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Kevin Harris Trio at The Mad Monkfish

Courtesy of Jamme K Chantler | Posted on December 11, 2018

Where

The Mad Monkfish
524 Massachusetts Ave
Cambridge, MA
Map
617-441-2116

Kevin Harris Trio at The Mad Monkfish

When

Thu, December 13, 2018
7:00 pm

Musicians

Kevin Harris
saxophone, tenor

About

When the unmistakable musical influences of Thelonious Monk and Charlie Parker intersect with J.S. Bach, Scott Joplin, and the folkloric rhythms of Cuba, could one possibly conceptualize the celebration that occurs at that intersection? New York-based jazz pianist Kevin Harris plays a distinctive combination of traditional and contemporary music that seeks to explore such a crossroad.

Fred Hersch talks of Harris as one who “plays and writes with flair and real soul" and Downbeat Magazine writes that “Harris' compositions deal with themes of strength, love, courage, and self awareness...

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