Eddie Harris – Exodus To Jazz

Title: Eddie Harris - Exodus To Jazz
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1961, Jazz, Soul Jazz and Hard Bop, Chicago, Illinois 8/26
Matrix #: VJLP 3016
Condition: VG+, sounds great, has some pops on the early tracks, lots of marks (CC) | Members: Eddie H (34' - 96')
Cultural Facts:

1. Career Turning: Harris’ jazz arrangement of Ernest Gold’s film theme “Exodus” became an unexpected hit and turned his Vee-Jay debut into the record that established him nationally.
2. Player Spotlight: Harris approached the tenor saxophone with an unusually melodic, blues-rooted style, later becoming famous for experimenting with amplified saxophone, electronic effects, and unconventional instruments.
3. Cultural Debate: Harris spent much of his career crossing boundaries between straight-ahead jazz, soul, funk, and electronics, sometimes drawing criticism from jazz traditionalists even as those experiments anticipated later jazz-funk fusion.

8/15/2026 CC