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American jazz musician (1926–2016)
Joseph Allison Harris (1926–2016) was a big band and
bebop jazz drummer.
[1]
Born in
Pittsburgh, on 23 December 1926,
[2] he moved to
New York City in 1946 and played in the house band at the
Apollo Theater before going on to play with
Dizzy Gillespie.
[3]
In January 1949, he stepped in for
Max Roach, who was rehearsing with
Miles Davis, on some of the
Charlie Parker recordings at the
Royal Roost.
[4]
Having moved to Sweden in 1956, Harris stepped in for
Pete La Roca in
Sonny Rollins's trio for some dates in
Stockholm,
[5] and worked with
Rolf Ericson.
[2]
In 1960, Harris joined
Quincy Jones's big band that included
Clark Terry,
Les Spann,
Melba Liston,
Buddy Catlett,
Åke Persson,
Sahib Shihab,
Phil Woods, and
Budd Johnson for the Free and Easy tour of
Europe.
[6]
He then went to live in Germany, where he played with the
Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band from 1961 to 1966.
[2]
Harris died on 27 January 2016.
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The Drummer's Time: Conversations with the Great Drummers of Jazz, p. 43. Modern Drummer Publications. ISBN 9780634001468, 0634001469. Google Books. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
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Feather, Leonard;
Ira Gitler (1999).
The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz, p. 298. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0199729077, 9780199729074. Google Books. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
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^ O'Driscoll, Bill (2009).
"The life of Pittsburgh-born jazz drummer Joe Harris gets a workout in Kuntu Repertory's Clean Drums". January 22.
Pittsburgh City Paper. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
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Yardbird Suite: A Compendium of the Music and Life of Charlie Parker, pp. 146–151. ISBN 9780879722593, 0879722592. Google Books. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
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^ Levy, Aidan (2022).
Saxophone Colossus: The Life and Music of Sonny Rollins, p. 65, footnote 44. Hachette Books. ISBN 9780306902826, 0306902826. Google Books. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
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^ Henry, Clarence Bernard (2013).
Quincy Jones: His Life in Music, pp. 37–38. University Press of Mississippi. ISBN 9781617038624, 1617038628. Google Books. Retrieved 7 May 2023.