Joe Harris (drummer)

Joseph Allison "Joe" Harris (* 23. December 1926 in Pittsburgh ; † 27. January 2016 ) was an American drummer of modern jazz .

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Joe Harris played around 1946 with King Perry , with which the first recordings were made, and was a member of the Dizzy Gillespie Big Band from 1946 to 1948 . In 1948 he played with Arnett Cobb , in 1950 with Billy Eckstine , in 1952 with Erroll Garner and in 1954 briefly with James Moody and at the Apollo Theater in Harlem. Since 1956 he lived and played in Stockholm, Sweden, where he came on tour with Rolf Ericson in 1956 . In 1960 he toured Europe with the Quincy Jones Big Band . From 1961 to 1966 he worked in the SFB Bigband. Then he returned to the USA, but was often in Europe and toured with Betty Carter and Ella Fitzgerald as well as with the Kenny Clarke / Francy Boland Big Band . 1970 to 1972 he played in Germany with Max Greger and Heinz von Hermann ; he also recorded with Niagara . In the 1970s, he finally returned permanently to the United States to teach at the University of Pittsburgh. He also played with King Pleasure , Ray Brown , Milt Jackson , Sonny Rollins , Jimmy Cleveland , George Russell , Tommy Potter , Teddy Charles , the "Bebop Boys" and Benny Bailey . There are no recordings of him as a band leader . Joe Harris participated in 121 recording sessions from 1946 to 1984.

Entry Joe Harris . In: Scott Yanow: Bebop . Miller Freeman Books, San Francisco 2000, ISBN 0-87930-608-4 , p. 169.
Carlo Bohländer , Karl Heinz Holler, Christian Pfarr: Reclam's Jazz Guide . 3rd, revised and expanded edition. Reclam, Stuttgart 1989, ISBN 3-15-010355-X .

personal data
SURNAME	Harris, Joe
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Harris, Joseph Allison (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH	December 23, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH	Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania, USA
DATE OF DEATH	January 27, 2016
Place of death	Pittsburgh