Leroy Harris Junior
Leroy Harris junior (also LeRoy Harris , born February 12, 1916 in St. Louis ; † February 16, 2005 ibid) was an American jazz and rhythm & blues musician ( alto saxophone , clarinet , vocals ).
Live and act
Harris came from a musical family in St. Louis; his father was the banjoist and guitarist Leroy Harris senior , his uncles the violinist and bandleader Jimmy Harris and the jazz musician Arville Harris . In Chicago he worked for Earl Hines from 1937 . In 1946 he accompanied Sarah Vaughan with the Tadd Dameron Orchestra . Around 1950 he played with Wynonie Harris and Singleton Palmer . With his own band, in which he also sang, he performed at the Kit Kat Club in New York during this time . As a singer he recorded the Cole Porter song " What Is This Thing Called Love? " With Eddie Johnson's Trio . "On (ELJ Records 8002). In the field of jazz he was involved in 18 recording sessions between 1937 and 1954, apart from the aforementioned with King Oliver .
Web links
- Eugene Chadbourne : Leroy Harris at Allmusic (English)
- Leroy Harris at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ See Dennis Owsley: City of Gabriels: The History of Jazz in St. Louis, 1895-1973 . 2006
- ↑ Annual Review of Jazz Studies , Volume 14 ed. by Edward Berger, Henry Martin, Evan Spring, 2009, p. 109.
- ↑ Tom Lord The Jazz Discography (online, accessed August 25, 2015)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Harris, Leroy Jr. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Harris, LeRoy |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz and rhythm & blues musician (alto saxophone, clarinet, vocals) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 12, 1916 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Louis |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 16, 2005 |
| Place of death | St. Louis |