Craig Harris

More trombone!  I've been listening to Craig Harris documents over the last couple of days.  It is partly a matter of chance.  I put a lot of recent downloads (all legal!) on a CD and slid it into my car player.  I found myself listening to a magnificent cut but I couldn't figure out from the MP3 text who it was.  It was 'Blackwell', from a Harris recording Black Bone (1984).  It put me right in the deep end of the jazz zone.  

Craig Harris has been present at the creation of a lot of excellent jazz.  He has recorded with Sun Ra and David Murray, to mention only a couple of my favorites.  'Blackwell' is muscular and epic.  You can here at on my L365 station.  The whole album is much the same.  Here is the lineup.  

• Bass – Fred Hopkins
• Drums – Charlie Persip
• Piano – Donald Smith
• Tenor Saxophone – George Adams
• Trombone – Craig Harris 

So what do I do when I find such a gem?  I look for more.  I purchased F-Stops.   This is a much more conceptual album, with seven compositions entitled 1st Flow to 7th Flow.  I am playing 'F-Stops: 5th Flow'  and 'F-Stops: 3rd Flow' .

Here is the lineup for F-Stops. 

• Craig Harris - trombone, didgeridoo, vocals
• John Stubblefield - tenor saxophone
• Hamiet Bluiett - baritone saxophone
• Darrell Grant - piano, keyboards
• Bill White - guitar
• Calvin Jones - bass
• Tony Lewis - drums

You will want some Harris in your collection.  These are a good place to start.