Jerome Harris’s first major professional performing experience came as bass guitarist with jazz icon Sonny Rollins in 1978; from 1988 to 1994 he played guitar with Rollins. Harris has performed on six continents, working with Jack DeJohnette, David Krakauer, Bill Frisell, Paul Motian, Leni Stern, Martha Redbone, Ray Anderson, Julius Hemphill, Amina Claudine Myers, Ned Rothenberg, Oliver Lake, and many others. Jerome Harris appears on over sixty recordings; his formative musical experiences include blues, folk, gospel, and a range of other American music genres. He has taught at Hampshire College, William Paterson University, Lehman College (City University of New York), and the 2021 Alternative Guitar Summit Camp. Harris's published essays include "Considering Jaki Byard" (*Sound American* SA22; New York: Anthology of Recorded Music, Inc., 2019), and "Jazz on the Global Stage" (*The African Diaspora: A Musical Perspective*; edited by Ingrid Monson; New York: Garland/Taylor & Francis, 2000). He studied at Harvard College (A.B. 1973, Social Relations) and New England Conservatory of Music (B.M. with honors, 1977, Jazz Guitar).