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Dr. Nelson Harrison
- Pittsburgh, PA
- United States
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- Where are you located?
- Pittsburgh, PA
- What is your affiliation to the Jazz World?
- Musical Artist, Vocalist, Educator, Clinician, Music Director, Author, Freelance Writer, Jazz Historian, Collector, Fan
- Tell us a little about your background...
- Nelson E. Harrison, Ph. D., ASCAP, clinical psychologist, educator, composer, arranger, trombonist, clinician, veteran of the Count Basie Orchestra (1978-81); played with Kenny Clarke, Billy Eckstine and Earl "Fatha" Hines, Jay McShann, Slide Hampton; recorded with Walt Harper, Nathan Davis and Count Basie; co-leader of jazz groups featuring Joe Harris and Andy Bey. Composer credits consist of over 300 original compositions including movie scores and soundtracks. He has written original lyrics to 125 bebop and hard bop standards that form the basis of the librettos for a series of 5 plays he calls Boperettas. He gives lectures and clinics on whole-brain jazz and creative writing and has presented a symposium he calls “The Metaphysics of Music” at major universities from coast-to-coast. He is a founding partner in the development of the African American Innovators Conservatory (AAIC) and has invented a unique ten inch long, five pound brass instrument he calls the "Trombetto" on which he can play 6 octaves chromatically.
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- Vocalist, Piano, Trombone, Other
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- http://metamuse.webs.com
LYRICAL TRIBUTE TO JOHNNY GRIFFIN
Re: Riverside OJCCD 1855-2 (RLP-274) Can be recited or sung to "Little John" by John Hines, Prestige Music - BMI
Lyrics by Nelson E. Harrison, Timeslice Music/Mayah Publishing - ASCAP
[412-441-4545] / hipbopper@yahoo.com
Little John is his name…
Tenor sax and bebop is his game…
When you check out his act…
You will know he's a master in fact…
They call him the Little Giant… because he's not too tall…
But no one puts on his shoes… without feeling small.
When he straps on his horn…
You won't doubt this is why he was born…
In the sound of each note…
There's a lesson the student can quote…
The first chance I had to hear him… it was a lucky find…
He played with Thelonius Monk… and he blew my mind.
***
He established his worth…
Where du Sable had settled on Earth…
From the city of wind…
'Til the ears of the world had to bend…
A product of Walter Dyett's… Chicago legacy…
The reason he plays so well… is easy to see.
Now in France he resides…
While his music forever abides…
If you see him with Klook…
There'll be jazz fans wherever you look…
I'm talkin' 'bout Johnny Griffin… the leader of the band…
If you dig the tenor sax… then he's your man.
Author Copyright © 1998 - 2008 by Nelson E. Harrison, ASCAP PAu 2-413-092
All rights Reserved without Prejudice
Article 1 Constitution of the United States and 1-207 U.C.C.
NOTE: To hear the tune "Little John" to which this lyric was written go to my audio playlist.
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OUR BRAINS on MUSIC: THE SCIENCE *
Posted on June 30, 2009 at 4:33pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
June 30, 2009
Television Review | 'Nova: Musical Minds'
By MIKE HALE
“Musical Minds,” the season premiere of “Nova” on PBS, is based on the neurologist Oliver Sacks’s most recent book, “Musicophilia,” a collection of case studies of people whose brains have unusual relationships to music, cases in which, as Dr. Sacks puts it, “music gets them going to an extraordinary degree.” A one-hour program can’t approach the depth and texture of… Continue
FREDDIE REDD IN NYC MARCH 27 & 28
Posted on March 22, 2009 at 1:40pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
Friday March 27
7:30 & 9:00 PM - The George Dulin Group
George Dulin - Piano , David Smith - Trumpet , Karel Ruzicka - Tenor Sax , Nir Felder - Guitar , Dan Zanker - Bass , Jordan Perlson - Drums
10:30 & 12:00 AM - The Legendary Freddie Redd Sextet featuring Chris Byars, Brad Linde, John Mosca
Freddie Redd - Piano , Chris Byars - Alto Sax , Brad Linde - Tenor Sax , John Mosca - Trombone , Ari Roland -… Continue
David ‘Fathead’ Memorial Monday, March 9th 7:00PM at St. Peters Church 619 Lexington (at 54th Street), New York City New York, New York 10022 212 935 2200 http://www.saintpeters.org/ David “Fathead…
Posted on February 16, 2009 at 3:08pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
619 Lexington (at 54th Street), New York City
New York, New York 10022
212 935 2200
http://www.saintpeters.org/
David “Fathead" Newman
February 24, 1933 - January 20, 2009
http://www.davidfatheadnewmancom/
Musicians scheduled to appear
Joe Lovano
Javon Jackson
Cedar Walton,
David Williams
Rufus Reid
Frank…
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Posted on February 14, 2009 at 7:07pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
IAJE FILES FOR BANKRUPTCY - CANCELS 2009 CONVENTION
Posted on April 18, 2008 at 6:09pm 1 Comment 0 Likes
It is with a great sense of loss that I inform you that despite drastic efforts to cut expenses and raise emergency funds, the IAJE Board has voted to file for bankruptcy under Chapter 7 of the Federal Bankruptcy Law. I want to thank profusely those who responded with their generous donations and offers of assistance following my last communication. While over 250 individuals contributed just over $12,000, this, along with the many other efforts and contributions of… Continue
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