Brief Biography of Les Harris Jr.

Les is a graduate of the Berklee College of Music and studied extensively with Alan Dawson. He is currently a lecturer in music at UNH where he teaches drum set and is a member of the UNH Faculty Jazz Sextet. From 1983-1995, he was the drummer for the jazz vocal group "The Ritz", with performances worldwide and seven recordings for the Pausa and Denon labels.  Les has also toured with the Artie Shaw Orchestra, performed with Clark Terry, Diana Krall, Scott Hamilton and Gray Sargent and is a busy side-man throughout New England  He is also the drum-set instructor at the University of Southern Maine and Phillips Exeter Academy.
Prof. Harris may be reached by email at lesharrisjr@comcast.net.
He also maintains his own website.