Sam Harris (pianist)

Sam Harris (born January 5, 1986 in Dallas , Texas ) is an American jazz pianist .

Live and act

Harris received classical piano training as a child. After attending the Booker T. Washington High School for the Arts, he first had private lessons with Janet Jones and Bill Lohr before moving to New York in 2004 to study at the Manhattan School of Music . a. with Jason Moran , Garry Dial and John Riley . Since then he has played in the New York jazz scene a. a. with Mary Halvorson , Miho Hazama , Rudy Royston , Logan Richardson , Gretchen Parlato and Ambrose Akinmusire , on whose Blue Note album The Imagined Savior Is Far Easier to Paint he can be heard. In the field of jazz he was involved in eight recording sessions between 2000 and 2014. a. with Miho Hazama. In 2014 he presented his debut album Interludes on Fresh Sound New Talent , on which Ben van Gelder (as, bcl), Román Filiú (as, fl), Martin Nevin , Ross Gallagher (b) and Craig Weinrib (dr) participated.

Ergo: If Not Inertia ( Cuneiform Records , 2010), with Brett Sroka , Mary Halvorson, Sebastian Kruger, Shawn Baltazor
Miho Hazama : Journey to Journey ( Verve Records , 2012)
Ben van Gelder Reprise ( Pirouet Records , 2013, with Peter Schlamb, Rick Rosato , Craig Weinrib, as well as Mark Turner and Ben Street )
Rudy Royston: 303 ( Greenleaf Music , 2013), u. a. with Nadja Noordhuis, Jon Irabagon , Nir Felder , Mimi Jones , Yasushi Nakamura
Harmony (2019), with Martin Nevin and Craig Weinrib