Name Beaver Harris | Role Drummer | |
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Similar People Dave Burrell, Roswell Rudd, Donald Ayler, Kent Carter, Albert Ayler | ||
Beaver Harris 360° Music Experience - Negcaumongus - Part 1
William Godvin "Beaver" Harris (April 20, 1936 – New York, New York, December 22, 1991) was an American jazz drummer who worked extensively with Archie Shepp.
Contents
- Beaver Harris 360 Music Experience Negcaumongus Part 1
- Beaver Harris Don Pullen 360 Experience A Well Kept Secret 1 Gore
- Biography
- As leader
- As sideman
- References
Beaver Harris + Don Pullen 360° Experience - A Well Kept Secret - 1: Gorée
Biography
Harris was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Coming from an athletic family, he played baseball as a teenager for the Kansas City Monarchs (then part of the Negro American League) and was scouted by major league teams Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants.
It was only after he was in the army that he began playing drums. After his national service ended in 1963 he moved to New York City and was encouraged to pursue a musical career by Max Roach. While in New York he worked and/or toured with Marion Brown, Dexter Gordon, Albert Ayler, Joe Henderson, Freddie Hubbard, Clifford Jordan, Howard Johnson, Sheila Jordan, Lee Konitz, Thelonious Monk, Roswell Rudd, Sonny Rollins, McCoy Tyner, Sonny Stitt, Clark Terry, Chet Baker, Doc Cheatham and Larry Coryell among other musicians.
In addition, Harris founded a "world music" band and called it "The 360 Degree Music Experience". The band included some of the most significant artists of the time, including Buster Williams, Hamiet Bluiett, Don Pullen, Jimmy Garrison, Ron Carter, Ricky Ford, Titos Sompa and many others.
Harris died of prostate cancer in New York at the age of 55. His children, William Godvin Harris III, Verna Harris Vaughn, and Portia Harris.
As leader
As sideman
With Albert Ayler
With Gato Barbieri
With Marion Brown
With Ken McIntyre
With Roswell Rudd
With Archie Shepp
With Steve Lacy