Gene Harris
USA
Born: 01 September 1933
Died: 16 January 2000
Years Active: 50, 60, 70, 80, 90
Styles: Soul Jazz, Hard Bop, Soul Jazz/Groove, Post-Bop, Modal Music, Jazz Blues, Jump Blues/Piano Blues, Piano Blues, Mainstream Jazz, Bop, New Orleans/Classic Jazz
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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, Har...
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