Jerome Harris

Jerome Harris
On stage in Oslo in 2017
On stage in Oslo in 2017
Background information
Born (1953-04-05) April 5, 1953 (age 73)
Flushing, New York
GenreJazz
OccupationMusician
InstrumentsGuitar, bass
Years active1970s–present
LabelsMuse, Polygram
WebsiteOfficial site

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.

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, Marty Ehrlich and Hayes Greenfield. Harris has recorded as a bandleader. Hidden in Plain View (1995), a tribute to saxophonist Eric Dolphy, is described by critic Michael G. Nastos as "the finest [recording] of Harris' small discography."

Discography

As leader

As sideman

With Ray Anderson

With Jack DeJohnette

With Marty Ehrlich

With Michael Gregory Jackson

With David Krakauer

With Oliver Lake

With Bob Moses

With Amina Claudine Myers

With Bobby Previte

With Hank Roberts

With Sonny Rollins

With Ned Rothenberg

With Adam Rudolph

With Bob Stewart

With others

References

  1. ↑ "Jerome Harris". AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-09-22.
  2. 1 2 Naranjo, Denis (Dec 7, 1992). "Harris Jazz quintet making Flint stop cont'd". The Flint Journal. Flint, Michigan. p. B2. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
  3. ↑ "Hidden in Plain View". AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-09-22.
  4. ↑ Naranjo, Denis (Dec 7, 1992). "Jazz quintet making Flint stop". The Flint Journal. Flint, Michigan. p. B1. Retrieved 17 February 2025.