Harlem Week runs from now until August 20. The local family event that began in 1974 has since become an international affair.
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Upon learning the incomparable pianist/organist, composer and lyricist Doug Carn would be performing at Dizzy’s jazz club, I made it a point to be there. Carn is an unsung musician who, with all his outstanding talent, remains under the radar, at least in the States. He says over the years and now, he performs in Paris, Germany and other parts of Europe, including playing at the Monterey Jazz Festival in California.
On this first evening of Carn’s two-night engagement, his featured vocalist was Harlem’s own international performer Kathryn Farmer with trumpeter Duane Eubanks, saxophonist Andrew Swandt, bassist Dishan Harper and drummer Russell Carter. Cane announced the set stating, “We will play from the entire albumwith a few memorable digressions.” They played “Fatherhood,” an original from Carn’s 1973 acclaimed album.
During our phone interview, Carne shared how in his earlier days, he wasn’t aware of John Coltrane until a friend turned him on. “I listened to his albums all night and the next morning, I had been converted into a Coltranite,” said Carn. “The next day, I told a friend about my Coltrane discovery, and he promptly noted, ‘well, you should listen to Wayne Shorter.’ And I did, man I love Wayne and Coltrane to this very day.
Carn loved Shorter’s music so much that he wrote lyrics to his instrumental compositions such as “Infant Eyes” and “Sanctuary.” He says, “Wayne liked the way I wrote and harmonized.” Carne noted, “Joe Henderson, Wayne Shorter and Stanley Turrentine can’t be duplicated they are playing more than just scales; they bring in varied tonalities. He feels meeting Farmer was luck and coincidence. “She posted two of my songs on MySpace and I found out that she knew all my songs,” says Carn.
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