“Their eagerness to stock the toolkit with the language of modern R&B, funk, marching band, gospel, etc. — whether a clipped-snare break-beat, a melody processed through voice manipulation, or a greasy synth pad — meshes naturally with their abilities to arrange and improvise in the jazz idiom.â€
–Patrick Jarenwattananon, NPR Blog Supreme
“Vibraphonist Stefon Harris’ new CD is just the coolest Stevie Wonder album never made. It projects a sly old-style funk and a gentle tunefulness that inter-mixes electronic instruments with subtlety, as if Harris were cooking with just the right amount of herbs.â€
–Karl Stark, Philadelphia Inquirer
“On the brilliant Urbanus, Mr. Harris and Blackout interpret the Gershwins (via Miles Davis), Buster Williams and Jackie McLean.â€
–Jim Fusilli, The Wall Street Journal
OCTOBER 30 Spivey Hall, Morrow, GA
NOVEMBER 5-8 Chicago Jazz Showcase, Chicago, IL
NOVEMBER 14 KC Club, Kennedy Center, Washington, DC
NOVEMBER 22 Leighton Concert Hall, Notre Dame, IN
DEC 2-6, Concert/Live TV Taping WRGB-TV, Albany, NY
2010
JANUARY 30 University of Missouri, Kansas City, MO
JANUARY 31 Murry’s, Columbia, MO
FEBRUARY 1 Solo Clinic-University of Missouri, Kansas City, MO