Barry Harris

Barry Harris是近40年来最出色的bop风格的钢琴手，一直以来虽然没有得到像Bud Powell与Thelonious Monk那样受到器重，但是他所创作出来的优秀唱片仍是很可观的。50年代开始在家乡底特律市的爵士乐界是很重要的一位乐手，同时他也很努力进行一些音乐教育的工作。 1958年移居到纽约市，次年他加入萨克斯风手Cannonball Adderley的五重奏。接着他也和许多位爵士乐巨匠共同演出，像是萨克斯风手Dexter Gordon... 全部内容» Barry Harris是近40年来最出色的bop风格的钢琴手，一直以来虽然没有得到像Bud Powell与Thelonious Monk那样受到器重，但是他所创作出来的优秀唱片仍是很可观的。50年代开始在家乡底特律市的爵士乐界是很重要的一位乐手，同时他也很努力进行一些音乐教育的工作。 1958年移居到纽约市，次年他加入萨克斯风手Cannonball Adderley的五重奏。接着他也和许多位爵士乐巨匠共同演出，像是萨克斯风手Dexter Gordon、Sonny Stitt、Illinois Jacquet、Yusef Lateef、Coleman Hawkins以及Hank Mobley。在过去20年Barry Harris以他的三重奏为主进行演奏。
by Scott Yanow
One of the major bop pianists of the last half of the 20th century, Barry Harris has long had the ability to sound very close to Bud Powell, yet he can also do convincing impressions of Thelonious Monk and has his own style within the bop idiom. He was an important part of the Detroit jazz scene of the 1950s, and has been a jazz educator since that era. Harris recorded his first set as a leader while in 1958, and moved to New York in 1960, where he spent a short period with Cannonball Adderleys Quintet. He also recorded with Dexter Gordon, Illinois Jacquet, Yusef Lateef, and Hank Mobley, and was with Coleman Hawkins off and on throughout the decade (including Hawks declining years). In the 1970s, Harris was on two of Sonny Stitts finest records (Tune Up and Constellation), and made many recordings in a variety of settings for Xanadu. Barry Harris has mostly worked with his trio since the mid-70s, and he has recorded as a leader for Argo (1958), Riverside, Prestige, MPS, Xanadu, and Red.