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Archives West Finding Aid
Gene Harris was selected to be one of ten pianists from the United States to be featured in the Gold Fingers Tour which tours Japan and Korea. Includes Joanne Brackeen and organizer Mariko Omura.
recording session photographic CD-R with color contact sheet
photographic CD-R with color contact sheet
Photo taken at the Jazz Alley in Seattle, Washington during the recording of Gene Harris' Alley Cats record. Includes Gene's daughter Niki Harris, Frank Potenza on guitar, and saxophonists Red Holloway and Ernie Watts.
Photograph from Governor Batt's inauguration at the Idaho State Capitol Building with Idaho First Lady Jacquie Batt, vocalist Mike Zborowski, and trumpeter Billy Mitchell. Governor Batt is holding a framed original musical score. Also contains a secon
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History of Gene Harris, Boise’s Soul & Jazz Pianist
In the 80s and 90s, entrepreneurial jazz artists in Boise could head to the Idanha or Grove Hotels to play with one of the world’s best pianists. Music-lovers could sit back and listen to a soul jazz musician with decades of experience. Our city is still better for it, 25 years after his death.
Gene Harris was born in Benton Harbor, Mich. in and began teaching himself to play piano at six-years-old. After serving in the Army, he began the band Three Sounds, where Harris started honing the warm style of jazz he became known for. He was an ambitious collaborator, playing for larger acts and keeping his band alive while members rotated out.
It wasn’t until that his path led him to Boise for a “semi-retirement.” With an evident emphasis on “semi,” he released 22 albums over the last 23 years of his life and went back on tour in the s.
When Harris was in Boise, he typically worked at Peter Schott’s, a top-shelf restaurant
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