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The Tender Storm
''The Tender Storm'' is an album by American jazz saxophonist Eddie Harris recorded in 1966 and released on the Atlantic Records, Atlantic label.Atlantic Records discography accessed May 8, 2012 accessed June 22, 2017 Reception The Allmusic review states "In a sense, this LP was really the calm before the storm, the album where Eddie Harris unveiled some new wrinkles in his act that would explode on the very next album ''The Electrifying Eddie Harris, Electrifying'', while hewing tightly to a standard acoustic quartet format. Here he starts to use the Varitone amplified saxophone, albeit very discr ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddie Harris
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", popularized by Miles Davis in 1966, and "Listen Here". Biography Harris was born and grew up in Chicago, Illinois, United States. His father was from Cuba and his mother from Mississippi. He studied music under Walter Dyett at DuSable High School, as had many other successful Chicago musicians (such as Nat King Cole, Clifford Jordan, Johnny Griffin, Gene Ammons, Julian Priester, and others). He later studied music at Roosevelt University, by which time he was proficient on piano, vibraphone, and tenor saxophone. While in college, he performed professionally with Gene Ammons. After college, Harris was drafted into the United States Army and while serving in Europe, he was accepted into the 7th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
