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Barry Doyle Harris (December 15, 1929 – December 8, 2021) was an American jazz pianist, bandleader, composer, arranger, and educator. He was an exponent of the bebop style. [1][2] Influenced by Thelonious Monk and Bud Powell, [3] Harris in turn influenced and mentored bebop musicians including Donald Byrd, Paul Chambers, Curtis Fuller, Joe ...
Bebop scale is a term referring to the practice of adding a note (typically a chromatic passing tone) to any common seven tone scale in order to make it an eight tone scale. Having eight notes enables the primary chord tones to continuously fall on the on-beats when the scale is played sequentially. This is unlike common seven note scales in ...
Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume Twelve is an album of solo performances by jazz pianist Barry Harris, recorded in 1990. Music and recording The ...
Barry Harris was an influential performer and teacher who trained a number of jazz greats in music theory and improvisation from his home in the 1950s.
The Keys to the White House. The Keys to the White House is a prediction system for determining the outcome of presidential elections in the United States. It was developed by American historian Allan Lichtman and Russian geophysicist Vladimir Keilis-Borok in 1981, adapting prediction methods that Keilis-Borok designed for earthquake prediction.
Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars with its review by Jim Todd stating, "Magnificent brilliantly illustrates Barry Harris' unique rapport with the bop piano tradition. . Absolutely unlike the enervating, curatorial approach of the neo-con movement, Harris deals with the tradition as a continuum, perpetually rejuvenating and extending
Howard Rees is a Canadian jazz pianist [1] and educator. He has performed with jazz musicians Charles McPherson, [2] Ray Drummond, Barry Harris, Akira Tana, Leroy Williams, [3] Earl May, Kenny Burrell and Jaki Byard. He is the founder of Canada's oldest independent jazz school, [4] the "Howard Rees' Jazz Workshops" , and continues to teach in ...
Producer. Dave Usher. Barry Harris chronology. Breakin' It Up. (1959) Barry Harris at the Jazz Workshop. (1960) Breakin' It Up is the debut album by pianist Barry Harris recorded in 1958 and released on the Argo label. [1]