Jerome Harris (born April 5, 1953) is an American jazz musician specializing in electric and acoustic bass guitar, electric guitar, voice, and occasionally lap steel and small percussion.
Jerome Harris | |
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On stage in Oslo in 2017 | |
Background information | |
Born | Flushing, New York | April 5, 1953
Genres | Jazz |
Occupation(s) | Musician |
Instrument(s) | Guitar, bass |
Years active | 1970s–present |
Labels | Muse, Polygram |
Website | Official site |
He came to prominence in 1978 playing bass guitar and guitar with tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins, with whom he would perform and record intermittently until the mid-1990s. Harris went on to work with drummers Jack DeJohnette, Paul Motian, Bob Moses and Bobby Previte, clarinetist David Krakauer, trombonist Ray Anderson, pianist/organist/vocalist Amina Claudine Myers, and saxophonist/clarinetists Don Byron and Marty Ehrlich.[1] Harris has recorded as a bandleader. Hidden in Plain View (1995), a tribute to saxophonist Eric Dolphy, is described by critic Michael G. Nastos[2] as "the finest [recording] of Harris' small discography."
Discography
editAs leader
edit- 1986 Algorithms (Minor Music)
- 1990 In Passing (Muse)
- 1995 Hidden in Plain View (New World)
- 1999 Rendezvous (Stereophile)
As sideman
editWith Ray Anderson
- 1994 Don't Mow Your Lawn (Enja)
- 1998 Funkorific (Enja)
With Jack DeJohnette
- 1997 Oneness
- 1999 Festival (ECM)
With Marty Ehrlich
- 2000 Malinke's Dance (Omnitone)
- 2010 Fables (Tzadik)
- 2013 A Trumpet in the Morning (New World)
- 1979 Gifts (Arista Novus)
- 1979 Hearts & Center (Arista Novus)
With David Krakauer
- 2012 Pruflas: Book of Angels Volume 18 (Tzadik)
- 2016 Checkpoint
With Oliver Lake
- 1982 Jump Up (Gramavision)
- 1983 Plug It (Gramavision)
With Bob Moses
- 1984 Visit with the Great Spirit (Gramavision)
- 1987 The Story of Moses (Gramavision)
With Amina Claudine Myers
- 1986 Country Girl (Minor Music)
- 1989 In Touch (Novus)
- 1993 Women in (E)Motion
With Bobby Previte
- 1990 Empty Suits (Gramavision)
- 1991 Music of the Moscow Circus (Gramavision)
- 1994 Slay the Suitors (Avant)
- 1997 My Man in Sydney (Enja)
- 1998 Dangerous Rip (Enja)
With Hank Roberts
- 1990 Birds of Prey (JMT)
- 2011 Everything Is Alive (Winter & Winter)
With Sonny Rollins
- 1979 Don't Ask (Milestone)
- 1987 Dancing in the Dark (Milestone)
- 1989 Falling in Love with Jazz (Milestone)
- 1991 Here's to the People (Milestone)
- 1991 Don't Stop the Carnival (Milestone)
With Ned Rothenberg
- 1991 Overlays (Moers)
- 1995 Real and Imagined Time (Moers)
- 1998 Port of Entry (Intuition)
- 2004 Parting (Moers)
- 2004 Harbinger (Animul)
- 2007 Inner Diaspora (Tzadik)
With Adam Rudolph
- 2011 Both/And (Meta)
- 2015 Turning Towards the Light (Cuneiform)
With Bob Stewart
- 1989 Goin' Home (JMT)
- 1996 Then and Now (Postcards)
- 2014 Mind the Gap (Sunnyside)
With others
- 1980 Jon Hassell and Brian Eno, Fourth World, Vol. 1: Possible Musics (Editions EG)
- 1983 George Russell, Live in an American Time Spiral (Soul Note)
- 1985 Bill Frisell, Rambler (ECM)
- 1985 Jay Hoggard, Riverside Dance (India Navigation)
- 1988 Julius Hemphill, Julius Hemphill Big Band (Elektra Musician)
- 1989 Mark Helias, Desert Blue (Enja)
- 1992 Jeanne Lee, Natural Affinities (Owl)
- 1993 John Clark, Il Suono (CMP)
- 1994 Robert Dick, Third Stone from the Sun (New World)
- 1994 Henry Threadgill, Song Out of My Trees (Black Saint)
- 1998 Pheeroan Aklaff, Global Mantras (Modern Masters)
- 2000 Don Byron, A Fine Line (Blue Note)
- 2001 Thurman Barker, Time Factor
- 2004 Sam Newsome, 24/7 (Satchmo)
- 2005 Paul Motian, Garden of Eden (ECM)
- 2013 Jaki Byard, Inch by Inch (GM)
- 2014 Roy Nathanson, Complicated Day (Enja)
- 2021 Julius Hemphill, The Boyé Multi-National Crusade for Harmony (New World)
References
edit- ^ "Jerome Harris". AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-09-22.
- ^ "Hidden in Plain View". AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-09-22.