Biography
A minor figure in the bop era who had potential but, unfortunately, retired from music in 1952, Benny Harris played with Tiny Bradshaw (1939) and twice with Earl Hines' Orchestra (1941 and 1943). He was a fixture on 52nd Street in the early '40s, taking part in many early bop sessions and playing with Benny Carter, John Kirby, Coleman Hawkins, Don Byas, and Thelonious Monk. Harris also was part of Boyd Raeburn's band for a period during 1944-1945; and recorded with Clyde Hart in December 1944, and with Byas in 1945. The composer of Ornithology, Crazelogy, Reets and I (often performed by Bud Powell), and Wahoo (based on Perdido), Benny Harris did not play all that much in the mid- to late '40s. He was with Dizzy Gillespie's big band briefly in 1949, and recorded with Charlie Parker in 1952, but then permanently dropped out of music. ~ Scott Yanow, Rovi



 
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Benny Harris - Crazeology
ORNITHOLOGY by Charlie Parker and Benny Harris
Benny Harris Top #7 Facts
Little Benny (Crazeology)
Comedy Speed Reel (Benny Harris)
“Ornithology” by Charlie Parker and Benny Harris - Sean McCoy, unaccompanied improv
Endangered Orphans Benny Harris Music with Screams
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