing" and "Sinatra" calls him "probably the most exciting singer on the scene." CNN's Showbiz Tonight referred to Harris as "one of the three best male jazz vocalists in the country."
Allan Harris -Vocals ~ Lafayette Harris on Piano
Ulysses Owens on Drums ~ Paul Beaudry
on Bass
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Jazz In July 2009
“Jazz in July”, a four concert series, begins Saturday, July 11th at 8pm at Centenary College in Hackettstown NJ. See Directions.
Tickets
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Single Tickets Carrie Jackson Sextet / Chico Mendoza Jazztet / Allan Harris Quartet Series Pricing |
Tickets can be purchased by calling Centenary Box Office 908-979-0900 or CEI 908-637-6455, or through the Centenary Stage Company Secure Online Ticketing System, or at any of the following locations:
Mama’s Restaurant & Cafe’ Baci • Skylands Community Bank (Mountain Ave.)
Inn At Panther Valley • Hackettstown Trading Post • Valley National Bank
Hackettstown Carpet • Long Valley
Music Center
Note: The Series not available through the online ticketing except as comment request.
This concert series
is being sponsored by: and  |
| Produced by Coyne Enterprises, Inc. with the cooperation
of WNTI Radio & WRNJ Radio & Centenary Stage Company Jazz in July is a fundraiser for Centenary Stage Company. Thank You for your Support! |
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