NEA Jazz Masters: Donald Harrison Jr. (2022)

As a saxophonist, Donald Harrison, Jr.-recipient of the 2022 A.B. Spellman NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship for Jazz Advocacy-is known for his hard-swinging improvisational style and the creation of "Nouveau Swing," a blend of jazz with R&B, hip-hop, rock, and soul. And his dedication to preserving the music and culture of New Orleans has been crucial to assuring its important legacy survive. Following the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Harrison increased his activism, creating employment opportunities in his own bands for young musicians who had remained in the city when many others had left. He also mentored now world-renowned jazz artists from New Orleans and beyond, including Jon Batiste, Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, Trombone Shorty, and Esperanza Spaulding.
Visit the National Endowment for the Arts’ Jazz Masters Fellowships section to learn more about the recipients of our nation’s highest honor in jazz: www.arts.gov/h...

[@3340steve]

HARRISON demonstrates an ntelligence here that captures the jazz imagination. All types of music inform our work as musicians on this planet.

[@bobsabin]

Excellent introduction to a legendary artist. Thank you!

[@WilliamNazaret]

In the subtitles, Yoruba is incorrectly transcribed as Aruba (The Island).

[@tlawengmophosho4848]

that is the best jazz musician today, the puzzles he has solved. I want him to see him kill music from people with complex sounds like Ben Webster or hard music like Charlie Mingus. there should be a gymic for this guy to go viral, I thoought by now jazz world would be honouring him.

[@walterprince8462]

Music to the musicians is like the flow of blood in the body it’s and internal medicine to their soul.