The Jazz Passengers are an The album that is perhaps their masterpiece, the Hal Willner-produced In Love (High Street, ), features vocal contributions from Deborah Harry of Blondie, Jeff Buckley, Jimmy Scott, Bob Dorough and Mavis Staples.
Read The Jazz Passengers with The recording featured singers from Mavis Staples and Jimmy Scott to Bob Dorough, but it was the performance of Blondie star Deborah Harry on the song “Dog In Sand” that stood out and led to a collaboration that is still very much alive.
Rock icons Deborah Harry and The band released two cds, “Individually Twisted” and “Live in Spain” with Harry as lead vocalist, with extensive tours of performances with Harry. In the Jazz Passengers released “Reunited”, featuring Elvis Costello and Deborah Harry, their first record since “Live in Spain”.
A guide to Jazz Passengers: Individually Twisted (), that included two duets by Harry with Elvis Costello, and Live In Spain (july ), that included Lady Butter, were billed as collaborations between the Jazz Passengers and Debbie Harry. The latter was the first album without Fowlkes.
The Miami-born songwriter is remembered
Often remembered for her work fronting new wave icons Blondie, Debbie Harry took part in a jazz side-project in the s, with New York's The Jazz Passengers. In 1994, rock singer Deborah When she was lead singer for the New Wave group Blondie, which got its name from her distinctive peroxide-colored hair, Harry was the femme fatale of the rock crowd in the early s. With her blonde bombshell good looks, pouty mouth, and come-hither-and-drop-dead expression, Harry was out-Madonnaing them while Madonna was still in pigtails.
The Jazz Passengers, with the guest In , he joined the Jazz Passengers, the New York City avant-garde jazz septet founded by saxophonist Roy Nathanson and trombonist Curtis Fowlkes, featuring guitarist Marc Ribot, and performances with vocalists Deborah Harry, Mavis Staples, Elvis Costello, Jimmy Scott, Cuba Gooding, Bob Dorough and others.
Founded in 1987 by sax American jazz band, formed in by Roy Nathanson and Curtis Fowlkes. Roy Nathanson (Saxophone) Curtis Fowlkes (Trombone) Bill Ware (Vibraphone) E. J. Rodriguez (Drums) Brad Jones (Bass) Sam Bardfeld (Violin) Since the album 'Jazz Passengers in Love' Deborah Harry has been a regular vocalist.