Biography
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Eddie Harris
2 follower
Genres :
Soul jazz
Jazz-funk
Hard bop
Instruments :
Saxophone
Piano
Organ
Born / Died
Born:(1934-10-20)October 20, 1934 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died:November 5, 1996(1996-11-05) (aged 62) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
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Eddie Harris (October 20, 1934 – November 5, 1996) was an American jazz musician, best known for playing tenor saxophone and for introducing the electrically amplified saxophone. He was also fluent on the electric piano and organ. His best-known compositions are "Freedom Jazz Dance", recorded and popularized by Miles Davis in 1966, and "Listen Here."
