Renowned vocalist and guitarist Allan Harris is proud to announce the release of his new album, Live at Blue LLama. Recorded live at the state-of-the-art jazz club in January of this year, Harris’ first live album in over thirteen years showcases his current working band at their artistic peak, and displays their deep musical bond and connection, all in front of an attentive live audience. Joining the soulful crooner is pianist and keyboardist Arcoiris Sandoval, bassist Marty Kenney, drummer Norman Edwards, and saxophonist-flutist Irwin Hall. Live at Blue LLama will be released on July 28 via Love Productions Records in association with Live at the Blue LLama Records.

Called the “Jazz Vocal King of New York”, Allan Harris has stunned audiences for nearly four decades. Known for his “formidable baritone with … husky edges and deep resonant low notes" (Stephen Holden, the New York Times), Harris has released fourteen albums, including 2021’s love letter to Harlem Kate’s Soulfood, which propelled him to be named one of 8 Artists Honoring Black Geniuses by Grammy.com. During the pandemic, Harris and his tight-knit band gained international recognition for their “Harlem After Dark” live-stream concerts, which brought audiences into the Harris’ lively living room every Tuesday night. Highlighted by Forbes Magazine, this ritual kept the band in top musical shape, artistically challenged, and encouraged a much-needed sense of camaraderie among the musicians and their virtual audience. “The world was turned upside down but we knew each week we’d come together and make some music to share with our friends around the world,” Harris reflected. When COVID restrictions subsided and touring resumed, Harris and band went on the road, eager to bring their musical magic to a real-life audience.

10 Nature Boy Mst

Mama said a white man
be comin' in the morning
gonna drag Big Daddy away
Sold him to the next farm
gonna breed him to the stock there
I guess that’s where he's gonna stay
Took Baby Sister
up to the Big House
learn her to cook and mend their things
Sometimes in the late night
underneath the staircase
Sister rocks herself to sleep
They say there’s an old man
he’ll take you cross that river
nobody knows his name
Sometime around a full moon
better make it to that river
And hide along the bank
'till he whispers your name
Dogs caught a runaway
down on the south fork
Mama said it's goin' to be okay, but we
heard that man a screamin'
till the early dawn
Lawd it kept us all awake
I know there’s a free place
way across that river
Where wild ponies run and play.
One day I'm gonna get there
if it takes me a life time.
A lifetime of being a slave

01 Cross That River

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