Don Harris

Don has been playing music since he was 8 years old. He has been fortunate enough to work with the greatest artists on the planet. After graduating from Berklee College of Music he immediately left to go on the road with James Taylor. He followed that with nine years as a studio musician in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil where he recorded literally hundreds of records for artists such as Antonio Carlos Jobim, Gilberto Gil, Gal Costa, Djavan, Roberto Carlos, and Elis Regina. He followed that with a year in Rome, Italy where he performed and traveled through Europe. Upon returning home to New York he landed the gig as lead trumpet player and featured soloist with legendary soul band Tower of Power, and subsequently moved on to become the Musical Director for Mary Wilson of The Supremes. Through it all it has been an adventure! He has traveled the world and performed in almost every corner of the Earth. Currently you can find him touring with Jeff Golub, Warren Hill, or Kirk Whalum or in the studio writing, arranging, performing or producing various artists around the New York City area. Some of the new projects that he is involved with include performing and arranging the smash number one hit of Mister Magic for English guitar wiz Peter White, five new tracks on the upcoming CD by Eran James (a fantastic new 17year old Australian singer produced by Nora Jones’ producer Jay Newland), as well as five arrangements and recording for the new Donny Osmund CD along with full production on the soon to be released disk by the brand new band Market Zero. He recently finished writing and recording two new arrangements for John Tropea’s latest release with Steve Gadd, Will Lee, and Leon Pendarvis, and Chris Palmero, and even more recently completed the writing and recording for two tunes on the smokin' new disk by young NYC based phenom Nathaniel Nunziante. Watch for them all soon!