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Born : September 10, 1953 in Hempstead, New York.
Jazz trombonist who worked with Sun Ra (1976-80) and Abdullah Ibrahim (1979-1981).
During the 80's he has been working with various avant-garde musicians (David Murray, Henry Threadgill, Lester Bowie, Olu Dara, Cecil Taylor ...) and was also part of the emerging electro-funk scene.
He has also released solo recordings and recorded with his own groups (Tailgater's Tales and Cold Sweat).

ALBUMS


Mark Isham & Craig Harris
Judas And The Black Messiah (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2021, 21xFile, MP3, Album, 320, WaterTower Music
Craig Harris
Souls Within The Veil
2005
Craig Harris (3) & The Nation Of Imagination Featuring Barbaros Erköse
İstanbul
1998
R. Anderson*, C. Harris*, G. Lewis* & G. Valente*
Slideride
1995, CD, Album, hat ART
Craig Harris
F-Stops
1994, CD, Album, Soul Note,
Billy Bang, Craig Harris (3), Henry Threadgill
Hip Hop Be Bop
1993, CD, Album, ITM Records (2), ,
Soul-Jazz/Jazzy Hip-Hop
Andrei Strobert Featuring Benny Powell, Craig Harris (3), Ken McIntyre, Rachiim Ausar-Sahu, Donna Cumberbatch* And Vicki Garner
Spirit Within Us
1992
Craig Harris
Tributes
1985, LP, Album, Of The Cosmos
Craig Harris
Black Bone
1984
Craig Harris
Aboriginal Affairs
1983, LP, Album, India Navigation, ,
Free Jazz/Contemporary Jazz/Avant-garde Jazz
Various
The Tommy Boy Story Vol. 01
2006, 2x CD Cardboard Sleeve, ,
Breakbeat/Electro/Synth-pop/Freestyle/Conscious/House/Contemporary R&B
Cold Sweat
4 Play
2003
Various
Tommy Boy Greatest Hits
2003, 2x CD, ,
Gangsta/Electro/Pop Rap
The Freestylers*
Electro Science (ソヒシハトテイイテハ)
2000, CD, Mixed + CD, Comp, Urban Theory, ,
Electro
Various
Greatest Beats - Volume 4
1998, CD, Comp, Enh, Tommy Boy, MTM (3), ,
Electro/Rhythm & Blues/Synth-pop/Freestyle
Various
Greatest Beats - Volume 4
1998, ,
Electro
Various
Tommy Boy's Greatest Beats 1981 - 1996
1998, 5x CD, Box Set, ,
Pop Rap/Disco/RnB/Swing/Electro/Downtempo/Synth-pop
Whiz Kid / G.L.O.B.E. & Whiz Kid
He's Got The Beat / Play That Beat Mr. D.J.
1985, ,
Electro
Various
Tommy Boy - Greatest Beats
1985, ,
Electro
G.L.O.B.E. & Whiz Kid
Play That Beat Mr. D.J.
1983, ,
Electro/Cut-up/DJ
Various
Tommy Boy Vs Ammo City
CD, Comp, Enh, Promo, HHC Magazine,
David Murray Latin Big Band
Now Is Another Time
2001, ,
Big Band/Latin Jazz
David Murray Octet
Octet Plays Trane
2000, ,
Contemporary Jazz
David Murray Octet
Dark Star [The Music Of The Grateful Dead®]
1996, ,
Free Jazz/Psychedelic Rock/Jazz-Rock
David Murray Octet
Picasso
1993, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Cold Sweat
4 Play
1991, CD, ,
Jazz-Funk
David Murray Big Band
Conducted By Lawrence "Butch" Morris
1991, ,
Big Band/Contemporary Jazz
David Murray Octet
Hope Scope
1991, CD,
Cold Sweat
Plays J.B.
1989, ,
Jazz-Funk/Funk
David Murray Octet
New Life
1987, Vinyl No Barcode, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Craig Harris And Tailgaters Tales
Shelter
1987, ,
Contemporary Jazz
David Murray Big Band
Live At "Sweet Basil" - Vol. 2
1986, Vinyl, ,
Free Jazz/Big Band
David Murray Big Band
Live At "Sweet Basil" - Vol. 1
1985, ,
Big Band/Avant-garde Jazz/Free Improvisation
David Murray Octet
Murray's Steps
1983
The Muhal Richard Abrams Orchestra
Rejoicing With The Light
1983
David Murray Octet
Octet Plays Trane
2000
David Murray Latin Big Band
Now Is Another Time
,
Big Band/Latin Jazz

APPEARANCES +


Sun Ra
Lights On A Satellite: Live At The Left Bank
2024
Sun Ra
On Jupiter
2021
Sun Ra & His Arkestra*
The Spirit Of Jazz Cosmos Arkestra At WUHY, 1978
2019, 12x File, ,
Space-Age/Big Band/Free Jazz
Murray, Allen & Carrington Power Trio
Perfection
2016, CD, Album, Motéma, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Free Jazz
Muhal Richard Abrams
The Complete Remastered Recordings On Black Saint And Soul Note Volume 2
2016, 9xCD, Album, RE, RM + Box, Comp, Car, Black Saint, Soul Note, ,
Avant-garde Jazz/Free Jazz/Free Improvisation
David Murray
The Complete Remastered Recordings on Black Saint & Soul Note Volume 3
2016, 6xCD, Album, RE, RM + Box, Comp, Black Saint, Soul Note
Muhal Richard Abrams
The Complete Remastered Recordings On Black Saint & Soul Note
2016
David Murray Feat. Saul Williams
Blues For Memo
2016,
Sun Ra & His Arkestra*
Voice of the Eternal Tomorrow
2014, 3x File, ,
Free Improvisation/Space-Age/Avant-garde Jazz
Various
MOCAD Journal: Box #1
2012, LP, Album + CDr, Comp + Box, Ltd, MOCAD (Museum Of Contemporary Art Detroit), ,
Alternative Rock/Experimental/Free Improvisation/Free Jazz/Poetry
Warren Smith
Dragon Dave Meets Prince Black Knight From The Darkside Of The Moon
2011, CD, Album, RE, Porter Records, ,
Free Jazz/Soul-Jazz/Jazz-Funk/Spoken Word/Comedy
David Murray Octets*
The Complete Remastered Recordings On Black Saint & Soul Note
2011, CD, Album, RE, RM + CD, Album, RE, RM + CD, Album,, Black Saint, Soul Note, ,
Free Jazz/Contemporary Jazz
Sun Ra And His Omniverse Jet-Set Arkestra*
Beyond The Purple Star Zone / Oblique Parallax
2010, CD, Comp, RE, RM, Art Yard
Joseph Daley* - Earth Tones Ensemble
The Seven Deadly Sins
2010, CD, Album, Dig, Jaro Medien, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Big Band/Free Jazz
World Saxophone Quartet
Political Blues
2006, CD, Album, Justin Time
Sun Ra Arkestra*
Live At Myron's Ballroom
2006, 3xCD, Album, Transparency, ,
Space-Age
Avery Brooks
Here...
2006, CD, Album, Not On Label (Avery Brooks Self-Released),
Sun Ra And His Omniverse Jet-Set Arkestra*
Beyond The Purple Star Zone
2006
Various
The Celluloid Years - 12"es And More...
2006, 2x CD, ,
Cut-up/DJ/Electro/Hip Hop
World Saxophone Quartet
Experience
2004, CD, Album, Justin Time, ,
Free Jazz/Jazz-Rock
Ahmed Abdullah
Ahmed Abdullah's Dispersions Of The Spirit Of Ra (Traveling The Spaceways)
2004, CD, Album, Planet Arts Recordings, ,
Space-Age
Various
Classic Jazz: The Nineties
2003, 2xCD, Comp, Time Life Music, Universal Music Special Markets,
David Murray & The Gwo-Ka Masters Featuring Guy Konket* & Klod Kiavué
Yonn-Dé
2002
Carla Cook
Dem Bones
2001, ,
Contemporary Jazz
The Yosuke Yamashita Big Band Featuring Joe Lovano
Field Of Grooves
2001
Sekou Sundiata
LongStoryShort
2000, CD, Album, Righteous Babe Records
The Roots
The Roots Come Alive
1999, CD, ,
Conscious
The Roots
The Lesson-Part III / Ya'll Know Whoo
1999, Vinyl,
Sacred System
Nagual Site
1998, CD, ,
Dub/Drum n Bass/Fusion/Ambient
Muhal Richard Abrams
Song For All
1997, CD, Album, Black Saint,
David Murray
Fo Deuk Revue
1997, CD, ,
Afro-Cuban Jazz/Jazz-Rock/Contemporary Jazz
Don Byron
Bug Music
1996
David Murray Big Band Conducted By Lawrence "Butch" Morris*
South Of The Border
1995, CD, ,
Big Band/Contemporary Jazz
Sun Ra & His Arkestra*
A Quiet Place In The Universe
1994, CD, Album, RM, Leo Records
David Murray
David Murray
1994, CD, Comp, Musica Jazz, Black Saint, ,
Avant-garde Jazz
Abdullah Ibrahim
Abdullah Ibrahim
1993, CD, Comp, Musica Jazz, Enja Records, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Ayibobo
Freestyle
1993, CD, Album, DIW,
Bradley Ditto
Check Me Out
1988, LP, Hi Fire,
Warren Smith
Studio WIS 20th Anniversary Concert
1988, Cass, Album, Miff Music Company, ,
Free Jazz
Craig Harris And Tailgater's Tales*
Blackout In The Square Root Of Soul
1988
Time Zone
World Destruction
1988, Vinyl, ,
Electro/Funk
Various
For Real Moments : Songs And Dances
1988, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Lester Bowie
Works
1988
Lester Bowie's Brass Fantasy
I Only Have Eyes For You
1985, Vinyl, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Atlantic Starr
As The Band Turns
1985, Vinyl, ,
Soul/Disco
Shango
Shango Funk Theology
1984, ,
Electro
Shango
Zulu Groove
1983, ,
Electro/Funk
Henry Threadgill Sextet*
Just The Facts And Pass The Bucket
1983, Vinyl, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Various
The Young Lions - A Concert Of New Music Played By Seventeen Exceptional Young Musicians - The Kool Jazz Festival June 30, 1982
1983, 2x Vinyl Gatefold, ,
Hard Bop/Avant-garde Jazz/Post Bop
Cosmic Touch
Nothing Ever Changes
1983
Henry Threadgill Sextet*
When Was That?
1982, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Muhal Richard Abrams
Blues Forever
1982, ,
Free Jazz/Avant-garde Jazz
Joseph Jarman - Don Moye*
Earth Passage - Density
1981, ,
Free Jazz/Free Improvisation/Avant-garde Jazz
Lena Horne
Lena Horne: The Lady And Her Music (Live On Broadway)
1981, 2x Vinyl Gatefold sleeve, ,
Musical/Contemporary Jazz
Dollar Brand
African Marketplace
1980
Sun Ra
Strange Celestial Road
1980, Vinyl, ,
Big Band/Contemporary Jazz/Experimental
Dollar Brand
At Montreux
1980, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Modal
Sun Ra And His Arkestra*
Sleeping Beauty
1979, Vinyl Printed Saturn Labels, ,
Free Jazz/Avant-garde Jazz/Big Band/Free Funk/Space-Age
Sun Ra Arkestra*
Unity
1978
Sun Ra
Cosmos
1976, ,
Free Jazz
Sun Ra & His Cosmo Swing Arkestra*
Live At Montreux
1976, ,
Free Jazz
Various
The Outsiders Improvised & Creative Music Festival 2017
CD, Album, Jam-All Productions,
David Murray Big Band Featuring James Newton
The Obscure Works Of Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn
Cass, 3D Family,
Various
Istanbul Twilight
2007, 2xCD, Comp, Doublemoon, ,
Downtempo/Ottoman Classical/Fusion/Acoustic
Various
Akbank Jazz Festival 15 Years (1991-2005)
2005, CD, Comp, Promo, RH Pozitif Müzik Yapım,
Various
East 2 West: Global Departures From Istanbul, Flight 001
2002, CD, Comp, Enh, Doublemoon, ,
Downtempo/Trip Hop/Drum n Bass
Various
Dal Rock Al Rap
1999, CD, Comp, Fabbri Editori, ,
Jazz-Rock/Jazz-Funk/Avant-garde Jazz/Acid Jazz
Various
İmaj / İmage
1999, CD, Comp, İmaj,
Various
Free Funk On Polydor
1996, CD, Comp, JMT, Bamboo (3),
Sun Ra Arkestra*
Live At The Storyville In NYC - 24th October 1977
2011, LP, Album, Ltd, Unofficial, B 13, B 13
Sun Ra Arkestra*
Live At The Storyville In NYC - 29th October 1977
2011, LP, Album, Ltd, Unofficial, B 13, B 13, ,
Big Band/Avant-garde Jazz
Gang Starr / G.L.O.B.E. & Whiz Kid
Play That Beat
1999, 12", Unofficial, Not On Label (Gang Starr), Not On Label (G.L.O.B.E. & Whiz Kid),
Sun Ra Arkestra*
Unity
2x CD, ,
Space-Age
Bill Laswell / Sacred System
Nagual Site
CD, ,
Dub/Drum n Bass/Fusion/Ambient