Welcome to the website of bassist/composer Ratzo B. Harris. A mainstay on the New York music scene since 1977, Harris is considered an innovative bassist who has worked with some of the greatest musicians of our time. Artists as diverse in genre and scope as Cal Tjader, Joe Henderson, Mose Allison, Jim Pepper, Les Paul, Betty Carter, Harold Seletsky, Betty Buckley, Joanne Brackeen, Jon Hendricks, Kenny Werner, Roseanna Vitro, Dave Soldier, Bruce Arnold, Tom Buckner, Jane Ira Bloom, and Roberta Picket have called on his services. Ratzo...defies musical gravity as he explores, wanders and expounds upon the outer reaches of his instrument. -- Peter La Barbera, The Jazz Zine From the heartbeat of free jazz, to aural filigrees on jazz standards, he's at the top of his game. Ratzo Harris plays bass that's living root and steel girder. -- Lisa Alvarado, BlogCritics.com