Gene Harris
Gene Harris
Top Songs
| 1 | Losalamitoslatinfunklovesong | ||
| 2 | Down Home Blues [Album Version] | ||
| 3 | Until The Real Thing Comes Along [Album Version] | ||
| 4 | Love Talkin' | ||
| 5 | Don't Call Me Nigger, Whitey |
Albums
Sep 2024 • 1 song
Jan 2004 • 10 songs
Jan 2003 • 11 songs
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Biography
One of the most accessible of all jazz pianists, Gene Harris' soulful style (influenced by Oscar Peterson and containing the blues-iness of a Junior Mance) was immediately likable and predictably excellent. After playing in an Army band (1951-1954), he formed a trio with bassist Andy Simpkins and drummer Bill Dowdy which was, by 1956, known as the Three Sounds. The group was quite popular, and recorded regularly during 1956-1970 for Blue Note and Verve. Although the personnel changed and the music became more R&B-oriented in the early '70s, Harris retained the Three Sounds nam...