Photo by Jim McGann
Al Harrison's Dixieland Band
Sunday, February 13, 2022 at 2pm
INDOOR CONCERT and LIVE STREAM
Haddonfield United Methodist Church
29 Warwick Road
Haddonfield, NJ 08033
This Tri-State Jazz favorite, which last performed for the Society in 2018, returns to Haddonfield. "The Al Harrison Dixieland Band is a polished ensemble with enough firepower, as Duke Ellington would say, to 'scorch the moon!'" - Jim McGann, The Strutter, Tri-State Jazz Society. “A great, lively band that preserves the tradition of classic jazz without embalming it. The creativity is at full throttle, and so is the sense of fun. You can’t listen to Al and his friends and not feel better about life in general.” - Joe Barron, music reporter, Montgomery Newspapers.
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Background
Formed in 2007, The Al Harrison Dixieland Band has played concerts in the Regol Concerts Peerless Performances series, for which live CD recordings are available. The ensemble has performed for the Tri-State Jazz Society in Wallingford, PA, Brooklawn, NJ and Wilmington, DE, most recently in May, 2016. Other performances have included the Cape May Traditional Jazz Society, the Pennsylvania Jazz Society and fundraisers for Jazz Bridge and other charities.
Al Harrison won scholarships to study at the New York Military Academy, the Philadelphia Musical Academy (now known as the University of the Arts), and Temple University. He played and recorded with Dexter Wansel at Philadelphia International Records and toured with Stanley Clarke and Si Zentner. Al has also served with Ed Wise and his New Orleans Jazz Band, and the Ward Marston, Mike Carney, Phil Giordano, Scott Romig, Bill Newnam, and Midnight Sun orchestras.