HARRIS, EDDIE - Exodus To Jazz / Mighty Like A Rose (Sealed) (2LP)

Eddie Harris (October 20, 1934 – November 5, 1996) was an American jazz musician, best known for playing tenor saxophone and for introducing the electrically amplified saxophone. He was also fluent on the electric piano and organ. His first album for Vee Jay, “Exodus to Jazz”, included his own jazz arrangement of Ernest Gold’s theme from the movie “Exodus”. A shortened version of this track, which featured his masterful playing in the upper register of the tenor saxophone, was heavily played on radio and became the first jazz record ever to be certified gold. This release presents three original Eddie Harris albums along with the single versions of “Exodus” and “Alicia”. All tracks recorded in Chicago, in 1961.