Dizzy’s Club welcomes a multi-generational ensemble of artists presenting an evening of music and verse. Vocalist and instrumentalist Allan Harris leads this interdisciplinary program interpreting works from William Shakespeare, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Dylan Thomas, and Maya Angelou. Don’t miss an evening of immortal sonnets, evocative free verse, and swinging improvisation.

Allan Harris: Jazz Poetry & Groove

Jazz at Lincoln Center

A quarter of the cowhands in the West were Black. A Harlem composer, Allan Harris, found a way to honor their history. Cross That River, a musical journey, tells the story of Blue, a run-away slave who escapes from Louisiana to Texas and becomes one of America’s first Black Cowboys. Cross That River portrays a significant moment in American history where Black cowboys lived and helped settle the West. PASA tips its hat to our area’s Black Cowboys and we hope you will, too.

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Cross That River

Heymann Performing Arts Center

The Miami Herald aptly described Allan Harris’ gifts when it praised him for projecting “the warmth of Tony Bennett, the bite and rhythmic sense of Sinatra, and the sly elegance of Nat ‘King' Cole.” Admired for his resonant baritone, graceful phrasing and natural way with a wide range of material, the Brooklyn-born, Harlem-based singer, guitarist and composer is a prized New York jazz and cabaret performer who’s equally commanding singing songs by Lerner and Loewe and Ahmad Jamal, Duke Ellington and Elton John.

Allan Harris

Events

Upcoming events

25 - 26 Apr, 2026

Allan Harris: The Poetry of Jazz · San Francisco Jazz

Past events

May 15, 2024

Allan Harris: Jazz Poetry & Groove · Jazz at Lincoln Center

Feb 13, 2023

Cross That River · Performing Arts Serving Acadiana

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