Barry Harris

Barry Harris是近40年來最出色的bop風格的鋼琴手，一直以來雖然沒有得到像Bud Powell與Thelonious Monk那樣受到器重，但是他所創(chuàng)作出來的優(yōu)秀唱片仍是很可觀的。50年代開始在家鄉(xiāng)底特律市的爵士樂界是很重要的一位樂手，同時他也很努力進行一些音樂教育的工作。 1958年移居到紐約市，次年他加入薩克斯風手Cannonball Adderley的五重奏。接著他也和許多位爵士樂巨匠共同演出，像是薩克斯風手Dexter Gordon... 全部內(nèi)容? Barry Harris是近40年來最出色的bop風格的鋼琴手，一直以來雖然沒有得到像Bud Powell與Thelonious Monk那樣受到器重，但是他所創(chuàng)作出來的優(yōu)秀唱片仍是很可觀的。50年代開始在家鄉(xiāng)底特律市的爵士樂界是很重要的一位樂手，同時他也很努力進行一些音樂教育的工作。 1958年移居到紐約市，次年他加入薩克斯風手Cannonball Adderley的五重奏。接著他也和許多位爵士樂巨匠共同演出，像是薩克斯風手Dexter Gordon、Sonny Stitt、Illinois Jacquet、Yusef Lateef、Coleman Hawkins以及Hank Mobley。在過去20年Barry Harris以他的三重奏為主進行演奏。
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.