Education
He attended Berklee College of Music and played in and around Boston with First Rate (at Lloyd's) Cohn, Zoot Sims, Mose Allison, and Chris Connor.
He attended Berklee College of Music and played in and around Boston with First Rate (at Lloyd's) Cohn, Zoot Sims, Mose Allison, and Chris Connor.
South learned piano as a child and did not begin playing bass until 1967, when he was nineteen years old. He moved to New York City in 1972, where he worked with Jackie Paris, Thad Jones, Gil Evans, Lee Konitz, Barry Miles (1974-1976), David Friedman, Double Image, David Matthews, Steve Kuhn (1977–1981) and Paul Motian. He has recorded extensively as a duet with Sheila Jordan, and has released numerous albums as the leader of his own ensembles, including Urban Earth and the Harvie South Band.
Harvie South has recorded, performed and produced music exclusively as Harvie South since 2001.
In 2008 Harvie South with Kenny Barron Due Civil Defense, Now Was the Time, was released on HighNote/Savant records.