Bill Harris - The Blues-Soul of Bill Harris. Complete Mercury Recordings (2013)
Artist: Bill Harris
Title: The Blues-Soul of Bill Harris . Complete Mercury Recordings 1956-1959. "Bill Harris," "The Harris Touch" And "Great Guitar Sounds" Plus "Caught in the Act"
Year Of Release: 2013
Label: Fresh Sound Records
Genre: Jazz, Guitar Jazz
Quality: 320 kbps | FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 02:08:09
Total Size: 305 mb | 587 mb
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:Title: The Blues-Soul of Bill Harris . Complete Mercury Recordings 1956-1959. "Bill Harris," "The Harris Touch" And "Great Guitar Sounds" Plus "Caught in the Act"
Year Of Release: 2013
Label: Fresh Sound Records
Genre: Jazz, Guitar Jazz
Quality: 320 kbps | FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 02:08:09
Total Size: 305 mb | 587 mb
WebSite: Album Preview
CD1
1. Bill Harris - Stompin' at the Savoy
2. Bill Harris - Moonglow
3. Bill Harris - Cherokee
4. Bill Harris - Out of Nowhere
5. Bill Harris - Ethyl
6. Bill Harris - Possessed
7. Bill Harris - Perdido
8. Bill Harris - I Can't Get Started
9. Bill Harris - Dreaming
10. Bill Harris - K. C. Shuffle
11. Bill Harris - Ivanhoe
12. Bill Harris - Lover
13. Bill Harris - Spring
14. Bill Harris - Baker's Dozen
15. Bill Harris - Golden Sunset
16. Bill Harris - Honeysuckle Rose
17. Bill Harris - Midnight Blue
18. Bill Harris - Yesterdays
19. Bill Harris - The Harris Touch
20. Bill Harris - All the Things You Are
21. Bill Harris - 'S Wonderful
22. Bill Harris - Sometimes I'm Happy
23. Bill Harris - Rock Bottom Blues
24. Bill Harris - The Man I Love
CD2
1. Bill Harris - Lullaby of Birdland
2. Bill Harris - Blue Angel
3. Bill Harris - The Song Is You
4. Bill Harris - Daahoud
5. Bill Harris - Ethyl
6. Bill Harris - Wind Song
7. Bill Harris - Ol' Man River
8. Bill Harris - Once in a While
9. Bill Harris - Poinciana (Song of the Tree)
10. Bill Harris - Concerto for Jazz Guitar (Your Majesty)
11. Bill Harris - Jordu
12. Bill Harris - Lover
13. Bill Harris - All the Things You Are
14. Bill Harris - Poinciana (Song of the Tree) (Alt Take)
15. Bill Harris - Well You Needn't
16. Bill Harris - _Intaglio Monk,_ Parts 1 & 2
17. Bill Harris - Stompin' at the Savoy
18. Bill Harris - Possessed
19. Bill Harris - Cherokee
20. Bill Harris - The Song Is You
21. Bill Harris - Where Is Big Joe Williams Blues
22. Bill Harris - Ethyl
When Bill Harris recorded his first album as a leader in 1956, he had already been the electric guitar accompanist for The Cloversone of the most outstanding R&B vocal groupssince 1949. Fellow guitarist Mickey Baker recommended him to Mercury/EmArcys A&R head, Bob Shad, and it is to Shads credit that he gave Harris so much scope on his debut. The full colored natural sound of Harriss unamplified Spanish guitar is a rare and interesting pleasure. In the words of Nat Hentoff, the blues-soul of Harris courses richly through everything he plays.
On his second album for the label, The Harris Touch, Bill was backed by a conventional rhythm section and a bongo player. The session featured the excellent piano work of Hank Jones, with three of the tunes vehicles to showcase of Harriss electric guitar. On the Mercury/Wing album, Harris again performs solo, displaying his remarkable feeling for the unamplified guitar in both jazz and semi-classical contexts. The fourth album on this set is also a solo recital, recorded during a Bill Harris concert in Washington in 1962. Harris plays with engaging easiness in a live program which mainly includes material from the other three albums, demonstrating his abilities as an improviser of lovely, rhythmically resilient variations.
Down Beat magazine defined his style as a combination of beauty, lyricism, charm and solid strength. This collection of performances is both a masterpiece of guitar versatility and a master class in improvisation.
On his second album for the label, The Harris Touch, Bill was backed by a conventional rhythm section and a bongo player. The session featured the excellent piano work of Hank Jones, with three of the tunes vehicles to showcase of Harriss electric guitar. On the Mercury/Wing album, Harris again performs solo, displaying his remarkable feeling for the unamplified guitar in both jazz and semi-classical contexts. The fourth album on this set is also a solo recital, recorded during a Bill Harris concert in Washington in 1962. Harris plays with engaging easiness in a live program which mainly includes material from the other three albums, demonstrating his abilities as an improviser of lovely, rhythmically resilient variations.
Down Beat magazine defined his style as a combination of beauty, lyricism, charm and solid strength. This collection of performances is both a masterpiece of guitar versatility and a master class in improvisation.
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