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Allan Harris

Allan Harris is a vocalist, guitarist, songwriter, bandleader, and producer whose recordings connect standards, blues, original songs, and music theater.

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Career Overview

About Allan Harris

Harris’s official biography identifies a Brooklyn-born, Harlem-based vocalist, guitarist, songwriter, and bandleader. It documents a leader career that moves among American songbook interpretation, blues, original writing, and concert and theater programs.[1]

The official music archive separates the Cross That River stage and recording project, Ellington and Strayhorn repertory, Black Bar Jukebox, seasonal Nat King Cole programs, live albums, and later poetry settings. Those projects provide distinct frames rather than one fixed band identity.[1][2]

Ensembles and Career Threads

Bands & Projects

Leader, vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter

Allan Harris leader groups

Harris’s principal ensembles carry standards, blues, original compositions, and repertory programs.[1][2]

Writer, composer, guitarist, vocalist, and producer

Cross That River

The project develops a Western and Black-history narrative across recording and music-theater formats.[2]

Leader, vocalist, and songwriter

The Poetry of Jazz

The later project pairs Harris’s voice and ensemble with poetry-centered material in a live recording setting.[2]

Selected, Not Exhaustive

Recordings to Know

2006

Cross That River

Leader, vocalist, guitarist, songwriter, and producer

The album provides the recorded foundation for Harris’s related stage project.[2]

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2015

Black Bar Jukebox

Leader, vocalist, guitarist, and arranger

The album moves among jazz standards, popular songs, blues, and original material.[2]

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2025

The Poetry of Jazz

Leader and vocalist

The live project brings Harris’s later poetry-centered program into his official recording chronology.[2]

Release details

Artist-Authorized Destinations

Start Listening

Official music archive

Explore Harris’s leader records, stage projects, live albums, and repertory programs.

Official video archive

Watch standards, blues, Cross That River, and concert performances selected by Harris.

Live Calendar

Upcoming Jazz DateBook Shows

No current Jazz DateBook dates are listed for Allan Harris. The career guide remains available while the calendar changes.

Evidence-Based Connections

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Connections below come from shared current Jazz DateBook bills or normalized documented performance roles—not subjective similarity.

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Sources

Career copy is original synthesis from the artist, label, and project sources below. Current dates come from Jazz DateBook event inventory.

  1. [1] Official biography and career overview

    Allan Harris

  2. [2] Official recordings and project archive

    Allan Harris