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The inaugural edition of “Jazz is Community” will take place during the Charleston Jazz Festival (April 21-29), featuring the legendary Big Chief Donald Harrison Quartet from New Orleans. A National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master and esteemed cultural ambassador, Harrison seamlessly blends traditional New Orleans sounds with modern jazz, funk and beyond.
As Big Chief of Congo Square Nation, an Afro-New Orleans cultural group, and as a dedicated educator, Harrison embodies the legacy of jazz not only as a form of musical expression but as a means of bringing people together.
Jazz is Community Programs:
Charleston Jazz Festival Finale:
Big Chief Donald Harrison Quartet
Sunday, April 27, Circular Congregational Church
Donald Harrison – Alto Saxophone
Dan Kaufman– Piano
Nori Naraoka – Bass
Joe Dyson – Drums
School Program and Masterclass
Monday, April 28
The Donald Harrison Quartet will inspire students with an in-school performance at Goose Creek High School and talk at a local public school and lead a masterclass for Charleston Jazz Academy students.
Bark Like Thunder, Roll Like Lightning
A Conversation About Building Community Through Culture
Followed by Big Chief Donald Harrison Quartet in performance
Tuesday, April 29, 6p.m. Fox Music House
6 p.m. – Screening of “Guardians of the Flame,” a documentary that is the product of some 17 years, beginning on a visit to post-Katrina New Orleans in 2006 by Oscar-winning director Jonathan Demme and writer Daniel Wolff, about creativity, cohesion, survival and healing among Harrison’s family and the culture bearers of his community.
7 p.m. – Larry Blumenfeld (Jazz Curator, Spoleto Festival USA) will interview Harrison about his long legacy in American music — from Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers to Eddie Palmieri to Biggie Smalls and more — and his lifelong dedication to music education and to building community through culture.
8 p.m. – A live performance by the Big Chief Donald Harrison Quartet
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