Promotional video, produced shortly before Bill Harris' passing in 1988.
(thanks to Youtube user HMPL!)
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EmArcy MG 36097 from the collection of Armin Büttner
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Bill Harris (g).NYC, 1956
| 13438 | I Can't Get Started | EmArcy MG 36097 | |
| 13439 | A Kiss And The Wind | unissued | |
| 13440 | Spring | EmArcy MG 36113 | |
| 13441 | Lover | EmArcy MG 36097 | |
| 13442 | Cherokee | EmArcy MG 36097 | |
| 13443 | Dreaming | EmArcy MG 36097 | |
| 13444 | Ethyl | EmArcy MG 36097 | |
| 13445 | Baker's Dozen | unissued | |
| 13446 | Ivanhoe | EmArcy MG 36097 | |
| 13447 | Posessed | EmArcy MG 36097 | |
| 13448 | K.C. Shuffle | EmArcy MG 36097 | |
| 13449 | Stompin' At The Savoy | EmArcy MG 36097 |
EmArcy MG 36097, titled Bill Harris was released in 1956. EmArcy MG 36113 titled The Harris Touch was released in 1957. It was rereleased later as Mercury MG-20552 (mono) and SR-60120 (stereo) both entitled Bill Harris - Jazz Guitar.
Bill Harris (g); Hank Jones (p-1); unindentified (b-1); unindentified (d); unindentified (bgo).
NYC, May 2, 1957
| 15265 | Sometimes I'm Happy | EmArcy MG 36113 | |
| 15266 | Midnight Blue | EmArcy MG 36113 | |
| 15267 | Honeysuckle Rose | EmArcy MG 36113 | |
| 15268 | The Harris Touch | EmArcy MG 36113 | |
| 15269 | Rock Bottom Blues | EmArcy MG 36113 | |
| 15270 | The Man I Love | EmArcy MG 36113 |
EmArcy MG 36113 titled The Harris Touch was released in 1957. It was rereleased later as Mercury MG-20552 (mono) and SR-60120 (stereo) both entitled Bill Harris - Jazz Guitar.
Bill Harris (g); Hank Jones (p-1); unindentified (b-1); unindentified (d); unindentified (bgo).
NYC, May 21, 1957
| 15422 | Golden Sunset | EmArcy MG 36113 | |
| 15423 | All The Things You Are | EmArcy MG 36113 | |
| 15424 | Yesterdays | EmArcy MG 36113 | |
| 15425 | S' Wonderful | EmArcy MG 36113 | |
| 15426 | Baker's Dozen | EmArcy MG 36113 |
EmArcy MG 36113 titled The Harris Touch was released in 1957. It was rereleased later as Mercury MG-20552 (mono) and SR-60120 (stereo) both entitled Bill Harris - Jazz Guitar.
Bill Harris (g).
The Village Gate, NYC, 1957
| Bach's Prelude in D Minor (a) Prelude (b) Allemande (c)Sarabande |
V.S.O.P 66CD | ||
| Spring/Golden Sunset | V.S.O.P 66CD | ||
| Satin Doll | V.S.O.P 66CD | ||
| Out Of Nowhere | V.S.O.P 66CD | ||
| Stompin' At The Savoy | V.S.O.P 66CD |
V.S.O.P 66CD was released in 1988 or 1989. There also might be an LP issue. Other tracks on The Fabulous Bill Harris are from 1973, 1975, 1982 and 1986.
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Wing SRW 16220 from the collection of Armin Büttner
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Bill Harris (g).
unknown studio, late fifties or early sixties
| Lullaby Of Birdland | Wing MGW 12220 | ||
| Blue Angel | Wing MGW 12220 | ||
| The Song Is You | Wing MGW 12220 | ||
| Daahoud | Wing MGW 12220 | ||
| Ethyl | Wing MGW 12220 | ||
| Wind Song | Wing MGW 12220 | ||
| Ol' Man River | Wing MGW 12220 | ||
| Once In A While | Wing MGW 12220 | ||
| Poinciana | Wing MGW 12220 | ||
| Concerto For Jazz | Wing MGW 12220 | ||
| Jordu | Wing MGW 12220 |
Wing MGW 12220 (mono) Great Guitar Sounds was released around 1960. It also appeared in artificial stereo as Wing SRW 16220.
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Jazz Guitar 100 from the collection of Armin Büttner
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Bill Harris (g).
Cafritz Auditorium, Washington DC, December 1962
| Lover | Jazz Guitar 100 | ||
| All The Things You Are | Jazz Guitar 100 | ||
| Poinciana | Jazz Guitar 100 | ||
| Well You Needn't | Jazz Guitar 100 | ||
| "Intagglio Monk "Parts 1&2 | Jazz Guitar 100 | ||
| Stompin' At The Savoy | Jazz Guitar 100 | ||
| Posessed | Jazz Guitar 100 | ||
| Cherokee | Jazz Guitar 100 | ||
| The Song Is You | Jazz Guitar 100 | ||
| Where Is Big Joe Williams Blues | Jazz Guitar 100 | ||
| Ethyl | Jazz Guitar 100 |
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Black & Blue 33.042 from the Otto Flückiger collection
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Bill Harris (g).
Philadelphia, June 30, 1972
| Satin Doll | Black & Blue 33.042, BB 938.2 (CD) | ||
| Billy Bar | Black & Blue 33.042, BB 938.2 (CD) | ||
| Django | Black & Blue 33.042, BB 938.2 (CD) | ||
| The Shadow Of Your Smile | Black & Blue 33.042, BB 938.2 (CD) | ||
| Baker's Dozen | Black & Blue 33.042, BB 938.2 (CD) | ||
| Down In The Alley | Black & Blue 33.042, BB 938.2 (CD) | ||
| Fly Me To The Moon | Black & Blue 33.042, BB 938.2 (CD) | ||
| Spiral | Black & Blue 33.042, BB 938.2 (CD) | ||
| Cherokee | Black & Blue 33.042, BB 938.2 (CD) |
Black & Blue 33.042 was released 1972. The CD version BB 938.2 was released 2001.
Bill Harris (g); The Howard University Ensemble.
Andrew Rankin Memorial Chapel,, Washington DC, April 16, 1973
| The Wes Montgomery Suite (1st Movement: Remember Wes) |
V.S.O.P 66CD |
V.S.O.P 66CD was released in 1988 or 1989. There also might be an LP issue. Other tracks on The Fabulous Bill Harris are from 1957, 1975, 1982 and 1986.
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Jazz Guitar BH 751 from the collection of Armin Büttner
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Bill Harris (g).
Paris, Toulouse, and possibly other locations in France, Fall 1973
| Bill's Bar | Jazz Guitar BH 751 | ||
| Possessed | Jazz Guitar BH 751 | ||
| Hommage á Krupa | Jazz Guitar BH 751 | ||
| Blue Medley -Blue Angel -Motherless (Child) |
Jazz Guitar BH 751 | ||
| People | Jazz Guitar BH 751 | ||
| Stomping at the Savoy | Jazz Guitar BH 751 | ||
| Willow Weep For Me | Jazz Guitar BH 751 | ||
| Syeeda's Song Flute | Jazz Guitar BH 751 | ||
| Watergate Blues | Jazz Guitar BH 751 |
According to the liner notes of this LP, Harris toured France in October 1973. Although the title of Jazz Guitar Presents BH 751 suggests that all of these tracks were recorded in Paris there is a different ambience on different tracks. In a short announcement to Hommage á Krupa that Harris apparently recorded at a later date in the US he says that this track comes from a life concert in Toulouse. Harris says he composed it while he was touring france.
Bill's Bar is the same piece that appears on Black & Blue 33.042 as Billy Bar. Watergate Blues is the same piece that appeard on Jazz Guitar 100 as "Intagglio Monk "Parts 1&2. As Harris writes in the liner notes to Jazz Guitar Presents BH 751:
Watergate Blues was written for a watergate barge concert in 1962? Later to be retitled Intaglio Monk for its musical likeness to Monks approach. (My musical etching of Thelonious Monk) I was advised to give the original title back to it by Jarrell and there you have it with the gap in the tapes.
Note: There is a test pressing of this LP extant that bears the number "Jazz Guitar 102". So was there a "Jazz Guitar 101"?
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Black & Blue 33.062 from the collection of Armin Büttner
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Studio Sysmo, Paris, May 28 1973
| Rhythm No 1 | Black & Blue 33.062 | ||
| Honeysuckle Rose | Black & Blue 33.062 | ||
| Out Of Nowhere | Black & Blue 33.062 | ||
| Body And Soul | Black & Blue 33.062 | ||
| Gone With The Wind | Black & Blue 33.062 | ||
| S'Wonderful | Black & Blue 33.062 | ||
| Pennies From Heaven | Black & Blue 33.062 | ||
| Cast Off | Black & Blue 33.062 | ||
| Ublue | Black & Blue 33.062 | ||
| Blues For Blake | Black & Blue 33.062 | ||
| Rhythm No 2 | Black & Blue 33.062 |
Bill Harris (g).
The American Theatre, Washington DC(???), June 28, 1975
| Syeeda's Song Flute | V.S.O.P 66CD | ||
| The Wes Montgomery Suite (3rd Movement: Sweet Fannie Louise) |
V.S.O.P 66CD |
V.S.O.P 66CD was released in 1988 or 1989. There also might be an LP issue. Other tracks on The Fabulous Bill Harris are from 1957, 1973, 1982 and 1986. The liners to V.S.O.P 66CD do not mention the town in which these tracks were recorded.
Bill Harris (g-1, voc-2, recitation-3, whistling-4).
Blues Alley, Georgetown, Washington DC, June 26, 1982
| Blues Ain't Nothing/Key To The Highway-1, 2 | V.S.O.P 66CD | ||
| Bill Harris Blues Monologue/Sitting On Top Of The World-1, 2, 3, 4 | V.S.O.P 66CD | ||
| Ma Rainey-2, 3 | V.S.O.P 66CD | ||
| Posessed-1 | V.S.O.P 66CD | ||
| Jazz Band-3 | V.S.O.P 66CD |
V.S.O.P 66CD was released in 1988 or 1989. There also might be an LP issue. Other tracks on The Fabulous Bill Harris are from 1957, 1973, 1975 and 1986.
Bill Harris (g).
The Terrace Theatre, The Kennedy Center, Washington DC, May 6, 1986
| Nuages | V.S.O.P 66CD |
V.S.O.P 66CD was released in 1988 or 1989. There also might be an LP issue. Other tracks on The Fabulous Bill Harris are from 1957, 1973, 1975 and 1982.