Excursions

Eddie Harris

Atlantic

Billy James plays drums on 2 tracks of this double LP which includes recordings from 1966, 1968 and 1973.

Tracks

• Drunk Man (Harris)
• Renovated Rhythm (Harris)
• Inapplicable Concord (Harris)
• Listen Here Goes Funky (Harris)
• Turbulence (Abrams / Harris / James / Muldrow / Reid)
• Of Age (Christian / Harris)
• Fragmentary Apparitions (Harris)
• Hey Wado (Harris)
• Aleph the Fool (Abrams / Harris)
• Recess (Harris)
• I'm Lonely (Harris / Lagunott)
• Oleo (Rollins)

Musicians probably include;

• Eddie Harris - electric saxophone, trumpet, percussion, vocals
• Ray Codrington - trumpet
• Frank Gordon - trumpet
• Billy Howell - trombone
• Cedar Walton - piano
• Larry Nash - electric piano
• Muhal Richard Abrams - piano, electric piano
• Jodie Christian - piano
• Ronald Muldrow - guitar
• Ron Carter - bass
• Rufus Reid - bass
• Melvin Jackson - bass
• Billy Higgins - drums
• Richard Smith - drums
• Billy James - drums (tracks 1 and 5)
• Leon "Ndugu" Chancler - percussion
• Andre Fischer - percussion
• Marshall Thompson - percussion

The Excursions album was subsequently included in the 5 CD box set;

• Collectables Classics, Eddie Harris, 2006

• Only The Best Of Eddie Harris, Vol 1, Eddie Harris, 2009