Mark Harris is a

jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its roots are in blues, ragtime, European harmony, African rhythmic rituals, spirituals, h ...

double bass The double bass (), also known as the upright bass, the acoustic bass, the bull fiddle, or simply the bass, is the largest and lowest-pitched string instrument, chordophone in the modern orchestra, symphony orchestra (excluding rare additions ...

ist, vocalist and composer from

Sydney Sydney is the capital city of the States and territories of Australia, state of New South Wales and the List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city in Australia. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Syd ...

, Australia. Co-creator and member of children's band Lah-Lah, featured on a TV show of the same name originally broadcast on channel

Nick Jr. Nick Jr. (sometimes disambiguated as Nick Jr. on Nickelodeon or Nick Jr. on Nick, and sometimes referred to as Nick, Jr.) is an American morning programming block that airs on Nickelodeon every weekday. It was launched on January 4, 1988. Nick ...

and more recently on ABC Kids. Tina Harris, his wife, has the title role of 'Lah-Lah' while Harris is 'Buzz the Bandleader', who plays 'Lola the Dancing Double Bass'. Harris is a member of

ARIA Music Awards The Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (commonly known informally as ARIA Music Awards, ARIA Awards, or simply the ARIAs) is an annual series of awards nights celebrating the Australian music industry, put on by the Austr ...

winning, gypsy fusion band

Monsieur Camembert Monsieur Camembert is a five-piece Gypsy fusion band formed in Sydney, Australia in 1997. They have won three ARIA Music Awards for Best World Music Album in ARIA Music Awards of 2002, 2002 for ''Live on Stage (Monsieur Camembert album), Live on S ...

. He also is a member of

Baby et Lulu Baby et Lulu is an Australian chanteuse duo of Abby Dobson ("Baby") and Lara Goodridge ("Lulu"). Their album ''Album Deux'' was nominated for 2015 ARIA Award for Best World Music Album. Members *Abby Dobson *Lara Goodridge Discography Albums ...

and

The Tango Saloon The Tango Saloon is an Australian experimental tango band from Sydney. Their self-titled debut, a "tango-flavored album with a twist of spaghetti western", was released in 2006 by Ipecac Recordings, the American record label run by Mike Patton an ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Harris, Mark Living people Australian jazz double-bassists Male double-bassists Australian jazz singers Australian jazz composers Australian male jazz composers Musicians from Sydney 21st-century double-bassists 21st-century Australian male musicians Australian children's musicians 1975 births 21st-century Australian musicians 20th-century double-bassists 20th-century Australian musicians 20th-century Australian male musicians 20th-century jazz composers