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Darrell Craig Harris

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This is my newest video for Brubaker basses recorded June 16 08 in Tokyo
Second new slapping funk video done June 16 08 in Tokyo, hope you enjoy :0)
My new cd is now available on I Tunes, Click on the album cover below to see and
Darrell Craig Harris-"Endless"
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Arasita

I am now living in Japan, and rehearsing for the upcoming Cirque Du Soleil Tokyo Disney show. I will be here in Canada until the end of April, then on to Tokyo. The show un named as of yet, will open on the grounds of Tokyo Disneyland at the begining of August 08. thanks, Craig :0)
Band rehearsal room in Montreal for Tokyo Disney Cirque Show.
I am always interested in new and creative projects or performance situations (schedule permitting) so please feel free to contact me here or at: [email protected]. Thanks :0)
Hi, my name is Darrell Craig Harris, I am a musician and composer based in Las Vegas, I also work frequently in Los Angeles and Helsinki Finland. I was for the past five years in Las Vegas as the bassist, and backup Taiko drum soloist with Cirque Du Soleil's "Mystere" at Treasure Island Casino. I am currently preparing to be the bassist for the newest Cirque production at Tokyo Disneyland in Japan.
I have been performing for many years, my first US/Canadian tour was at the young age of fifteen years old. I started on guitar and vocals, then drums/percussion, and finally bass guitar (4,5, and 6 string electric fretted and fret less bass, also electric and acoustic uprite/double bass). I attended Musicians Institute in Hollywood California (84-85), majoring in electric bass guitar. Along the way, I have met some of the worlds greatest musicians, and been fortunate enough to perform in many of the worlds greatest cities.
My most recent compositions have been for my two CD's "Endless" and "Happiness", these are both available on I Tunes music store and numerous other online music stores. I also just finished composing with my writing partner Martin StPierre (www.martinstpierre.com) the score for the upcoming independent film "Ablution". A sample of the music for the film can be heard on my music player above.
Drumming and percussion have been a long time passion of mine, starting when I joined high school marching band. In the same time period I became a member of the Velvet Knights drum and bugle corps from Anaheim California. I marched with VK from 80-83, and in my time with the corps, I played various instruments (bass dr., quads, snare) and instructed for a period of time. I have in recent years been doing extensive recording as a percussionist, and have been fortunate to be involved with my good friend Martin StPierre (www.MartinStpierre.com) on many great projects (films, live performance, and upcoming international releases) I have recently been focusing on World style drumming, using African, Latin and middle eastern instruments including Darbuka, Djembe, Congas/bongos among others. You can view my percussion page at: www.myspace.com/darrellcraigharris (copy and paste into your browser) or see in my top friends :)
Alsooooo, you can see me and my other "Mystere" cast mates in the upcoming Universal film "Knocked Up" coming out this June :0)
I have had a very fortunate and wild musical journey, and it's mostly been the best experience I could have ever hoped for.
Career Highlights include: 50th anniversary of the first ever rock concert in Cleveland's CSU arena, Greek Theatre in Los Angeles (Tommy James/The Turtels/Gary Puckett), Concorde Pavilion, Waikiki Shell (Honolulu), Yokohama sports arena (Japan) Geir Ronning (Eurovision artist Finland) Olympic Stadium Montreal Canada.

In my years of performing, I have toured around the world with many different kinds of artists including:
Billy Preston (Rolling Stones, The Beatles)
Albert Lee (British guitarist)
Joe Brown (British singer/guitarist/television personality)
Gary Puckett and The Union Gap (Lady Willpower, Young Girl) Bassist / road manager
Stage manager and bassist with-Frankie Avalon (Grease)
Bobby Rydell
Fabian
David Pomeranz (sonwriter/performer, wrote two of Barry Manilow's major hits)
BMG/EMI Scandinavia session musician
Sonny Turner (Platters lead vocalist)
The Champs (Tequila)
Cirque Du Soleil (Mystere)
The Young Americans (Hawaii tour, Boine Highlands summer theatre)
American Academy of The Dramatic Arts (rehearsal band)
Martha Reeves
Mary Wells
Helsinki Records (house musician, Sunami Relief concerts)
Numerous Chinese pop stars (on call musician in the United states for EMI Asia)
Geir Ronning (Eurovision artist representing Finland, bass tsunami concert Helsinki)
Little Richard
Phyllis Hyman (Dreamgirls-Broadway, Blues bar cast)
Lou Christie
Disneyworld (Flowerpower concert series)
Legends In Concert (Japan, Iceland, Mexico)
Sitmar Cruise lines (house orchestra)
Jackson Caine (Sony Records)
Billy Ray Charles (blues artist-Malaco records)Roger E. Mosley (Magnum P.I.)
Clarence Paul (co founder Jobet music-Motown, Stevie Wonder Conductor)
Rosanne (Talk show)Manny Kellog (Billy Preston, Graham Central Station, Quincy Jones)
Entertainment Tonight
Wolfman JackDel Shannon
The Platters, The Drifters, The CoastersThe Golden Boys (Frankie Avalon, Fabian, Bobby Rydell)
Little Anthony and The Imperials Lenny Welch (Since I Fell For You) PBS Television concert special (bass wih Frankie Avalon, Conductor/bass with Gary Puckett)
Tony Tillman (Bill Cosby opener, Helsinki 89-92)
Curly Muskgrave (Western music association top performer, bass on the award winning album "The Heritage")
Numerous Broadway Musicals (various venues)
Toured with the Velvet Knights Drum and Bugle Corps from 1980-83 on various percussion instruments (Snare/quads/instructor)
Royal Carribbean Cruise lines (Frankie Avalon, Gary Puckett)
Mike Zerbe (Air Supply drummer)
attended the Musicians Institute in Hollywood CA in 1984-85
FILMS: The Kindred (Stephen King) Knocked Up (Universal Pictures) The Mystery of Mystere (New documentry film)
TELEVISION: PBS, Rosanne, Entertainment Tonite, Today Show, BBC, Finland channel 3.
ENDORSEMENTS: Lakland, Brubaker, G&L, Music Man, BSX, Agular, Seymour Duncan
TOCA PERCUSSION
LP (Latin Percussion)
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MGM Grand Las Vegas Arena Audio A1/MGM Convention Center audio A1 ProMix/A1 audio Las Vegas- Backling manager/audio A1/A2
PRG Prodution services/audio tech A1
MGM Productions Audio A1: Cher, KISS, Andre Augusi benefit, Neil Diamond, Dixie Chicks, Bee Gees, Celine Dion, Bette Midler, Tony Bennett, Carrot Top, Tom Jones, Chicago, Gloria Estefan, Stevie Wonder, David Foster, Sting, Clint Black, Spice Girls, Garth Brooks, Metallica, Usher, Riverdance, Billboard Music Awards, MTV awards and many more.....
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I very much enjoy traveling for work and pleasure, in recent years I have been to:
Paris, London, Amsterdam, Tallinn Estonia, Riga Latvia, Helsinki, Turku, Lapland- Finland, Stockholm Sweden, Tokyo, Nagoya, Yokahama, Carribean, Puerto Villarta, Cozumel, St. Martin, Aruba, Grand Cayman, Paradise Island Bahamas, Curacau, Panama, Puerto Rico, Key West, Alaska, Hawaii, and Montreal. I also enjoy writing music, and finding new and challenging projects to be involved with.
THANKS for visiting my music page :0)
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Member Since: 5/30/2006
Band Website: youtube.com/happybass1
Band Members: I was very fortunate to be included in the May 08 issue of "BASSPLAYER Magazine" in the "Introduce Yourself" section. Thanks to them for making a life long dream a reality :0)

This is my newest video recorded here in Tokyo June 16 08, it's a funk slap frenzy:0)
New jazz swing bass video

I have played drums and percussion for many years, this is me doing some corps style drumming at Yoyogi park in Tokyo :0)
Corps style snare drum solo-Yoyogi park Tokyo

My most recent three segment bass demo

Funking it out video :0)

My new film titled "Ablution" that Martin StPierre (www.martinstpierre.com) and myself recently scored. The film is now touring the festival Circuit.

Me and my new friend (and a very nice man) Albert Lee

Recent gig with Albert Lee

Trying out my great new Godin A5 acoustic electric bass hehe :0)

New video with jazz bassoonist Paul Hanson

New Video with bassonist Paul Hanson and myself :0)

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A new film my writing partner Martin StPierre (www.martinstpierre.com) and myself just wrote the score for titled "ABLUTION". Also, the movie trailer can be viewed at:
www.Bacoproductions.com click on trailer once on website :)

Hi guys, I was in drum corps way back when 80-83 (Velvet Knights drum corps from Anahiem CA.), here is a pick of back then. I am the 2nd one from the left hehe.

In this pic, I am the number four bass drum guy boom boom !!! (circa 1981) hahahaa :)

Influences: Jeff Berlin, John Pattituci, Tim Landers, Drum Corps, Larry Carlton, Abe Laboriel and many more...

Sounds Like: My music is a mix of all my different influences over the years. I think you will hear many different styles and textures in what I do, I'm interested in melodies and feeling more than trying to do a pop or strictly jazz kind of thing. :)

Type of Label: None

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Check out this video: New Slapping funk bass video-Craig Harris

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Check out this video: New Fretless bass solo-Craig Harris Cirque Tokyo bass guy

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Check out this video: Corps style snare drum solo-Yoyogi park Tokyo

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Posted by Cirque Du Soleil Tokyo Musician on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:26:00 PST

Check out this video: Djembe playing in Yoyogi park-Tokyo

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Posted by Cirque Du Soleil Tokyo Musician on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:26:00 PST

bass and bassoon-Paul Hanson and Craig Harris "Slow&Easy"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsJXeEeEqgQ This is a new video shot at Cirque headquarters in Montreal, with jazz bassoonist Paul Hanson and myself (Cirque Tokyo Disney bassist) this is the ...
Posted by Cirque Du Soleil Tokyo Musician on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:24:00 PST

Paul Hanson and Craig Harris-bassoon and bass "Samba thing"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5zkiy0AJv4 Please ck out some new live performance videos from bassoonist Paul Hanson (Bela Fleck, Bozz Scaggs) and Tokyo Cirque bassist Craig Harris. This o...
Posted by Cirque Du Soleil Tokyo Musician on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:01:00 PST

Paul Hanson and Craig Harris-bassoon and bass "Samba thing"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5zkiy0AJv4 Please ck out a new up tempo Latin/samba type video recorded today April 14th, featuring Jazz fusion bassoonist Paul Hanson (Bela Fleck, Bozz Scagg...
Posted by Cirque Du Soleil Tokyo Musician on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 08:31:00 PST

Paul Hanson and Craig Harris-bassoon and bass "Samba thing"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5zkiy0AJv4 Please ck out a new up tempo Latin/samba type video recorded today April 14th, featuring Jazz fusion bassoonist Paul Hanson (Bela Fleck, Bozz Scagg...
Posted by Cirque Du Soleil Tokyo Musician on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 08:31:00 PST

Check out this video: Paul Hanson and Darrell Craig Harris bassoon and Darbuka

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Posted by Cirque Du Soleil Tokyo Musician on Sat, 15 Mar 2008 10:39:00 PST