SOLO FINGERSTYLE ACOUSTIC POST-MODERN CLASSICAL COMPOSITIONS OVER THE YEARS... The Year of the Tiger the cassette that started it all in the mid 1980s
I am looking for a string quartet to listen to... create an arrangement for "marina Del Mar" on the year of the tiger album....
If interested or know members of a quartet, who might be interested please share this information. & please contact me for details, & opportunities for recording & production & publishing on line on my music account, with full credits and splits re' fair business etc...
The main thing for me is that this song is beautiful in its simplicity and complexity & about as close to JS BACH as I will ever get, & as we all know... at about or less than 3 1/2 minutes could be the next newest & bestest a RADIO FRIENDLY HIT on classical music FM channels... just sayin'
contact: see bottom of home page for email
postetd July 3, 2026
Jornada (the journey)
out takes that never made it onto albums from a quarter century of recording with Odie at ABCAT STUDIO... Rediscovered, & Remastered & Released in 2024...
No Reviews
Epiphanies... in Real Time
Many of these compositions were what I call epiphany pieces... with a riff or cord pattern of few lines in my heart & hands, I would ask Odie at Abcat Studio, to turn the machine on and literally... these were composed, played, and recorded all at the same time in what may be the closest I will ever come to a Keith Jarrett Koln Concert out of body, ethereal experience... This means they exist in this space and time only, I can't really play most of them, as I would have to go back & try to learn them... but I have slowly relearned a few... Gusmos' Circus, Rock Star, Marina del Mar, & slowly working on others...
I forgot many of the parts over the years of playing shorter versions, that I have in my head & hands that have changed over the last 1/4 cetury. Most of the interludes on all the albums also fit this descriptive.
SONGS FROM THE HACIDENDA & AMADO HAVE BEEN REMASTERED BUT NOT YET RELEASED ON LINE... as I am waiting to release via another more permanent company.
EXCERPTS OF SOME KIND WORDS SAID,.. REVIEWS OF GUITAR ALBUMs…
Kenn Harris has produced original "post-modern classical" compositions for solo, finger-style, acoustic guitar
that are now collector’s items on media dating back to the 1980s:
cassettes, and compact discs (remember those formats?)
some have been favorably reviewed in print or on line
with note with some nostalgia, as many of these magazines, papers, websites are also of historical record…
Four Guitar Albums
The year of the Tiger: 1985 Cassettes This one started the whole process… now out on dgital distribution,no reviews)
Songs from the Hacienda: 2000 CD (Remastered Not yet released)
Amadeo: 2023 CD
Jornada (out takes from a quarter century of recording: 2024, digital distribution, no reviews)
Songs from the Hacienda
RELEASE IN JULY 2000 in editions of 1000 & 500 (now a collector’s item)
"solid" Kerry Lengel, Local Music Writer, THE REP, The Arizona Republic's entertainment guide
"accomplished musician" Dan and Tara (Good Morning Arizona, T.V. 3 performance
"masterful"...editors pick Derek Sivers et al. cdbaby.com
"awesome" Steve Shippe, Jazz Pianist/ AM Radio Show Host, Phoenix, AZ
"a well thought out work of art" Gus Brett ( Arizona Acoustic Scene)
"you're a great guitar player, man" Jessie McGuire: Jazz Trumpet Master,2001 World Series Fame
“fantastic” Johnny Smith Jazz Guitar Legend
Amadeo 2003
“Kenn Harris has developed his own, unique style ... has demonstrated his wonderful artistry in this cd, through excellent techniques, balance, structure and dedication." Henk te Veldhuis, Editor, Bridge Guitar Reviews. October 2003 (see link above)
"When Bill and Ted ... get old and mellow, this will be their jam ... this album is truly for fans of the eclectic virtuosity of Adrian Legg or Michael Hedges." Albert Mudrian et. al. editor, ZiaZine local reviews, October 2003"ZiaZine LOCAL reVIEWS:
"Kenn Harris' CD Amadeo features his instrumental compositions for acoustic guitar and some truly fantastic playing." Phillip Black, Music Editor, JAVA, (Art.Ideas.Taste.PHX Culture) Music News, Local Notes, July/August 2003
"... a work of art ... impeccable playing ... simply beautiful ... with only scarce accompaniment here and there, you'd think hearing a single guitar would grow tiresome after a while, but this disc is entrancing for its full 74 minutes. A" Thomas Bond, Music Editor, GET OUT ( Scottsdale/East Valley Tribune) entertainment Section March 6-12, 2003… and at the conclusion of 2003, included on GET OUT's top 10 list of Local Albums,
( for a few years Channel 5 (CBS) local TV used the last track, September Anthem
as the soundtrack of a video montage in memory of those lost on 9/11 )
The Album was dedicated to Amadeo, a guitar maker, The guitar has woods that are 100-200 years old, and was played for a while by Segovia.
I met the maker in NYC at the end of his life… the tones from this instrument are beyond holy, and is featured within the album
