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 (The Three Sounds album)|Moods]]* (med The Three Sounds) (1960, Blue Note)
* *[[Feelin' Good (The Three Sounds album)|Feelin' Good]]* (med The Three Sounds) (1960, Blue Note)
* *[[Here We Come (The Three Sounds album)|Here We Come]]* (med The Three Sounds) (1960, Blue Note)
* *[[It Just Got to Be]]* (med The Three Sounds) (1960, Blue Note)
* *[[Hey There (album)|Hey There]]* (med The Three Sounds) (1961, Blue Note)
* *[[Babe's Blues]]* (med The Three Sounds) (1962, Blue Note)
* *[[Out of This World (The Three Sounds album)|Out of This World]]* (med The Three Sounds) (1962, Blue Note)
* *[[Black Orchid (album)|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 (The Three Sounds album)|Vibrations]]* (med The Three Sounds) (1966, Blue Note)
* *[[Live at the Lighthouse (The Three Sounds album)|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 (Gene Harris album)|The 3 Sounds]]* (1971, Blue Note)
* *[[Gene Harris of the Three Sounds]]* (1972, Blue Note)
* *[[Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow (Gene Harris album)|Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow]]* (1973, Blue Note)
* *[[Astral Signal]]* (1974, Blue Note)
* *[[Nexus (Gene Harris album)|Nexus]]* (1976, Blue Note)
* *[[In a Special Way (album)|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 (Gene Harris album)|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
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*   Gene Harris' diskografi
*  Gene Harris Jazz Festival
*  Biography (Allmusic via VH1)
*  Gene Harris on Resonance Records