TRACY HARRIS is a native of Chester, PA, just outside of Philadelphia. Having been practically born in the church, she not only takes great pride in her Gospel roots, but she delivers the Good News of Christ with CONVICTION and PURPOSE. That Purpose is to draw all Men to JESUS CHRIST so that they through Him might be SAVED. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ While her sound is very much steeped in the tradition of some of Gospel Music's pioneers such as Shirley Caesar, Vanessa Bell Armstrong and Aretha Franklin, TRE MARIE brings an added dimension in the form of her tremendous VERSATILITY. She has mastered an ability to access different facets of her voice from SOFT and ALLURING to the ever changing Sound of URBAN CONTEMPORARY, to a FLAT OUT GOSPEL WHAIL. Tracy is not just a singer, she is a SONG STYLIST. This style is remarkably refreshing because it gives the listener SOMETHING NEW EACH TIME, while remaining TRUE to the Music in form and content. She let's the song develop NATURALLY, and YOU NEVER GET THE SAME THING TWICE. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Her skills were honed at a young age in choirs from Ernie Davis Jr's WILMINGTON-CHESTER MASS CHOIR to THE NEW JERUSALEM CHURCH OF CHESTER, PA directed by her greatest musical influence and mentor (and cousin) ERNIE SAUNDERS. As one of the staples in Saunders background group (affectionately called THE GIRLZ), Tracy strengthened her ability to harmonize and blend, as well as the skill to switch from Alto to Tenor to Soprano (sometimes all within one song). She is most facile at the imprompto performances, where she is simply handed the mic at a moment's notice. Off she goes, wowing audiences and truly speaking to the heart of Man. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ She has travelled extensively throughout the US and abroad, performing with MARIAH CAREY, with whom she toured for several years. Tracy has also toured with DAVID GATES AND LOVE, JOY & PEACE SINGERS, and BISHOP FREDDY WASHINGTON SR. She has recorded several songs as a featured soloist with WILMINGTON-CHESTER MASS CHOIR including JESUS IS CALLING (He's Preparing Me) and WE SHALL BE MADE ALIVE. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TRE MARIE brings you forward by taking you back. Her voice is a History Lesson in African-American music, combining the styles of GOSPEL with JAZZ and even RHYTHM AND BLUES. She compells the hearer to LISTEN CLOSELY and TAKE NOTES. THE BEST PART IS THAT YOU GET TO HEAR HER FOR THE FIRST TIME... OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
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