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John Purcell
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Victor Lewis
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Graham Haynes
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John Stubblefield
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Phillip Wilson
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Michael Formanek
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Ben Monder
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Mark Feldman
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James Newton
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Alex Blake
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Tommy Campbell
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Albert Mangelsdorff
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Terri Lyne Carrington
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Craig S. Harris
American musician

Craig S. Harris

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American musician
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Guggenheim Fellowship
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Craig S. Harris (born September 10, 1953) is a jazz trombonist who started working with Sun Ra in 1976. He also has worked with Abdullah Ibrahim, David Murray, Lester Bowie, Cecil Taylor, Sam Rivers, Muhal Richard Abrams, and Charlie Haden. He has recorded since 1983 as leader for India Navigation, Soul Note and JMT. For the latter he recorded with two groups. The Tailgaters Tails was a quintet with clarinetist Don Byron, trumpeter Eddie Allen, Anthony Cox on double bass, and Pheeroan akLaff on drums. His large ensemble Cold Sweat was a tribute to the music of James Brown.

He is a graduate of the music program of State University of New York at Old Westbury and was influenced by its founder and director Makanda Ken McIntyre. Harris's move to New York City in 1978 established him with trombonists Ray Anderson, Joseph Bowie, and George Lewis.

He first played alongside another of his teachers at SUNY, baritone saxophonist Pat Patrick, in Sun Ra's Arkestra for two years. Harris than embarked on a world tour with South African pianist Abdullah Ibrahim (Dollar Brand) in 1981. While on tour in Australia Harris discovered the indigenous Australian wind instrument the didgeridoo, which he added to the collection of instruments he plays.