Eddie Harris
Sign in to saveAmerican jazz musician (1934–1996)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 15
Top works
- Live Forward
- Me and My Homeboy
- Kitty Kitty Meow Meow
- Freedom Jazz Dance
- Jamey Aebersold Jazz -- Eddie Harris -- Listen Here, Vol 127
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1934-10-20
- Active to
- 1996-11-05
hard bopjazzjazz fusionsoul jazz
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 134,210
- Total plays
- 760,183
Tags
jazzfunksaxophonejazz-funksoul
Eddie Harris (October 20, 1934 - November 5, 1996), was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Although he was one of the most popular jazz musicians of his day (and the first to receive a gold record), his inclusion in his repertoire of types of music other than jazz and his incorporation of comedy into his act led many jazz critics to consider him insufficiently committed to jazz. His experimentation with other types of music sometimes had questionable results, but many still regard him as one of
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Eddie
- Family name
- Harris
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Chicago
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Genre
- world music
- Instrument
- saxophone
- Record label
- Enja Records
- Official website
- www.eddieharris.com
- Image
- Eddie Harris 1972.JPG
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- date of birth
- 1936-10-20
- date of death
- 1996-11-05
- cause of death
- lung cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons category
- Eddie Harris
- social media followers
- 14600
- place of burial
- Oak Woods Cemetery
- online catalog URL
- gnudb.org/artists/32029-eddie-harris
Sources (3)
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