''Nexus'' is an album by American jazz pianist

Gene Harris Gene Harris (born Eugene Haire, September 1, 1933 – January 16, 2000) was an American jazz pianist known for his warm sound and blues and gospel infused style that is known as soul jazz. From 1956 to 1970, he played in The Three Sounds trio ...

recorded in 1975 and released on the

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label.Blue Note Records discography
accessed January 10, 2011.

Reception

The

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review awarded the album 3½ stars.Allmusic Review
accessed January 10, 2011.

Track listing

# "Sauda" (Ronaldo N. Jackson, Charlotte Politte, John Rowin) – 2:05 # "Funky Business" (Jackson, Politte, Rowin, Jerry Peters) – 4:05 # "Koko and Leeroe" (Peters) – 6:05 # "Love Don't Love Nobody" (Joseph Jefferson, Charles Simmons) – 7:28 # "Rushin' Roulette" (C. Davis, Sigidi Abdullah, Brenda Sutton) – 3:52 # "The Jitterbug Waltz" (

Fats Waller Thomas Wright "Fats" Waller (May 21, 1904 – December 15, 1943) was an American jazz pianist, organist, composer, violinist, singer, and comedic entertainer. His innovations in the Harlem stride style laid much of the basis for modern jazz pi ...

) – 5:34 # "Gettin' Down Country" (Peters) – 4:00 # "H.R.D. (Boogie)" (Rowin) – 5:08 # "Prayer '76" (Mbaji, Sigidi, Harold Clayton, Brenda Sutton, Jerry Peters) – 5:34 :*Recorded at Music Recorders in Los Angeles, California in May–June, 1975.

Personnel

* Gene Harris – keyboards *

Al Aarons Albert Aarons (March 23, 1932 – November 17, 2015) was an American jazz trumpeter. Biography Aarons was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Wayne State University in Detroit. He began to gain attention as a trumpet player in 1 ...

– trumpet *

George Bohanon George Roland Bohanon, Jr. (born August 7, 1937) is a jazz trombonist and session musician from Detroit, Michigan. In the early 1960s, he participated in Detroit's Workshop Jazz ensemble, with Johnny Griffith (musician), Johnny Griffith, Paula Gr ...

– trombone * Mike Altschul, Fred Jackson, Jr. – reeds * Julius Buffum, Wint Garvey, Rewit Koven, Charles Veal –

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Lee Ritenour Lee Mack Ritenour ( ; born January 11, 1952) is an American jazz guitarist who has been active since the late 1960s. Biography Ritenour was born on January 11, 1952, in Los Angeles, California, United States. At the age of eight he started play ...

– guitar * John Rowin – guitar, electric bass *

Chuck Rainey Charles Walter Rainey III (born June 17, 1940) is an American bass guitarist who has performed and recorded with many well-known acts, including Aretha Franklin, Steely Dan, and Quincy Jones. Rainey is credited for playing bass on more than 1,00 ...

– electric bass * Kenneth Rice – drums * Ronaldo N. Jackson, Gerald Steinholtz – percussion * Harold Clayton, John Lehman, Lynn Mack,

Jerry Peters Jerry Peters is an American songwriter, record producer, multi-instrumentalist, conductor and arranger. He is best known for writing the hit songs "Love Or Let Me Be Lonely" and "Going In Circles" by The Friends of Distinction. Career Peters w ...

, Sigidi – vocals, backing vocals * Lani Graves,

Keg Johnson Frederic Homer Johnson (November 19, 1908 – November 8, 1967), known professionally as Keg Johnson, was an American jazz trombonist. Early life He was born in Dallas, Texas. His father was a choir director there and also worked at a local ...

, Julia Tillman Waters, Maxine Willard Waters – backing vocals

References

{{Authority control Blue Note Records albums Gene Harris albums 1975 albums Albums produced by Jerry Peters