4th June 2015: Brand new promo video for Joel Harrison’s ‘Spirit House’ featuring Cuong Vu, Brian Blade, Paul Hanson and Kermit Driscoll. Album release date 7th July.

This brand new promo video for Joel Harrison’s ‘Spirit House’ (album out 7/7/15) is released today.

A broad-thinking musician with a prolific and extensive back catalog of releases – from duo and chamber to big band formats, from West African to North Indian collaborations – renowned Washington DC-born guitarist and composer Joel Harrison now turns his attention to a quintet recording featuring the intriguing front line of trumpet (Cuong Vu) and bassoon (Paul Hanson). Completed by NYC bassist Kermit Driscoll (bass) and the influential eminence of drummer Brian Blade, Harrison has created a genuine improvisers’ record on Spirit House with a conceptual focus very much on the intuitive skills of these specific players.

Here’s a full length version of the first single from Spirit House ‘The Elephant in Igor’s Yard’: