Spare Harris

There's something just the slightest bit comic about calling an Emmylou Harris album Stumble into Grace. While Harris has always sounded as if both earthly and spiritual grace were created with her in mind, when she sings, it seems she can no more stumble than a dolphin can be taught to walk on dry land. Stumble into Grace finds Harris following in the same creative path she began to pursue with Wrecking Ball and Red Dirt Girl, which is to say that the influence of her country-influenced material is more felt than heard as she dips her toes into the spectral and atmospheric accents of folk, indie pop, and world music…

Phil Harris - That's What I Like About Phil Harris (1988) {RCA DMC1-0826}
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© 1988 RCA Special Products ‎| DMC1-0826
Jazz / Vocal Pop / Vocal Music / Swing

There was a time when Phil Harris so epitomized the stereotype of "good old boy" that he could have copyrighted it. He gradually evolved his public personality from a southern-accented bandleader and singer to the boozy braggart on the "Jack Benny Program" and his own "Phil Harris - Alice Faye Show." In reality, he was rather shy and not too eager to push his career beyond radio and recordings. He was just about to fall into obscurity between two generations when his voice work as Baloo the Bear in Disney's "Jungle Book" put him right back on top again. This collection of his songs offers an excellent profile of his public persona as well as some clues to the creation of the Phil Harris character.

Eddie Harris - People Get Funny… (1987) {2015 Japan Timeless Jazz Master Collection Complete Series CDSOL-6377}
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© 1987, 2015 Timeless Records / Solid Records Japan / Ultra-Vibe | CDSOL-6377
Jazz / Soul Jazz / Hard Bop / Jazz Funk

Reissue with the latest remastering. Features original cover artwork. Comes with a descripton in Japanese. A later album from reedman Eddie Harris – but a set that still continues some of his best funky styles from the 70s Atlantic Records years! In fact, the record may well be the last that Eddie ever cut in this mode – a real surprise at a time when some of his other sessions were more traditional – and the record's filled with lots of very groovy surprises that include great Fender Rhodes from William Henderson, plus more electric piano from Eddie – who also sings a bit too, in that great raspy tone of his. Rhythms are often pretty great, too – funky, in an offbeat way – thanks to sweet basslines from Larry Gales and drums from Carl Burnett.

Liz Harris’ sparse, 22-minute record follows the trajectory of her 2014 album Ruins to a place that feels even more wind-blown and remote.