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Bruce Harris Quartet at Cafe Bohemia

Courtesy of Michael Zieleniewski | Posted on January 19, 2020

Where

Cafe Bohemia
15 Barrow St
New York, NY
Map
(212) 691-6127

Bruce Harris Quartet at Cafe Bohemia

When

Sat, February 22, 2020
10:00 pm

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Musicians

Bruce Harris
trumpet

About

“One of the five young jazz players you should know. ” — WYNTON MARSALIS (EBONY MAGAZINE)

Born and raised in the Bronx, NY, trumpeter Bruce Harris has earned a reputation as one of the most important and emerging voices in jazz today. Harris’s love for music began in his home where the sounds of his grandfather’s alto saxophone and New York's storied music traditions of bebop and hip-hop consumed him. Inspired by acclaimed director Spike Lee’s “Mo Better Blues,” Harris became enamored with the trumpet and at the age of 13 his musical journey started. Heavily influenced by Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Clifford Brown and Dizzy Gillespie, Harris performed in the “Essentially Ellington” jazz band competition as a high school junior, earning the opportunity to play alongside famed trumpeter and jazz historian, Wynton Marsalis. Harris went on to earn a Bachelors Degree and Masters Degree in Jazz Performance at the Conservatory of Music at Purchase College, where he was mentored by trumpet virtuoso, Jon Faddis....

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