Gene Harris

Gene Harris (født 1. september 1933, Benton Harbor, Michigan, død 16. januar 2000) var en amerikansk jazzpianist kjent for sin varme lyd, og sin blues- og gospel-influerte stil, kjent som soul jazz.

Fra 1956 til 1970 spilte han i The Three Sounds trio med bassisten Andy Simpkins og trommeslager Bill Dowdy. I løpet av denne tida spilte The Three Sounds jevnlig inn plater for Blue Note og Verve.
Han bodde for det meste som pensjonist i Boise, Idaho, fra slutten av 1970-tallet, selv om han regelmessig spilte på det nærliggende Idanha Hotel. Deretter overbeviste Ray Brown ham om dra tilbake på turne i 1980. Han spilte med Ray Brown Trio og ledet deretter egne grupper, som for det meste spilte inn plater for Concord Records, inntil hans død av nyresvikt i 2000.

Harris' "Ode to Billie Joe" er kjent som en jazzklassiker. En av hans mest populære numrene var hans "Battle Hymn of the Republic", en live-versjon som er på albumet hans Live at Otter Crest, utgitt av Concord.

Diskografi

Som bandleder 
 Our Love Is Here To Stay (1955, Jubilee)
 Introducing the 3 Sounds (med The Three Sounds) (1958, Blue Note)
 Genie in My Soul (1959, Jubilee)
 LD + 3 (Lou Donaldson med The Three Sounds) (1959, Blue Note)
 Standards (med The Three Sounds) (1959, Blue Note)
 Bottoms Up! (med The Three Sounds) (1959, Blue Note)
 Good Deal (med The Three Sounds) (1959, Blue Note)
 Blue Hour (The Three Sounds med Stanley Turrentine) (1960, Blue Note)
 Moods (med The Three Sounds) (1960, Blue Note)
 Feelin' Good (med The Three Sounds) (1960, Blue Note)
 Here We Come (med The Three Sounds) (1960, Blue Note)
 It Just Got to Be (med The Three Sounds) (1960, Blue Note)
 Hey There (med The Three Sounds) (1961, Blue Note)
 Babe's Blues (med The Three Sounds) (1962, Blue Note)
 Out of This World (med The Three Sounds) (1962, Blue Note)
 Black Orchid (med The Three Sounds) (1962, Blue Note)
 Blue Genes (med The Three Sounds) (1962, Verve)
 Anita O'Day & The Three Sounds (The Three Sounds med Anita O'Day) (1962, Verve)
 Jazz on Broadway (med The Three Sounds) (1962, Mercury)
 Some Like It Modern (med The Three Sounds) (1963, Mercury)
 Live at The Living Room (med The Three Sounds) (1964, Mercury)
 Three Moods (med The Three Sounds) (1964, Limelight)
 Beautiful Friendship (med The Three Sounds) (1965, Limelight)
 Today's Sounds (med The Three Sounds) (1966, Limelight)
 Vibrations (med The Three Sounds) (1966, Blue Note)
 Live at The Lighthouse (med The Three Sounds) (1967, Blue Note)
 Coldwater Flat (med The Three Sounds) (1968, Blue Note)
 Elegant Soul (med The Three Sounds) (1968, Blue Note)
 Soul Symphony (med The Three Sounds) (1969, Blue Note)
 Live at The "It Club" (med The Three Sounds) (1970, Blue Note)
 Live at The "It Club" (med The Three Sounds) (1970, Blue Note)
 The 3 Sounds (1971, Blue Note)
 Gene Harris of the Three Sounds (1972, Blue Note)
 Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow (1973, Blue Note)
 Astral Signal (1974, Blue Note)
 Nexus (1976, Blue Note)
 In A Special Way (1976, Blue Note)
 Tone Tantrum (1977, Blue Note)
 Nature's Way (1980, JAM)
 Live at Otter Crest (1981, Concord)
 Hot Lips (1982, JAM)
 The Gene Harris Trio Plus One (1985, Concord)
 Tribute to Count Basie (med the Gene Harris All-Star Big Band) (1987, Concord)
 Listen Here! (1989, Concord)
 Live at Town Hall, N.Y.C. (med The Philip Morris Superband) (1989, Concord)
 At Last (Gene Harris/Scott Hamilton Quintet) (1990, Concord)
 World Tour 1990 (med the Philip Morris Superband) (1990, Concord)
 Black and Blue (1991, Concord)
 Like A Lover (1992, Concord)
 Gene Harris Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Vol. 23 (1992, Concord)
 Brotherhood (1992, Concord)
 A Little Piece of Heaven at Ste. Chapelle Winery" (1993, Concord)
 Funky Gene's (1994, Concord)
 Its the Real Soul (med Frank Wess  (1995, Concord)
 Live (Gene Harris & The Philip Morris All-Stars (1995, Concord)
 In His Hands (1996, Concord)
 Down Home Blues (med Jack McDuff) (1996, Concord)
 Alley Cats (1998, Concord)
 Live in London (2008, Resonance Records) – recorded in 1996
 Another Night in London (2010, Resonance Records) – recorded in 1996

Som gjesteartist 

 Branching Out (med Nat Adderley) (1958, Riverside)
 A Double Dose of Soul (med James Clay) (1960, Riverside)
 Organ-izing (med Melvin Rhyne) (1960, Jazzland)
 Anita O'Day & The Three Sounds (The Three Sounds med Anita O'Day) (1962, Verve)
 Blue Note Live at The Roxy (med Blue Note All-Stars) (1976, Blue Note)
 'SWonderful: Concord Jazz Salutes Ira Gershwin (med forskjellige artister) (1979, Concord)
 Soul Route (med Milt Jackson Quartet) (1983, Pablo)
 When The Sun Goes Down (med Ernestine Anderson) (1984, Concord)
 Soular Energy (med Ray Brown Trio) (1984, Concord)
 Don't Forget the Blues (med Ray Brown All Stars) (1985, Concord)
 The Red Hot Ray Brown Trio (med Ray Brown Trio) (1985, Concord)
 A Gentleman and His Music (med Benny Carter) (1985, Concord)
 Love Me Tender (med Junko Mine og the Ray Brown Trio) (1986, All Art)
 Summer Wind: Live at The Loa (med the Ray Brown Trio) (1988, Concord)
 Bam Bam Bam (med the Ray Brown Trio) (1988, Concord)
 The 20th Concord Festival All-Stars (med forskjellige artister) (1988, Concord)
 Black Orpheus (med the Ray Brown Trio) (1989, Evidence)
 Mr. Blue (med Takashi Ohi og the Ray Brown Trio) (1989, Denon)
 Moore Makes 4 (med Ralph Moore og the Ray Brown Trio) (1990, Concord)
 At Last (Gene Harris/Scott Hamilton Quintet) (1990, Concord)
 Live at The Apollo (med B.B. King) (1990, GRP)
 Concord Jazz Festival: Live 1990 (med forskjellige artister) (1990, Concord)
 Concord Jazz Festival: Live 1990, Vol. 3 (med forskjellige artister) (1990, Concord)
 Three Dimensional (med the Ray Brown Trio) (1991, Concord)
 A Concord Jazz Christmas (med forskjellige artister) (1991, Concord)
 Georgia On My Mind (med the Ray Brown Trio) (1991, All Art)
 Jazz Celebration: Tribute to Carl Jefferson (med forskjellige artister) (1992, Concord)
 Fujitsu-Concord 25th Jazz Festival (med forskjellige artister) (1993, Concord)
 Fujitsu-Concord 26th Jazz Festival (med forskjellige artister) (1994, Concord)
 I Waited for You (med Mary Stallings) (1994, Concord)
 Its the Real Soul (med Frank Wess  (1995, Concord)
 Down Home Blues (med Jack McDuff) (1996, Concord)
 Dreaming A Dream (med Niki Haris) (1996, RCA/BMG)
 Just Friends (med Marian McPartland) (1997)

Samleplater 

 The Best of The Three Sounds (med The Three Sounds) (1993, Blue Note)
 Gene Harris: The Concord Jazz Heritage Series (1998, Concord)
 The Blue Note Years (med The Three Sounds) (1999, EMI/Blue Note)
 Gene Harris: The Best of the Concord Years (2000, Concord)
 The Complete Blue Hour Sessions (The Three Sounds med Stanley Turrentine) (2000, Blue Note)
 Big Band Soul (med the Gene Harris Superband) (2002, Concord)
 Swinging in the Blues (2002, Recall)
 Ballad Essentials (2003, Concord)
 Instant Party (2004, Concord)

Referanser

Eksterne lenker 
 
 
 
   Gene Harris' diskografi
  Gene Harris Jazz Festival
  Biography (Allmusic via VH1)
  Gene Harris on Resonance Records

Jazzpianister fra USA
Jazzkomponister fra USA
Personer fra Berrien County i Michigan