Jerome Harris: Comprehensive Discography

Albums are listed in order of recording and/or release; format adapted from the one used by Patrice Roussel in his contributions to the “People Of Jazz Index” at www.wnur.org. For each album, only the cuts which include Jerome Harris are listed.

001 - THE ROAD FROM RAGS TO JAZZ: The New England Conservatory Ragtime Ensemble

8/ Heliotrope Bouquet (Louis Chauvin) 3:38

9/ Cataract Rag (Robert Hampton) 4:08

14/ Pastime Rag No. 4 -- A Slow Drag (Artie Matthews) 3:18

15/ Charleston Rag (Eubie Blake) 3:48

16/ Kitten On The Keys (Zez Confrey) 2:58

17/ Grandpa's Spells (Jelly Roll Morton) 1:58

18/ Grandpa's Spells (Morton) 2:45

19/ Smokehouse Blues (Charles Luke) 4:22

Recorded at Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, Massachusetts, October 29-30, December 3-4, 1974 and January 2-3, March 19, 1975

Gunther Schuller: conductor; Mary O'Reilly: first violin; Ann Ourada: second violin; Virginia Izzo: viola; Bruce Coppock: cello; Edwin Barker: bass; Myron Romanul: Piano, cymbalom; Lawrence Fried: drums, percussion; Stephanie Jutt: flute, piccolo; Bruce Creditor: clarinet; Robert Winiker: trumpet; Thomas Foulds: trombone; Judith Bedford: bassoon; Lynda Jacquin: oboe; Lawrence Ragent: French horn; Susan Graham: French horn (14); Jerome Harris: tenor banjo (9,14,16,17,19), guitar (8,15,18)

Produced by Gunther Schuller

1975 - Golden Crest CRS-31042 (LP)

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002 - BRIGHTER DAYS: Stanton Davis' Ghetto/Mysticism

1/ Things Cannot Stop Forever (Poon Tang Tally-Wacky) (Stanton Davis, Jeff Anderson, Delmar Brown) 5:16

2/ Space-A-Nova I (Davis) 4:33

3/ Play Sleep (Davis, Jan Garbarek)

4/ Brighter Days/Brighter Daze (Davis) 4:57

5/ Funky Fried Töfu (Davis) 5:55

6/ Nida (Davis) 3:54

7/ Space-A-Nova II (Davis) 5:00

8/ High Jazz (Davis) 4:35

9/ High Jazz Reprise (Davis, Dan Windham) 2:50

No session details listed [Harris recalls most recording done at Dimension Sound Studios, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts; possibly starting July 30- August 1, 1976]

Stanton Davis - fluegelhorn, trumpet (4,5), vocal (1,2,5,8,9), percussion (1), prepared piano (3), mellotron & string synthesizer (6); Leonard Brown - soprano sax (1,2,7,8,9); tenor sax (3,4,5), percussion (1,5,6); Bill Pierce - soprano sax (5), alto flute (3); Jerome Harris (listed as "Jerry Harris) - guitar (1,2,5,7,8,9), bass guitar (3,4,5,6), vocal (1,8,9); "King" Wellington - calypso guitar (5); Lee Genesis - vocal (1,4,5,8,9); J.O. Wharthon - vocal (1,5); Armstead Christian - vocal (2,7,8,9); Rénée Franklin - vocal (1,2,7,8,9); Jeannine Otis - vocal (5,8,9); Dan Windham - spoken word (9); Alan Pasqua - keyboards (1,3,4,5,6); Delmar Brown - keyboards (1,2,4,5,7,8,9), vocal (1,2,5,7,8,9); Mark Styles - synthesizer (3); Jeff Anderson - bass guitar (1); Craig Carter - bass guitar (2,7,8,9); Vinnie Johnson - drums (1,2,3,4,5,7,8,9), percussion (2,7,8,9); Les Lumley - congas (1,2,4,5,7,8,9), percussion (3); Keith Copeland - percussion (2); Alyrio Lima Cova - percussion (4,5)

Produced by Stanton Davis

1977 - Outrageous #2 (LP)

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