Gene Harris

Eugene "Gene " Harris ( born September 1, 1933, Benton Harbor, Michigan, † 16 January 2000 in Boise, Idaho ) was an American jazz pianist. Perfect timing are also the slowest tempos, and a "laid -back" feeling with all dynamic and rhythmic ingredients according to Martin Kunzler the special features of the pianist.

Life

At the age of nine years, Gene Harris taught himself to play the piano. He had his first gigs with local bands and played from 1951 to 1954 in U.S. Army bands. In 1956 he formed the band The Four Sounds from 1957 with bassist Andy Simpkins and drummer Bill Dowdy, the trio The Three Sounds was. The group initially worked in Washington, DC, then came the end of 1958 to New York. With his soul to the trending music the pianist in the tradition of Ahmad Jamal. Harris is also influenced by the style of Erroll Garner and Oscar Peterson. Gene Harris ' trio also took up plates with guest soloist Nat Adderley, Lou Donaldson, Anita O'Day, and Stanley Turrentine with at this time.

In the 1970s, found his music - despite commercial project - little more attention. The songs he played during this time with the band The Three Sounds, had a high degree of " funk" and " groove", it used only a few harmonies. Harris retired to Boise, Idaho, and appeared in local Idanha Hotel. In the 1980s, the bassist Ray Brown persuaded him to return to the jazz scene. He played it eight years with Brown's trio (including 1985 and in Europe ) and led his own groups, with whom he recorded for Concord Records plates in a mixed of gospel, blues and hard bop style regularly. Even with the Philip Morris Big Band, which he directed, he recorded several albums.

Discography

  • Our Love Is Here To Stay (1955, Jubilee)
  • Introducing the Three Sounds ( with The Three Sounds) (1958, Blue Note )
  • Introducing the Three Sounds, Vol 2 (with The Three Sounds) (1958, Blue Note )
  • Genius in My Soul (1959, Jubilee)
  • LD 3 ( Lou Donaldson with The Three Sounds) (1959, Blue Note )
  • Standards ( with The Three Sounds) (1959, Blue Note )
  • Bottoms Up ( with The Three Sounds) (1959, Blue Note )
  • Good Deal ( with The Three Sounds) (1959, Blue Note )
  • Blue Hour (The Three Sounds with Stanley Turrentine ) (1960, Blue Note )
  • Moods ( with The Three Sounds) (1960, Blue Note )
  • Feelin 'Good ( with The Three Sounds) (1960, Blue Note )
  • Here We Come ( with The Three Sounds) (1960, Blue Note )
  • It Just Got to Be ( with The Three Sounds) (1960, Blue Note )
  • Hey There ( with The Three Sounds) (1961, Blue Note )
  • Babe's Blues ( with The Three Sounds) (1962, Blue Note )
  • Out of This World ( with The Three Sounds) (1962, Blue Note )
  • Black Orchid ( with The Three Sounds) (1962, Blue Note )
  • Blue Genes ( with The Three Sounds) (1962, Verve )
  • Anita O'Day & The Three Sounds (The Three Sounds with Anita O'Day ) (1962, Verve )
  • Jazz on Broadway ( with The Three Sounds) (1962, Mercury )
  • Some Like It Modern ( with The Three Sounds) (1963, Mercury )
  • Three Moods ( with The Three Sounds) (1964, Limelight )
  • Beautiful Friendship ( with The Three Sounds) (1965, Limelight )
  • Today's Sounds ( with The Three Sounds) (1966, Limelight )
  • Vibrations ( with The Three Sounds) (1966, Blue Note )
  • Cold Water Flat ( with The Three Sounds) (1968, Blue Note )
  • Elegant Soul ( with The Three Sounds) (1968, Blue Note )
  • Soul Symphony ( with The Three Sounds) (1969, Blue Note )
  • Gene Harris / Three Sounds (1971, Blue Note )
  • Gene Harris of The Three Sounds (1972, Blue Note )
  • Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow (1973, Blue Note )
  • Astral Signal (1974, Blue Note )
  • In A Special Way (1976, Blue Note )
  • Nexus (1976, Blue Note )
  • Nature's Way (1980, JAM)
  • Hot Lips (1982, JAM)
  • The Gene Harris Trio Plus One (1985, Concord )
  • Tribute to Count Basie (Big with Gene Harris All Star Band) (1987, Concord )
  • Listen Here! (1989, Concord )
  • World Tour 1990 ( with Philip Morris Super Band) (1990, Concord )
  • Black and Blue (1991, Concord )
  • Like A Lover (1992, Concord )
  • Brotherhood (1992, Concord )
  • Funky Gene's (1994, Concord )
  • Its the Real Soul ( with Frank Wess ) (1995, Concord )
  • Live ( Gene Harris & The Philip Morris All-Stars ) (1995, Concord )
  • In His Hands (1996, Concord )
  • Down Home Blues ( with Jack McDuff ) (1996, Concord )
  • Alley Cats (1998, Concord )
  • Live in London (2008, Resonance Records) - recorded in 1996
  • Another Night in London (2010, Resonance Records) - recorded in 1996
Gospel music Scott Hamilton (musician) Richard Cook (journalist) Brian Morton (Scottish writer) Integrated Authority File
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