in concert
Corey Harris

mercredi 25 mai 2005
La Java

“PARIS, 21 mai 2005 (AFP) - Corey Harris à la Java le 25 - Le guitariste et chanteur américain Corey Harris, troubadour-musicien, à la fois serviteur d'un Mississipi blues authentique et influencé par d'autres styles de musiques métisses, sera en concert à Paris (La Java) le 25 mai. Sur son nouvel album qui vient de paraître, "Daily Bread" (Rounder Records), il s'ouvre encore plus largement qu'à l'accoutumée au reggae. A l'instar de Olu Dara, autre musicien aventurier et voyageur, sa musique navigue entre blues, calypso, reggae, dub, country, rythm'n blues, folk. Corey Harris est le personnage principal du film de Martin Scorsese, "From Mali to Mississipi", paru l'an dernier, où il jouait son propre rôle, celui d'un musicien afro-américain en quête de ses racines.

"Simmers together a bluesy stew… played with joy and deep feeling." Chicago Tribune
"The class of the new acoustic blues singers," Village Voice
"A throwback to a lost era… has the same majesty, stark beauty
and brutal honesty as the music's inventors and innovators," Blues Revue
“Masterful...a remarkable talent...potent... effortless...magnificent
he embodies and transcends tradition.” Chicago Tribune
”Combines stunning acoustic guitar work with deeply resonant vocals.” Austin Statesman
”Sings in a voice pebbled with hundred-year-old gravel and haunted by ghosts from
ancient crossroads....an authentic voice and an eclectic vision.” San Francisco Bay Guardian
”The authentic article; the real keeper of the Delta flame.” Jazz Times
”Brilliant readings of blues standards, seamlessly fitting new compositions, lovely guitar work, and amazing vocals...plain astonishing....Clean, fast picking sung and played with a sweetness that brings to mind Mississippi John Hurt. Harris is a steady and consistent presence. “ Blues Access

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Corey Harris

En Concert Solo at
La Java
105, rue du Faubourg du Temple Paris 10
Métro Goncourt ou Belleville

Dimanche 20 Mai 2001

Première partie
Rene Miller & The Wedding Band

Corey Harris joue et chante le Delta Blues avec le talent et l'autorité des premières générations. C'est presque impossible de croire qu'il n'a pas grandi dans le Mississipi et qu'il a perfectionné sa technique pendant qu'il enseignait dans une école en Afrique.
Lui qui a obtenu 3 nominations aux W.C.Awards (les Grammy du Blues) quelques mois après la sortie de son premier album.
Sinon que Correy Harris continue à gravir toutes les marches vers le sommet de son art et qu'il st devenu un personnage-clé du Blues acoustique.

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COREY HARRIS
& HENRY BUTLER

Jeudi 12 Octobre à 20h 2000

Décidément Corey a élu domicile à l'HdN - 3 passages en moins de 6 mois font preuve qu'il se sent bien chez lui au bord du Canal. Cette fois il fera escale avec son ami Nouvelle Orléanais le très grand pianiste et chanteur Henry Butler. Henry est reconnu comme le digne héritier des Professor Longhair et James Booker et c'est en sa compagnie que Corey a enregistré son/leur dernier CD "vu-du menz". Comme Corey il adore le blues, le jazz et le boogie. Donc préparez vous pour une unique soirée, lorsqu'ils cuisinent un véritable gumbo festin musical, concocté d'un savoureux mélange de leurs racines et nos fines herbes !

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1 & 2 Aout 2000

When people first hear 28-year-old acoustic guitarist/vocalist COREY HARRIS, they often think they are listening to one of the old blues masters. A native of Denver, Colorado, Harris fell in love with music at an early age, and made his own music with a toy guitar he received at age three. He learned to sing and play by ear, When his mother turned him on to Lightnin' Hopkins at age 12 (the same year he got his first real guitar), Corey found his true musical calling.

After attending Bates College in Maine, Harris, along with his newly acquired National steel guitar, moved to Cameroon in West Africa in 1991. While there, Harris' love for acoustic blues continued to grow, as did his understanding of the importance of the indigenous juju music ("the place where blues began," according to Harris).

After returning to the United States, Harris moved to the rural Louisiana town of Napoleonville and began teaching French and English, all the while continuing to play his blues and refine his craft moonlighting as a street musician in nearby New Orleans. He quickly devoted his life to music full time.

In the past 2 years, Corey has played with B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Koko Taylor, and Billy Bragg, just to name a few. Currently living in Charlottesville, Virginia, he continues to draw upon his myriad of influences to deliver one of the most unique, yet timeless sounds around.

Last Minute Hasty But Great and Tasty Acoustic concert !

12 Mai 2000

Corey Harris
& Jamal Millner

De passage à Paris pour assurer la première partie de Tracy Chapman à l'Olympia mercredi 10, Corey ne peut résister une autre opportunité (sa troisième) de de-houssé sa guitare à l'Hotel du Nord avec son pote Jamal Milner. Un concert blues 100% acoustique du dernière minute.

Clearly Corey can't get enough of playing at the Hotel du Nord, he's been here every year since 1998 and we can't get enough of this tremendous singer-songwriter hailed as one of the saviors of the acoustic blues tradition.

His visionary 1997album, Fish Ain't Bitin', solidified his reputation as a ground breaking acoustic bluesman.
"The class of the new acoustic blues singers," shouted the Village Voice.
"A throwback to a lost era," raved Blues Revue.
But that's not the way Harris sees it. "There's blues in me," says Harris, "but I'm not a bluesman. I just live to be a songwriter, I don't limit myself to playing just one type of thing. I try to put variety into what I do."

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Dimanche 4 juillet 1999
"Blues on the Fourth of July"
Corey Harris and 5 X 5


Jamal Millner (guit.) et Harry Dennis (perc.)
mais c'est Joe Louis Walker sur le photo

Nouveau CD "Greens From The Garden" Alligator