Eddie Harris was an American jazz musician, best known for playing tenor saxophone and for introducing the electrically amplified saxophone.
12 Facts About Eddie Harris
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Eddie Harris was fluent on the electric piano and organ.
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Eddie Harris's father was from Cuba and his mother from Mississippi.
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Eddie Harris studied music under Walter Dyett at DuSable High School, as had many other successful Chicago musicians.
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Eddie Harris later studied music at Roosevelt University; by that time he was proficient on piano, vibraphone, and tenor saxophone.
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Eddie Harris moved to Columbia Records in 1964 and then to Atlantic Records the following year where he re-established himself.
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Eddie Harris released several different versions of his composition over the years, including both studio and live concert recordings.
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Eddie Harris was to re-work the track two years later, stretching it out to over seven minutes in length, for his iconic sax solo version.
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Eddie Harris came up with the idea of the reed trumpet, playing one for the first time at the 1970 Newport Jazz Festival.
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Eddie Harris moved from Chicago to Los Angeles in the 1970s.
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Eddie Harris then signed with RCA Records and recorded two albums.
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Eddie Harris died of congestive heart failure in Los Angeles on November 5,1996, at the age of 62.