Bill harris far left with fellow trombonists of the west point band in 1965. Your trombone playing abounds with vocal references. Goodman and popsie pursue him to a tenement flat where he has led. Bill harris and friends bill harris and friends amazon. He is renowned for his broad, thick tone and quick vibrato that remained for the duration of each tone. Many of the traditional musical hurdles had already been smoothed out prior to his introduction to the trombone as a result of the guitar lessons he received from his father from the age of 9.
I went to hear that herman band as many times as i could and bought all their records just to listen to that harris sound. Emarcy mg 36097, titled bill harris was released in 1956. Early in his career, harris performed with benny goodman, charlie barnet, and eddie condon. Trombone time mercury, 1950 bill harris collates clef records,1953 with benny carter. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from bill harris at the discogs marketplace. Bill harris soundtracked the trb solos for actor james cardwell. Harris trombone teamed up with the great tenor saxophonist ben webster190973 and a superb rhythm section of jimmy rowlespiano. Bill harris and flip phillips were featured soloists, and the rhythm section, one of the happiest teams of its kind in. Trombonist bill harris 191673 is best known for his association with the woody herman band and this enjoyable album is one of his few leadership sessions recorded in the spring of 1957. It also includes some blues artists whose recordings are not included in this list, but appear on the blues discography. Meanwhile, charlie ventura had become a featured attraction with gene krupas band, and was featured in the trio, along with pianist teddy napoleon.
Bill harris found himself winning the music magazine polls as best trombonist, in addition to recording dozens of small group titles with herman and his fellow sidemen. A trumpet prodigy from philadelphia who joined blue note when he was still a. He also has worked with abdullah ibrahim, david murray, lester bowie, cecil taylor, sam rivers, muhal richard abrams, and charlie haden. If you tried to absorb it all in a marathon listening session, it could wear you down unless you were mesmerized by sonny berman running in and out of key in one more iconoclastic trumpet solo, bill harris flinging outrageous trombone exclamations all over the place, ralph burns hiding compositional jewels in arrangements for fran warren and. Its as well the trombonist bill harris actually existed, because not even the. He is renowned for his broad, thick tone and quick vibrato that remained for the. Charlie ventura and bill harris made their mark among fellow jazz musicians but both died in obscurity.
In 1957 ontstond een enkel album onder zijn eigen naam, bill. A lesson in courage, creativity and humility syracuse. Decca, 100240, june 1956, ill buy that dream, nat pierce orchestra. The reappearance of these historic live performances from 1947 are important parts of their discography, most of them transcribed by collector jerry newman during gigs at the three deuces. He went on to join woody hermans first herd in 1944. During a european tour with the teddy hill band, this highly original and influential trombone stylistan early j.
Thats the way i tried to play on slide trombone, and that has hung over. Saturday, october 28, 1916 tuesday, august 21, 1973 jdisc is a tool for exploring jazz recordings, with rich information on the artists, songs, and labels, and vast legacy of lps and cds that have shaped the music. Bill harris, trombone phil woods, alto saxophone and clarinet seldon powell, tenor saxophone gene allen, baritone saxophone sol schlinger, baritone saxophone george duvivier, bass wendell marshall, bass bobby donaldson, drums gus johnson, drums eddie costa, piano and vibraphone songs. Woody herman bijou featuring bill harris on trombone. Bill harris bill harris and friends 1983, vinyl discogs. Music profile for jazz at the philharmonic, formed july 1944. Neal hefti and ralph burns played and arranged in the band at this time. Bill harris was one of the few modern trombonists of the 19451960 era who was not influenced by j.
While focusing on improvisational approach, he navigates seamlessly between jazz and classical techniques for an unique sound. Selected discography by david wilken march 01, 1997 pages. This discography was updated in 2010, but does not include more recent acquisitions. Harris recorded a series of 78s for granzs clef label in 1952, which were eventually issued together in 1954 on a norgran lp called the bill harris herd. Its the harris record to have, but, criminally, its the hardest to find, being long out of print. Page 1 page 2 page 3 transcription of jack teagarden solo bibliography selected discography send feedback the following discography is far from definitive, but it should give the interested reader a place to start for albums that have the following trombonists featured as. Albums include the verve story 19441994, hittin on all six. In 1949 komt het tot eerste opnamen met zijn nonett een nummer uit het album crosscurrents. It was rereleased later as mercury mg20552 mono and sr60120 stereo both entitled bill harris jazz guitar. With benny goodman, benny goodman and his orchestra, linda darnell, jack oakie.
Trombonist bill harris led relatively few recording sessions throughout his career, and this is the definitive one. Bill harris 65, g79 beloved music instructor, trombonist and volunteer firefighter william bill harris reflects on decades of commitment to his alma mater and the syracuse community. First two discs are by the bill harris septet, including bill harris trombone, chubby jackson bass, pete candoli trrumpet, flip phillips tenor sax, ralph burns piano, and alvin burroughs drums. Bill evans brought a fresh perspective to jazz piano playing by avoiding bebop. Bill harris, trombone surrealist steve wallacesteve wallace. Harristrombone teamed up with the great tenor saxophonist ben webster190973 and a superb rhythm section of jimmy rowlespiano.
Emarcy mg 361 titled the harris touch was released in 1957. Krzysztof pabian bassist improviser composer producer. An interview at midcareer with bob brookmeyer parts 1. A very distinctive player almost from the start with a strong and highly original wit, harris became a professional musician in 1938, and toured with the big bands of gene krupa, ray mckinley, and bob chester. Jack teagarden and woody herman january 30, 1947 jdisc. He has recorded since 1983 as leader for india navigation, soul note and jmt. After their annual free concert at chicagos dearborn settlement, benny goodman and his band are packing up to move on to their next engagement at a military camp, when a kid, tony birch, steals goodmans clarinet. Bill harris and friends bill harris, jimmy rowles, ben. Lorraine elliott sang vocals for actress lynn bari. The first time i heard bill harris willie once said, i knew that he was the one who was doing anything new on the trombone. Bill harris musician music database radio swiss jazz.
The biggest impact on me as a trombone player was bill harris. A very distinctive player almost from the start with a strong and highly original wit, harris. Size, first recording date, title, primary performer, description. Chuck frankenhouser, bernie glow, neal hefti, al porcino, nick travis trumpet, bill harris, eddie bert, vernon friley, bart varsalona. A very distinctive player almost from the start with a strong and highly original wit, harris became a professional musician in 1938, and toured with. December 2015 jack teagarden, benny morton, bill harris, vic dickenson, claude jones. Frank rosolino was born in detroit on august 20, 1926 and began taking trombone lessons in the eighth grade or about the time he was 14 years of age. Bill harris october 28, 1916 august 21, 1973 was a jazz trombonist. Listen to this collection of 78rpm records, cylinder recordings, and other recordings from the early 20th century. Mercury records was founded in chicago, illinois in 1945 by irving green, berle adams and arthur talmadge. We have 32 trombone shorty television torrents for you. This discography was updated in 2010, but does not include more recent. Bill harris jazz jazz pianist, composer and vocalist. Benny carter plays pretty norgran, 1954 new jazz sounds norgran, 1954.
These recordings were contributed to the archive by users through the open source audio collection. New jazz sounds is an album by american jazz saxophonist benny carter featuring trumpeter dizzy gillespie and trombonist bill harris recorded in 1954 and originally released on the norgran label. I knew it was the sound i wanted for my own blowing. They were a major force in jazz and blues, classical music, rock and roll, and country music recordings. Woody herman, charlie parker, benny goodman, anita oday, bill harris steel drums, jackson harris herd, salsa steel drum band, bill harris quintet, melinda doolittle, bill harris trombone, joe bushkin, shorty rogers, the benny goodman orchestra. Harris born september 10, 1953 is a jazz trombonist who has been a major figure in avantgarde jazz since working with sun ra in 1976.