Summer 2025: Jason Palmer & Kevin Harris

The Yard at the Tobin Community Center

Sat. September 6, 5:00 PM

Presented by Mission Hill Arts Festival in collaboration with Celebrity Series of Boston.

With this exciting duet project, trumpeter Jason Palmer and pianist Kevin Harris explore the intimate art form of duo.

Palmer’s compositional contrafacts are influenced by the music and ever evolving styles of Wayne Shorter, reflecting Shorter’s contribution to some of the major changes in jazz music for more than 50 years.

Hear two of Boston's most outstanding jazz musicians in this fascinating musical conversation!

“[Palmer's] his level of sustained improvisational intensity on this track alone is truly impressive. His work on "For the Freedom Fighters" almost matches it, with a quicksilver fluidity on the back half of his solo that astonishes.”
All About Jazz The Cross Over: Live in Brooklyn Album Review

“Harris' compositions deal with themes of strength, love, courage, and self- awareness. It's a heavy task he's set up for himself, and he meets the challenge gracefully.”
DownBeat Magazine