Allan Harris - “nat King Cole At 100” at Monty Alexander Jazz Festival at Avalon Theatre

Vocalist, guitarist, bandleader, and composer, Allan Harris kicks off the Monty Alexander Jazz Festival on Friday, August 30th, with "Nat King Cole at 100"—a fitting tribute considering the Miami Herald referred to Harris as an artist blessed with “the warmth of Tony Bennett, the bite and rhythms sense of Sinatra, and the sly elegance of Nat ‘King’ Cole.”

“Jazz is a great expression of what we are,” Harris says, adding that he’s also a fan of the freedom within the genre. “Every night when we do a song, we do it differently. We keep the template of what it is, but try to stretch it a little bit.”...

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Vocalist, guitarist, bandleader, and composer, Allan Harris kicks off the Monty Alexander Jazz Festival on Friday, August 30th, with "Nat King Cole at 100"—a fitting tribute considering the Miami Herald referred to Harris as an artist blessed with “the warmth of Tony Bennett, the bite and rhythms sense of Sinatra, and the sly elegance of Nat ‘King’ Cole.”

“Jazz is a great expression of what we are,” Harris says, adding that he’s also a fan of the freedom within the genre. “Every night when we do a song, we do it differently. We keep the template of what it is, but try to stretch it a little bit.”

Harris' performance starts at 8 p.m., at the Avalon Theatre in Easton, Maryland.

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