Remembering ‘Renaissance man’ Gill Harris
Gill Harris, to those who knew him, was a man of many talents.
Harris keeps them coming: Big Band returns to Triangle
Classic Big Band, Latin rhythms, jitterbug, waltz, even some rock. That’s what Gill Harris and the Big Band Theory have in store for an 8 p.m. concert and dance Friday, Feb. 10 at Trotter Convention Center in downtown Columbus.
New plaque at Trotter helps say, ‘Thanks, Gill, for the music’
When Gill Harris picked up a trumpet and joined the seventh-grade band, he could not know he would one day be tutored by some of the most illustrious names of the Big Band era.
Harris does it again — Big Band returns
“Every time I walked on the street, someone would ask when was I going to put the band back together,” says orchestra leader Gill Harris of Columbus. The time finally seemed right.