Joel Harrison Trio at Live At Lydia's at Lydia's Cafe

Harrison's trio will perform a combination of original compositions, jazz tunes, and selections from his Free Country project, jazz arrangements of country and Appalachian music.
Joining Harrison will be Chris Macchia on bass on Aaron Johnson (Talking Heads) on drums

Guitarist, composer, arranger, lyricist, writer, educator, and vocalist Joel Harrison has “created a new blueprint for jazz” (New Orleans Times-Picayune). 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." Harrison is the founder and director of the Alternative Guitar Summit, a yearly festival devoted to new and unusual guitar music which Pat Metheny 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.”...

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Harrison's trio will perform a combination of original compositions, jazz tunes, and selections from his Free Country project, jazz arrangements of country and Appalachian music.
Joining Harrison will be Chris Macchia on bass on Aaron Johnson (Talking Heads) on drums

Guitarist, composer, arranger, lyricist, writer, educator, and vocalist Joel Harrison has “created a new blueprint for jazz” (New Orleans Times-Picayune). 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." Harrison is the founder and director of the Alternative Guitar Summit, a yearly festival devoted to new and unusual guitar music which Pat Metheny 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.”

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