Jesse Harris
Feel
September 2008
Feel, the seventh album from Grammy-winning singer/songwriter Jesse Harris, confirms that Harris possesses a distinctive voice, both as a performer and composer and that Harris has a history and a talent that goes beyond the impact he made as author of "Don’t Know Why", the song that helped launch Norah Jones’ phenomenal career. ‘Feel’ exceptional as it is, reflects Harris’s standard level of accomplishment as a composer. It’s no accident that those who have covered his work – Madeleine Peyroux, Pat Metheny, Lizz Wright, and Jones – are masters of interpretation, artists who work best when working with the best material. What is unusual, amidst all of this, is how Feel exceeds the standards that Harris has set for himself – yet, at the same time, it is utterly unlike anything he’s ever done.