Nexus (Gene Harris album)

Nexus
Studio album by Gene Harris
Released	1975
Recorded	May-June, 1975
Genre	Jazz
Length	42:51
Label	Blue Note
Producer	Jerry Peters, Keg Johnson, Jim Shifflett
Gene Harris chronology
Astral Signal (1974)Astral Signal1974 Nexus (1975) In a Special Way (1975)In a Special Way1975

Nexus is an album by American jazz pianist Gene Harris recorded in 1975 and released on the Blue Note label.^[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review awarded the album 3½ stars.^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Track listing

1. "Sauda" (Ronaldo N. Jackson, Charlotte Politte, John Rowin) - 2:05
2. "Funky Business" (Jackson, Politte, Rowin, Jerry Peters) - 4:05
3. "Koko and Leeroe" (Peters) - 6:05
4. "Love Don't Love Nobody" (Joseph Jefferson, Charles Simmons) - 7:28
5. "Rushin' Roulette" (C. Davis, Sigidi Abdullah, Brenda Sutton) - 3:52
6. "The Jitterbug Waltz" (Fats Waller) - 5:34
7. "Gettin' Down Country" (Peters) - 4:00
8. "H.R.D. (Boogie)" (Rowin) - 5:08
9. "Prayer '76" (Mbaji, Sigidi, Harold Clayton, Brenda Sutton, Jerry Peters) - 5:34

• Recorded at Music Recorders in Los Angeles, California in May-June, 1975.

Personnel

• Gene Harris - keyboards
• Al Aarons - trumpet
• George Bohanon - trombone
• Mike Altschul, Fred Jackson, Jr. - reeds
• Julius Buffum, Wint Garvey, Rewit Koven, Charles Veal - strings
• Lee Ritenour - guitar
• John Rowin - guitar, electric bass
• Chuck Rainey - electric bass
• Kenneth Rice - drums
• Ronaldo N. Jackson, Gerald Steinholtz - percussion
• Harold Clayton, John Lehman, Lynn Mack, Jerry Peters, Sigidi - vocals, backing vocals
• Lani Graves, Keg Johnson, Julia Tillman Waters, Maxine Willard Waters - backing vocals

References