Biography

Leroy Harris
Real name: Le Roy W. Harris, Sr.
Jazz banjoist, guitarist and flutist, born c. 1900, died 1969.Played with King Oliver, Fletcher Henderson (1925), Clarence Williams (c.1925-1930), Leroy Tibbs (1928) and others. Later he played with Jesse Stone (1937), Horace Henderson (1940) and Willie Bryant (19467) and with rhythm & blues acts such as Wynonie Harris and Tiny Bradshaw.
Father of Leroy Harris, brother of Arville Harris.