Bill Harris (musician)

Bill Harris ( born October 28, 1916 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, † August 21, 1973 in Hallandale, Florida) was an American jazz trombonist of swing.

Life and work

Bill Harris was known as one of the leading soloists of the big bands of Woody Herman, as the First Herd, where he remained from 1944 to 1946; then he should still several times to work with Herman ( 1948-50, 1956-58 and 1959). He also led together with Charlie Ventura smaller formations (1947 ), had in 1950 in the musical film improvisation and 1952 in the big band recordings Charlie Parker on Verve with ( The Cole Porter Songbook ), worked in 1953 with bassist Chubby Jackson, 1954 with Benny Carter and Dizzy Gillespie ( The Urban Sessions ) and toured from 1950-54 several times with Jazz at the Philharmonic. 1949 comes to first recordings with his Nonet (one piece on the album Cross Currents ). In 1957, he made his only album under his own name, Bill Harris and Friends, with guest musicians such as Ben Webster, Jimmy Rowles, Red Mitchell and Stan Levey. In 1959 he was a member of Benny Goodman's band. In the 1960s he worked in nightclubs in Las Vegas and eventually settled in Florida, where he was musical no longer active.

Harris's style is heavily influenced by swing veterans like JC Higginbotham, even if he was the innovations of bebop open to. In the later 1940s and early 1950s, he was considered one of the most popular trombonists next to Jay Jay Johnson and Kai Winding.

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