Loston Harris

Loston Harris’ recorded debut like a innovator, Comes Like (N2K) in 1998, solid him within the role of the traditionalist who played professional modern golf swing piano (with details of Oscar Peterson, Ahmad Jamal and Crimson Garland) and took several cheerful vocals (including on “Close Your Eye” and “Shows up Like”). A delicate improviser, Harris (noticed having a trio/quartet) was reshaping days gone by and sounding quite innovative within the old style. He in fact had started significantly playing piano pretty late. Harris experienced some piano lessons when he was five but quickly dropped the device. Instead he performed drums from enough time he was ten until he strike his early twenties, mainly rock and roll and r&b. He received a scholarship or grant to Virginia Commonwealth College or university and was a percussion main. Nevertheless Ellis Marsalis (who was simply a visiting teacher at VCU) noticed Harris jamming in the piano and he recommended that he change musical instruments since Harris an all natural experience for the piano. Shortly Harris was exercising eight-to-ten hours per day and, when Marsalis came back to New Orleans, he used in Howard University. He previously opportunities to review with Geri Allen and Billy Taylor and was shortly functioning locally. After graduating, Harris arrived an area gig three evenings weekly in Reston, Virginia that continuing through the entire 1990’s. Furthermore, he toured with Wynton Marsalis in 1995, performed second piano for Marcus Roberts on his “Portraits In Blue” tour in 1996 and got possibilities to play with Kenny Garrett, Roy Hargrove and Joshua Redman. Loston Harris started singing within the middle-1990’s after getting motivated by Nat Ruler Cole information and he obviously has strong prospect of the future.