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photo by Nada Zgank

Upcoming:

06.21.2026 – w/ Angelica Sanchez, Reason & Ruckus, Poughkeepsie, NY

10.08.2026 – Mark Dresser Quartet, w/ Angelica Sanchez, Sara Schoenbeck, The Stone, NYC

03.16.2027 – w/ Michael Moore, Michael Formanek, The Black Cat, Torhout, Belgium

03.17.2027 – w/ Michael Moore, Michael Formanek, De Singer, Rijkevorsel, Belgium

03.18.2027 – w/ Michael Moore, Michael Formanek, Kulak, Baden, Switzerland

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Ongoing:

2019-Present
approximately 200 Afro Cuban ceremonial drummings in NYC, Cuba, Mexico City, Miami

Past Concerts:

2026
Spain & Portugal tour

2025
Stone Residency feat. Henry Threadgill, Wadada Leo Smith, NYC
Hu Vibrational, Roulette, Brooklyn, NY
Hu Vibrational, Big Ears Festival, Konxville, TN
2024
Hu Vibrational, Ars Nova, Philadelphia
Saris, Poschiavo, Switzerland
Hu Vibrational, Long Play Festival, NYC
2023
Wadada Leo Smith: America Transformed, Brooklyn College, NY
Adam Rudolph/Brooklyn Raga Massive, Sons D’Hiver Festival, Paris, FR
2022
Adam Rudolph/Brooklyn Raga Massive Central Park Summerstage, NY
Adam Rudolph/Brooklyn Raga Massive Hartford Jazz Days, Hartford, CT
Adam Rudolph/Brooklyn Raga Massive UMass Amherst, MA
Adam Rudolph/Brooklyn Raga Massive Flynn Theater, Burlington, VT
Harris Eisenstadt Canada Day Europe Tour
2018
Todos Somos Dignos, filming/recording project, Matanzas, Cuba
Harris Eisenstadt Canada day Europe tour
John Zorn Bagatelles, The Stone, NYC
Harris Eisenstadt Poschiavo 50, The Owl, NYC
Harris Eisenstadt Poschiavo 50, The Owl, NYC
2017
Harris Eisenstadt Poschiavo 50, The Owl, NYC
John Zorn Bagatelles Trio, The Stone, NYC
Artist in Residence, Ciclo de Musica Festival, Bahia, Brazil
Harris Eisenstadt Poschiavo 50, The Owl, NYC
John Zorn Bagatelles Marathon, NYU Skirball Center, NYC
Uncool Artist Residency, Poschiavo, Switzerland
Larry Ochs Fictive Five, Jazz Em Agosto, Lisbon, Portugal
Harris Eisenstadt Recent Developments CD Release Concert Greenwich House, NYC
Harris Eisenstadt Old Growth Forest, North American Tour
2016
Nate Wooley Quintet, European tour
John Zorn Bagatelles Marathon NYC
Nate Wooley Quintet Europe tour
Alexander Hawkins Trio, Canadian Jazz festivals tour
Harris Eisenstadt Canada Day European tour
John Zorn Bagatelles trio The Stone, NYC
John Zorn Bagatelles trio The Stone, NYC
2015
Twelve-concert residency at The Stone, NYC
European Tour with various European musicians
Week long residency-concert and workshops, Loyola University, New Orleans, LA
Harris Eisenstadt Canada Day two-night residency, Ibeam, Brooklyn, NY
2014
Harris Eisenstadt Canada Day Europe Tour
Nate Wooley Quintet Jazztopad Festival, Wroclaw, PL
European Tour with various European musicians
Golden State Europe Tour
Nate Wooley Quintet SESC Festival, Sao Paolo, Brazil
Bojan Vuletic Asphalt Festival, Dusseldorf, DE
Nate Wooley Quintet North Sea Festival, Rotterdam, NL
Golden State Canadian Jazz festivals tour
Canada Day 4-night residency, DSMC, Brooklyn, NY
Nate Wooley Quintet European Tour
2013
Orchestral commission, BCCO, Brooklyn Museum, NY
Convergence Quartet Europe Tour
Golden State Northeast US Tour
European Tour with various European musicians
September Trio Europe Tour
Rhythm in the Diaspora Festival, organizer, performer, Cornelia Street Café, NY
Solo Spain Tour
2012
Harris Eisenstadt Golden State California Tour
Harris Eisenstadt September Trio Europe Tour
Francois Houle 5+1 Canada Tour
Harris Eisenstadt September Trio Ibeam, Brooklyn, NY
Harris Eisenstadt Canada Day Octet CD Release, Red Hook Jazz Festival, Brooklyn, NY
Harris Eisenstadt Canada Day III CD Release, Cornelia Street Café, NYC
Earl Howard’s Superstring Roulette, Brooklyn, NY
Harris Eisenstadt Canada Day North American Tour
Harris Eisenstadt Canada Day Carnegie Hall Concerts, Queens, NY
2011
Wadada Leo Smith Silver Orchestra, Roulette, Brooklyn, NY
Harris Eisenstadt Canada Day Firehouse 12, New Haven, CT
Harris Eisenstadt Canada Day Cornelia Street Café, NY, NY
Harris Eisenstadt Canada Day Octet, Ibeam, Brooklyn, NY
Convergence Quartet UK Tour
Army of Strangers, Jazz festival Saalfelden, Austria
Premiere of orchestra commission Palimpsest, Columbia University, NYC
Harris Eisenstadt Canada Day Southeast US Tour
Conspirare, Carnegie Hall Neighborhood Concerts, NYC
2010
Wadada Leo Smith Silver Orchestra, Community Church of NY, NYC
Harris Eisenstadt Canada Day, Cornelia Street Cafe, NYC
Harris Eisenstadt Woodblock Prints, University of the Streets, NYC
Harris Eisenstadt September Trio Ibeam, Brooklyn, NY
Harris Eisenstadt Canada Day, Vancouver International Jazz Festival, Vancouver, BC
Rodrigo Amado Quartet Ze de Bois, Lisbon, Portugal
Convergence Quartet, Coimbra Jazz Festival, Coimbra, Portugal
Harris Eisenstadt Canada Day, Red Hook Jazz Festival, Brooklyn, NY
Kyoko Kitamura Go-Zee-Lah, Vision festival, NYC
2009
Nate Wooley Quintet, Cornelia Street Cafe, NYC
WKCR Musicians Show, NYC
Harris Eisenstadt Canada Day Northeast US Tour
Harris Eisenstadt Canada Day, Clean Feed Festival, NYC
Jason Hwang Edge Ensemble, Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival, Queens, NY
Harris Eisenstadt Trio, Cornelia Street Café, NYC
Harris Eisenstadt Woodblock Prints, Drom, NYC
Avram Fefer/Carlos Barretto/ Harris Eisenstadt, Portugal Tour
Convergence Quartet, UK Tour
Korea 21: Music Here and Now, Symphony Space, NYC
WKCR Musicians Show, NY, NY
Jeremiah Cymerman Ensemble, Roulette, NYC
City of the World Concert: Sounds of Korea, CUNY Graduate center, NYC
2008
Saris duo with bassoonist Sara Schoenbeck, St. Mark’s Church, NYC
Jeb Bishop/Harris Eisenstadt/Jason Roebke, Europe Tour
Myra Melford Happy Whistlings, Roulette, NYC
Harris Eisenstadt Canada Day, Cornelia Street Cafe, NYC
Solo, WFMU, Jersey City, NJ
Jason Hwang’s Edge Ensemble, Vision Collaborations Festival, NYC
2007
Vinny Golia Quartet, The Stone, NYC
Harris Eisenstadt Guewel, The Stone, NYC
Tony Malaby Quartet, South Street Seaport, NYC
Butch Morris Nublu Orchestra, Nublu, NYC
WKCR Musicians Show, NYC
Bill Horvitz Band East Coast tour
Nate Wooley Large Ensemble, New Languages Festival, NYC
Saris, Spring Reverb Festival, San Diego, CA
Steve Beresford Trio, Barbes, NYC
Time Flies Improvised Music Festival, Vancouver, BC
Harris Eisenstadt: The All Seeing Eye + Octets CD Release Concert, Land Jazz, Los Angeles, CA
Mark Weaver Brassum Southwest Tour
2006
Adam Rudolph Organic Orchestra, Roulette, NYC
Steve Beresford Signals for Tea, The Stone, NYC
Dwight Tribble Ensemble, Lucy Florence Theater, NYC
Convergence Quartet UK Tour
Angelica Sanchez Quintet, Barbes, Brooklyn, NY
Jeb Bishop/Jason Roebke/Harris Eisenstadt Europe Tour
Harris Eisenstadt Quintet Japan Tour
Franziska Baumann / Matthias Ziegler / Harris Eisenstadt, Dampfzentrale, Bern, CH
Adam Rudolph Ensemble, The Stone, NYC
Vinny Golia Sextet, Jazz Bakery, LA, CA
Dwight Tribble Ensemble, Jazz Bakery, LA, CA
Ralph Jones Quartet, Calarts, Valencia, CA
Sonic Courage Festival composer-in-residence, Halifax, NS
Mark Weaver’s Brassum Southwest Tour
Vinny Golia Large Ensemble, REDCAT, LA, CA
Macbeth starring Stephen Dillane, Adelaide Festival, Australia
Harris Eisenstadt Ensemble-in-residence, Lafayette Elementary, Oakland, CA
Macbeth starring Stephen Dillane, percussionist, Sydney Theater, Australia
Paul Rutherford/Torsten Muller/Harris Eisenstadt
2005
Wet, opera by Anne Lebaron, REDCAT, LA, CA
The Darts, California Tour
Macbeth starring Stephen Dillane, Almeida Theater, London, UK
Achim Kaufmann/Harris Eisenstadt Duo, Kraakgeluiden, Amsterdam, Holland
Michael Moore/Harris Eisenstadt Duo, Zaal 100, Amsterdam, Holland
Achim Kaufmann/Harris Eisenstadt Duo, Loft, Koln, DE
David Ryan/Harris Eisenstadt Duo, Spithall’s Bridge, London, UK
Tyneside Jazz Festival, Newcastle, UK
Kenny Wollesen Himalayas, Zebulon, NYC
Saris, Midwest tour
Butch Morris Ensembles, Zebulon and Nublu
ART Fest Soundshift, Los Angeles, CA
Composer-in-residence, Spring Fever Festival, Halifax, NS
Mark Weaver’s Brassum, southwest tour
Carole Kim residency, Arizona Sate University, Phoenix, AZ
Gabby La La featuring Les Claypool, US tour
Achim Kaufmann/Harris Eisenstadt Duo, West Coast Tour
2004
Macbeth starring Stephen Dillane, percussionist, REDCAT, LA, CA
Artist in Residence, Tambacounda, Senegal
The Soul and Gone concerts, Chicago, IL
High Mayhem Festival, Santa Fe, NM
The Diplomats, East Coast Tour September 5-30 Saris, European Tour
Bill Horvitz Band, Northern California Tour
Art and Hellenism Festival, Loyola Marymount University, Westchester, CA
ROVA, Intersection for the Arts, SF, CA
Upstream Orchestra, Halifax, NS
Mark Weaver Brassum, Southwest Tour
Ahimsa Orchestra, The Jazz House, Berkeley, CA
Line Space Line Festival of Improvised Music, LA, CA
Boxes of Water, California tour
KOLA, California Tour
Bill Horvitz Band, West Coast Tour
2003
Matthew Sperry Memorial Concert, LA, CA
Wadada Leo Smith Creative Orchestra, Calarts, Valencia, CA
Wadada Leo Smith N’Da Kulture, Pierce College, LA, CA
Harris Eisenstadt Jalolu, East Coast Tour
European Tour with various European musicians
Adam Rudolph Percussion Ensemble, 33 1/3 Gallery, LA, CA
Wadada Leo Smith Carbon System, Calarts, Valencia, CA
Vancouver International Jazz Festival, Vancouver, BC
Harris Eisenstadt Nu SFAlt Fest, 21 Grand, Oakland, CA
Research trip to Gambia to study Mandinka drumming
2002
Research trip to Gambia to study Mandinka drumming
Harris Eisenstadt ‘Fight or Flight’ CD Release, Rocco, LA, CA
Jason Mears Stelpurnst Ensemble, California Tour
Saris, Earjam III Festival, LA, CA
Biggi Vinkeloe West Coast Tour
Boxes of Water Northern California Tour

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Winner of the 2024 Downbeat International Critics Poll “Rising Star, Percussion” Category

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