Craig Harris

Craig S. Harris (born September 10, 1953 in Hempstead , New York ) is an American trombonist and composer of avant-garde jazz .

Live and act

After graduating from college, Harris worked with Sun Ra from 1976 to 1978 and then with Abdullah Ibrahim , with whom he went on a world tour in 1981. On his return he was a member of David Murray's Octet and Big Band and performed with Henry Threadgill , Lester Bowies Brass Fantasy , Olu Dara , Cecil Taylor , Sam Rivers , Muhal Richard Abrams and with Charlie Hadens Liberation Music Orchestra .

He also led several of his own groups, including Tailgater's Tales and Cold Sweat . In 1988 he founded the Nation of Imagination, Inc. , an organization dedicated to the realization of multimedia projects. In collaboration with the poet Sekou Sundiata , The Circle Unbroken Is a Hard Bop (1992) was created, which won the Bessie Award in 1993. In 1994 Lost in Translation , a combination of music, dance and poetry, was created in collaboration with David White and Joseph Mellilo , the founders of The Next Wave Festival at the Brooklyn Academy of Music , the choreographer Marlies Yearby and the guitarist Vernon Reid .

That same year, he and Sundiata began work on Return of Elijah , a play that explores the history of the slave trade (premiered in 1996). In 1997 Remembering We Selves was performed, where he worked alongside Amiri Baraka as artistic director, composer and performer. In 1998 he was composer and ensemble leader in Tongues of Fire Choir , an evening for music and spoken text with Nona Hendryx , Ntozake Shange , Jessica Hagedorn , Regina Carter , Quincy Troupe , Amiri Baraka and Sekou Sundiata. He plays in the Slideride trombone quartet with Ray Anderson , Gary Valente and George Lewis .

Discography

Black Bone with George Adams , Fred Hopkins , Charlie Persip , Donald Smith , 1983
Aboriginal Affairs with Anthony Cox , Alonzo Gardner , Ken McIntyre , Donald Smith, Andre Strobert , 1983
Tributes with Vincent Chancey , Olu Dara , Billy Higgins , Dave Holland , Famoudou Don Moye , Junior Vega , 1984
Shelter with Pheeroan akLaff , Edward J. Allen , Don Byron , Anthony Cox, Tunde Samuel , Rod Williams , 1986
Blackout in the Square Root of Soul with Edward J. Allen, Jean-Paul Bourelly , Don Byron, Anthony Cox, Clyde Criner , Ralph Peterson, Jr. , 1987
Cold Sweat plays JB 1989
Cold Sweat 4-Play , 1990
F Stops with Hamiet Bluiett , Darrell Grant , Calvin "Fuzz" Jones , Tony Lewis , John Stubblefield , Bill White , 1993
Istanbul , 2003
Souls within the Veils , 2005

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personal data
SURNAME	Harris, Craig
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Harris, Craig S.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American jazz musician (trombone, composition)
DATE OF BIRTH	September 10, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hempstead , Long Island