Editing Jet Harris (section)

==Early life==
'''Terence Harris''', the only child of Bill and Winifred Harris,<ref name="Tel obit">{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/music-obituaries/8391590/Jet-Harris.html|title=Jet Harris|date=18 March 2011|access-date=19 April 2018|website=Telegraph.co.uk}}</ref><ref name="Indy obit">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/jet-harris-bassist-who-enjoyed-solo-success-after-being-sacked-by-the-shadows-2246304.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220608/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/jet-harris-bassist-who-enjoyed-solo-success-after-being-sacked-by-the-shadows-2246304.html |archive-date=8 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Jet Harris: Bassist who enjoyed solo success after being sacked by the|date=19 March 2011|website=Independent.co.uk|access-date=19 April 2018}}</ref> was born at Kingsbury Maternity Hospital, Honeypot Lane, [[Kingsbury, London|Kingsbury]], [[North London|North West London]], England.<!-- parents? --><ref name="AMG">{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p18129/biography|pure_url=yes}}|title=Biography by Richie Unterberger|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=18 March 2009}}</ref> His prowess as a [[sprint (running)|sprinter]] at Dudden Hill [[secondary modern school]] earned him the nickname Jet.<ref name=GuardianObit/>

Although he learned to play [[clarinet]] as a teenager, he made his own four-string double bass to play in a [[jazz]] group and later graduated to a professionally made double bass. In 1958, while playing jazz with drummer [[Tony Crombie]] and his group the Rockets, Crombie got a [[Framus]] bass guitar for Harris, making him one of the first British exponents of the instrument.<ref name=GuardianObit>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/mar/18/jet-harris-obituary |title=Jet Harris obituary|newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=18 March 2011 |access-date=19 March 2011}}</ref>
He played in several groups, including the British skiffle group. the [[Vipers Skiffle Group]] and with the Most Brothers (featuring future music producer [[Mickie Most]])