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27 Feb

Gene Harris “Summertime”

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When I was little I thought this was the jam. My father had a recording of it and I used to listen to it all the time. I especially liked the ending. I remember re-winding the tape so that I could hear Summertime over and over again until it snapped. I don’t think my father knows I snapped his tape. It’s good that he usually doesn’t remember what’s in his music library

When I found this on You Tube I was so excited because it brought back so many memories.


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  1. Steve Costello
    June 4th, 2009 at 21:54 | #1
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    The first time I heard Summertime by Gene Harris, I was on the way home from work one sunny afternoon. The music hit me so hard I had to pull over and just listen. It was the longest of the versions that Harris has published, so I sat on the side of the road for a good eight minutes… SO glad I did, because while the first two minutes were incredible, the rest was masterful. I just could not believe my ears.

    Since then, I’ve fallen in love with just about every piece of Gene’s music, especially “Uptown Sop” and “The Real Blues” with the Ray Brown Trio. As a Lindy Hopper and blues dancer, it has been a BLAST to dance to nearly all of his music.

    I’ve not yet been, but I am dying to get to the Gene Harris Festival in Boise, Idaho.

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