Elegant Soul: The Life and Music of Gene Harris is the biography of the late jazz piano great written by his widow, the late Janie Harris, and Bob Evancho. Elegant Soul (Caxton Press, ISBN: 0-87004-445-1, spring 2005, 280 pages, $25.95) details the career of the “Blues Man From Boise,” who shared the stage and recording studio with dozens of jazz legends and luminaries and left a legacy of more than 80 recordings. In the book, Janie Harris recalls her husband’s pianistic brilliance and their worldwide travels to play the music they loved.