The Bird of Red and Gold
1982 studio album by Barry Harris
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Studio album by Barry Harris | ||||
Released | 1982, 1994 | |||
Recorded | September 18, 1979 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Label | Xanadu | |||
Producer | Don Schlitten | |||
Barry Harris chronology | ||||
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The Bird of Red and Gold is a solo jazz piano album by Barry Harris, recorded in 1979 and released in 1982.[1][2]
Five of the twelve compositions were written by Harris. The original 12 tracks were reissued as a CD for a 1994 release, though the CD misprinted the recording as being from a session in 1989.
Reception
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Allmusic awarded the album 4½ stars with its review by Scott Yanow calling it, "Superior bop-based music".[3]
Track listing
- "Nascimento" (Barry Harris) – 3:49
- "Body and Soul" (Edward Heyma, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton, Johnny Green) – 5:40
- "Sweet and Lovely" (Gus Arnheim, Charles N. Daniels, Harry Tobias) - 4:37
- "Tommy's Ballad" (Harris) - 6:10
- "Nobody's" (Harris) - 3:52
- "Cats In My Belfry" (Harris) - 4:35
- "This Is No Laughing Matter" (Buddy Kaye, Al Frisch) - 5:57
- "Tea for Two" (Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans) - 5:15
- "My Ideal" (Newell Chase, Richard Whiting, Leo Robin) - 4:12
- "Just One of Those Things" (Cole Porter) - 3:04
- "Pannonica" (Thelonious Monk) - 6:37
- "The Bird of Red and Gold" (Harris) - 2:27
Personnel
Recorded on September 18, 1979.
- Barry Harris – piano, vocals
References
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- Breakin' It Up (1958)
- Preminado (1961)
- Listen to Barry Harris (1961)
- Newer Than New (1961)
- Chasin' the Bird (1962)
- Luminescence! (1967)
- Bull's Eye! (1968)
- Magnificent! (1969)
- Vicissitudes (1972)
- Barry Harris Plays Tadd Dameron (1975)
- Barry Harris Plays Barry Harris (1978)
- The Bird of Red and Gold (1989)
- Barry Harris at the Jazz Workshop (1960)
- Live in Tokyo (1976)
- Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume Twelve (1990)
- Confirmation with Kenny Barron (1991)
- Live at "Dug" (1995)