Paul Harris (musician)

Paul Harris
Birth namePaul Harris
Born(1944-12-12)December 12, 1944
Forest Hills, Queens, New York, U.S.
DiedOctober 24, 2023(2023-10-24) (aged 78)
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Genres
Occupations
  • Musician
  • songwriter
Instruments
  • Keyboards
  • flute
  • harmonica
  • guitar
Years active1966–2010
Formerly of

Paul Harris (December 12, 1944 – October 24, 2023) was an American keyboard player, multi-instrumentalist and arranger.

Harris appears on several albums of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s by leading artists such as Stephen Stills, B. B. King, Judy Collins, Grace Slick, Al Kooper, ABBA, Eric Andersen, Rick Derringer, Nick Drake, John Martyn, John Sebastian, John Mellencamp, Joe Walsh, Seals & Crofts, Bob Seger and Dan Fogelberg. He provided the orchestral arrangements for The Doors' 1969 album The Soft Parade. In the 1970s, he was a member of Stephen Stills' band Manassas and later the Souther–Hillman–Furay Band.

Paul Harris died on October 24, 2023 at the age of 78.