Donald Harrison

NEA Jazz Master Big Chief Donald Harrison graces the Town Hall stage with his ensemble and some of the world's most influential music innovators. Harrison, joined by his special guests Fred Wesley, Dave Holland, Jazzmeia Horn, Arturo O'Farrill, Vernon Reid, Charles Tolliver, and Joe Dyson, will present a program of multiverse, omniverse, multi-genre groove-orientated concepts. Harrison is a New Orleans native renowned for creating the "Nouveau Swing" style of music that merges his mastery of every jazz era with modern dance music. The concert promises to be an electrifying experience showcasing the history of music and music whose goal is to push the boundaries of cultural and musical traditions to their logical extensions.