Arville Harris
Arville Shirley Harris (1904–1954) was an American jazz reedist. He was the brother of Leroy Harris, Sr. Harris was born in St. Louis and played on riverboats in the early 1920s. He worked in the bands of Hershal Brassfield and Bill Brown, then worked with Clarence Williams, including on recordings, late in the decade. Around the same time he recorded with Fats Waller, King Oliver, Eva Taylor, and Sara Martin. He played in Cab Calloway's group, including on tours of Europe, between 1931 and 1935. In the latter half of the 1930s he worked with Jacques Butler, Baron Lee, and Claude Hopkins. He led a band under his own name in New York at the Majestic Ballroom from ca. 1944 until his death. |
Birth and Death Data: Born 1904 (St. Louis), Died 1954
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1929 - 1937
Roles Represented in DAHR: alto saxophone, clarinet, tenor saxophone
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | BVE-49760 | 10-in. | 3/1/1929 | The minor drag | Fats Waller’s Buddies | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone, clarinet, alto saxophone | |
Victor | BVE-49761 | 10-in. | 3/1/1929 | Harlem fuss | Fats Waller’s Buddies | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone, clarinet, alto saxophone | |
Brunswick | E36212 | 10-in. | 3/3/1931 | Minnie the moocher | Cab Calloway Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, clarinet, alto saxophone | |
Decca | 62140 | 10-in. | 4/21/1937 | Honey | Clude Hopkins Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, clarinet | ||
Decca | 62141 | 10-in. | 4/21/1937 | June night | Clude Hopkins Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, clarinet | ||
Decca | 62142 | 10-in. | 4/21/1937 | Church Street sobbin' blues | Clude Hopkins Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, clarinet | ||
Decca | 62143 | 10-in. | 4/21/1937 | My kinda love | Clude Hopkins Orchestra | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, clarinet |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Harris, Arville," accessed November 7, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/114223.
Harris, Arville. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 7, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/114223.
"Harris, Arville." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 7 November 2024.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Harris, Arville - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2008083449
Wikidata: Arville Harris - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q11852967
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/198789
MusicBrainz: Arville Harris - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d0a89bc2-815f-47a5-831e-e12b5269584c
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