Tenor Saxophone Master Eddie Harris: "The In Sound"

CiTR -- The Jazz Show

Tonight's Jazz Feature spotlights a great tenor saxophonist from Chicago: Eddie Harris. Harris celebrated on Oct 20, a Birthday Anniversary. Harris was born on Oct 20, 1934 and died of heart failure at 62 on Nov. 5, 1996. Harris was a pioneer of electronic attachments to his horn and was also a master of various styles of music: eg. funk, R & B, soul and of course Jazz. Harris was also a fine pianist. This album called "The In Sound" was his first for Atlantic Records. The band consists of Cedar Walton on piano, Ron Carter on bass and Billy Higgins on drums and on several tracks a fine trumpeter from Washington D.C.:Ray Codrington. The album consists of mostly standard tunes plus two fine Harris originals: "Cryin' Blues" and the first recording of a classic "Freedom Jazz Dance". This album is a fine tribute to the immence talent that was Eddie Harris. Enjoy "The In Sound".