Nexus (Gene Harris album)

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

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)

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