Pittsburgh's Own Regional Notables of Jazz

Dr. Nelson Harrison's Comments

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At 1:56am on June 10, 2009, Kara Puskaric said…: Thanks for such a warm welcome, Nelson! I'm glad to be a part of this community and hope to have some more of my music recorded & uploaded later this summer. yours truly -kp

At 3:35pm on June 8, 2009, Richard Bliwas said…: Thanks Nelson -- I remember we all played outside at the Kool Jazz Festival back in 82 or 3 -- Great Gig !

At 10:19pm on May 26, 2009, Emmett North Jr said…: Hello! my brother Nelson,it's great hearing from musicians from the past gigs,i was with Barry from 1975-1979 and moved to london and was asked to returned to Barry again from 1986-1990" and i decided to go solo and play more smooth jazz and jazz fusion.I remember my last gig in pittsburg with Barry was next to the river under a big tent and a railroad ran by it,it was still a great time and i have pictures from that show but they need to be scanned to send as attachments ciao,Emmett.PS.George Benson is my no.1 mentor!!!

At 8:19pm on May 24, 2009, J-Remedy said…: Thanks for all your luv & support fam!

nuthin b'luv!
J-Rem

At 8:19pm on May 22, 2009, Nancy & Jim said…: The burgh is such a great place for jazz---we really appreciate the friendliness and comaradarie of all the professionals we meet...all of you are so down to earth and truly appreciative of our interest. hope to see you around and about soon.

At 3:46am on May 19, 2009, Tony Basile said…: I hope to finally meet you so in all probability, will attend the oldies concert at the roadhouse. Say hello to Sammy F. for me as I haven't seen him since before the winter set in. Tony B

At 8:25am on May 17, 2009, Kevin McManus said…: Hey Nelson - thanks for the message about Randy. I was @ the hospital when he passed. Let's talk tomorrow. KM

At 11:04pm on May 16, 2009, Jia Conna said…: Thanks for the luv fam!

nuthin b'luv!
Jia

At 7:54pm on May 10, 2009, Ranjini said…: Thanks for all your luv & support Nelson!

nuthin b'luv!
ya girl, Ranjini

At 8:17am on May 6, 2009, Matthew said…: Hi Nelson,
Thankyou for the welcome. I feel like family to this site already. I appreciate you informing me. Hopefully I come to Pitts some day

God Bless you
Thanks

At 2:43pm on May 4, 2009, Devorah Segall said…: Thanks so much, Nelson.
Looking forward to seeing and hearing you
blessings,
Devorah

At 11:10pm on May 2, 2009, Jaki Young said…: LOL. Hey Hey Hey! Yes I have a lovely music website. Thanks Nelson for the clarification! I will surely take full advantage.

At 11:50pm on May 1, 2009, Devorah Segall said…: Hi Nelson
How are you??
I wanted to let you know that I am coming to Pgh at the beginning of July to help a friend move.
I would love to do some gigs while I'm there..any ideas? Maybe you can pass the word?

I am really glad to be coming back after being away for so long.
It will be wonderful to see/hear you and all the Pgh jazz greats that I can .
Thanks for everything!!
blessings,
Devorah arisingmusic@aol.com

At 5:16pm on April 29, 2009, Neil L. King said…: Hi Nelson,

Thank you for the warm welcome. Would love to get into the Pittsburgh scence and do more playing. If you know of anyone that needs a trumpet to play with their big band, let me know...I would love to have the chance to come up and play!

Neil

At 4:46pm on April 29, 2009, Abby E. Gross said…: Hi Dr. Harrison! I'm so happy that I got to play with you and everyone at AVA's monday! I hope to be there this week, but I may not be able to make it due to finals. If not, I will definaltly be there the next week after school is over!

I have been talking to Greg about his project and what he and you have been talking about. He told me about your discussions reguarding music and the mind and I know that you have a lot of experience in psychology and the "metaphysics of music" (he told me to check out the youtube series) I am actually quite interested in this subject as well and I hope to pursue it in graduate school. I was wondering if sometime we could talk about everything you know and where you think this study is headed in the future of music. Thank you for everything. See you soon!

God Bless,
Abby Gross

At 3:35am on April 28, 2009, Melissa Campana said…: Good evening, Nelson! My name is Melissa Campana and I manage a new restaurant in the Cultural District called Melange Bistro Bar. I wanted let you know that starting this Friday, May 1, 2009, Kenny Blake will be performing at Melange from 8:30pm to 12:30am! Roger Barbour will be prelude from 4pm to 8:00pm!
I was hoping that this was the best way to get the word out. Thank you.
Gratefully yours, Melissa

At 6:21am on April 27, 2009, Sonja Abate said…: Nelson, you are a very thoughtful person and we thank you for it. Did I tell you I met Derrick's mother and girlfriend in LA at his memorial? It was a very emotional meeting for both of us but I am so grateful to have been able to be there for her. She will be in pain for a long time as he was a shining light in her life and well as hundreds of others. His good deeds and music will live on. Thanks again. Sonja