Joel Harrison Quartet: Anthems of Unity @ BARNSTOCK!

Music from a new record by Joel Harrison plus an assortment of cover tunes

Guitarist, composer, arranger, lyricist, writer, educator, and vocalist Joel Harrison has “created a new blueprint for jazz” (New Orleans Times-Picayune). A Guggenheim Fellow (2010) whose compositions have been commissioned by Chamber Music America, Meet the Composer, New Music USA, the Jerome Foundation, NYSCA, and the Mary Flagler Cary Trust., he has released 24 CDs as a leader on seven different labels. Harrison’s music may be founded on jazz but veers into classical, rock, country, and all manner of American roots music. Succinctly described by the New York Times as “protean… brilliant,” he is also an active film composer, having worked on the Oscar-nominated Traffic Stop and the Sundance awardee Southern Comfort.

His upcoming CD on Highnote Records features Gary Versace (organ), Gregory Tardy (tenor sax), and Jack DeJohnette (drums.)

Harrison is the founder and director of the Alternative Guitar Summit, a yearly festival devoted to new and unusual guitar music. Pat Metheny has called the Summit “one of the most interesting and distinguished forums for guitar on the planet. He is the author of “Guitar Talk: conversations with visionary players” as well as “Modern Jazz Standards for Guitar.”

**THE CONCERT**
BARNSTOCK is a monthly jazz series in Woodstock, NY. Run by drummer Matt Garrity, the space is set in the top floor studio of of a renovated 1911 barn. It’s warm, intimate setting makes for the perfect listening room. Come hear some of the best musicians on the scene in the hippest house concert you’ll ever go to, including Grammy winning artists!

SUNDAY, JULY 2 @ 2PM
86 BAUMGARTEN RD
WOODSTOCK, NY
2nd floor entrance

STREET PARKING
$25 SUGGESTED DONATION
at the show
CASH/ VENMO
BYO food & drink
LIMITED SPACE- GET HERE EARLY!
DOORS OPEN at 1:30!