Misplaced Pages

Nexus
Studio album by Gene Harris
Released	1975
Recorded	May–June, 1975
Genre	Jazz
Length	42:51
Label	Blue Note
Producer	Jerry Peters, Keg Johnson, Jim Shifflett
Gene Harris chronology
Astral Signal (1974) Nexus (1975) In a Special Way (1975)

Nexus is an album by American jazz pianist Gene Harris recorded in 1975 and released on the Blue Note label.

Reception

The Allmusic review awarded the album 3½ stars.

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

Track listing

1. "Sauda" (Ronaldo N. Jackson, Charlotte Politte, John Rowin) – 2:05
2. "Funky Business" (Jackson, Politte, Rowin, Jerry Peters) – 4:05
3. "Koko and Leeroe" (Peters) – 6:05
4. "Love Don't Love Nobody" (Joseph Jefferson, Charles Simmons) – 7:28
5. "Rushin' Roulette" (C. Davis, Sigidi Abdullah, Brenda Sutton) – 3:52
6. "The Jitterbug Waltz" (Fats Waller) – 5:34
7. "Gettin' Down Country" (Peters) – 4:00
8. "H.R.D. (Boogie)" (Rowin) – 5:08
9. "Prayer '76" (Mbaji, Sigidi, Harold Clayton, Brenda Sutton, Jerry Peters) – 5:34

• Recorded at Music Recorders in Los Angeles, California in May–June, 1975.

Personnel

• Gene Harris – keyboards
• Al Aarons – trumpet
• George Bohanon – trombone
• Mike Altschul, Fred Jackson, Jr. – reeds
• Julius Buffum, Wint Garvey, Rewit Koven, Charles Veal – strings
• Lee Ritenour – guitar
• John Rowin – guitar, electric bass
• Chuck Rainey – electric bass
• Kenneth Rice – drums
• Ronaldo N. Jackson, Gerald Steinholtz – percussion
• Harold Clayton, John Lehman, Lynn Mack, Jerry Peters, Sigidi – vocals, backing vocals
• Lani Graves, Keg Johnson, Julia Tillman Waters, Maxine Willard Waters – backing vocals

References

1. Blue Note Records discography, accessed January 10, 2011.
2. ^ Allmusic Review, accessed January 10, 2011.
3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 657. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

• Blue Note Records albums
• Gene Harris albums
• 1975 albums
• Albums produced by Jerry Peters