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Donald Harrison Jazz Quartet at Fogartyville Community Media And Arts Center
Courtesy of Don Mopsick | Posted on May 18, 2023
When
Fri, June 9, 2023
8:00 pm
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Musicians
Donald Harrison
saxophone, altoAbout
New Orleans-born saxophonist Big Chief Donald Harrison is a musician/composer who master musicians consider a master of every era of jazz, soul, funk, and a composer of orchestral classical music. He is also a genius, according to geniuses like Eddie Palmieri and Mike Clark. In the HBO drama, “Treme,” Emmy winning director David Simon created two characters to portray how Harrison innovated new styles of music. Harrison has appeared as an actor/musician in nine episodes of “Treme,” Oscar-winning director Jonathan Demme’s film “Rachel Getting Married,” Spike Lee’s “When The Levees Broke” documentary, and Marvel’s “Luke Cage.” This talented artist is the recognized Big Chief of Congo Square in Afro-New Orleans culture and was made a Chief in 2019 by Queen Diambi Kabatusuila in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa....