Eddie Harris

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Eddie Harris (1980)

Eddie Harris (born October 20, 1934 in Chicago , Illinois ; † November 5, 1996 in Los Angeles ) was an American jazz musician ( tenor saxophone , also piano, vocals, other instruments, composition). Although he was the first jazz musician to receive a gold record for a release from his album Exodus to Jazz , his inclusion of various musical genres in jazz and comedic moments in his performances were taken by many jazz critics as a reason not to see him as a serious jazz musician. His composition Freedom Jazz Dance developed into the jazz standard in the late 1960s .

Live and act

Harris grew up in Chicago and like other successful Chicago musicians including Nat King Cole , Dinah Washington , Clifford Jordan , Johnny Griffin , Gene Ammons , Julian Priester and Bo Diddley , he studied music with Walter Dyett at DuSable High School . He later studied music at Roosevelt College ; At that time he was already playing the piano , vibraphone and tenor saxophone successfully . During this time, Gene Ammons made his first professional appearances. After attending college, he was drafted into the US Army . While serving in Europe, he played in the 7th Army Band , which also included Don Ellis , Leo Wright and Cedar Walton .

At the end of the 1960s, Harris, who can be considered one of the pioneers of fusion music, experimented with an electrified saxophone (LPs The Electrifying Eddie Harris and Plug me in ). He also developed the so-called reed trombone and the reed trumpet , by the Blechblasmundstücke exchanged by saxophone mouthpieces in those. (In order for the mouthpiece to fit, the brass instrument has to be corked beforehand, i.e. it has a cork rim.) This enabled Harris to apply his exceptionally safe overblowing technique in the clarin area of ​​the tenor saxophone to the natural tones of brass instruments, for example at Carnival on I Need Some Money (1975). In addition, he made attempts to play the saxophone with bassoon mouthpieces. With the hit Compared to What , the live recording of Swiss Movement with Les McCann at the Montreux Jazz Festival on June 21, 1969 is considered one of the best jazz / funk LPs of the 1960s. Harris was also known for his yodel-like scat singing, inspired by African singing techniques .

An early excursion into jazz rock with musicians from the group Yes , as well as with Albert Lee , Jeff Beck and Steve Winwood , was both artistically and commercially unsuccessful. In the title Eddie Who? (CD of the same name, Timeless).

Eddie Harris has worked with a variety of well-known jazz and rock musicians throughout his career, including John Scofield ( Hand Jive ).

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
US US
1968 The Electrifiying Eddie Harris US36 (41 weeks)
US
Atlantic
Plug Me In US120 (16 weeks)
US
Atlantic
1969 High voltage US122 (9 weeks)
US
Swiss Movement US29
gold
gold

(38 weeks)US
with Les McCann
1971 Second Movement US41 (27 weeks)
US
Eddie Harris Live At Newport US164 (10 weeks)
US
1972 Instant death US185 (7 weeks)
US
Atlantic
1973 EH in the UK / Is It In US150 (11 weeks)
US
1974 Is It In US100 (11 weeks)
US
1975 I need some money US125 (9 weeks)
US

More albums

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
US US
1961 Exodus US36 (11 weeks)
US
1968 Listen here US45 (13 weeks)
US
It's crazy US88 (2 weeks)
US
1970 Compared To What US85 (4 weeks)
US

literature

Web links

Remarks

  1. ^ According to Harris book Numerology and astrology information for musicians , quoted in [1] . According to Bohländer et al. a. Reclam's Jazz Guide 1989 on October 20, 1936
  2. ↑ report at Elusivedisc
  3. ↑ a b Chart sources: US
  4. ↑ Music Sales Awards: US
  5. ↑ see also the website of P. Tschirky
personal data
SURNAME Harris, Eddie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH October 20, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Chicago , Illinois , United States
DATE OF DEATH 5th November 1996
Place of death Los Angeles , California , United States