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Chasin' the Bird (Barry Harris album)

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Released
  
1962

Chasin' the Bird (1962)
  
Luminescence! (1967)

Release date
  
1962

Label
  
Riverside Records

Length
  
39:20

Artist
  
Barry Harris

Producer
  
Orrin Keepnews

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
May 31 and August 23, 1962 Plaza Sound Studios, New York City

Similar
  
Barry Harris albums, Jazz albums

Chasin' the Bird is an album by pianist Barry Harris recorded in 1962 and released on the Riverside label.

Contents

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars with its review by Scott Yanow stating, "This is excellent music that should please bop collectors".

Track listing

All compositions by Barry Harris except as indicated

  1. "Chasin' the Bird" (Charlie Parker) - 5:32
  2. "The Breeze and I" (Ernesto Lecuona, Al Stillman) - 4:14
  3. "Around the Corner" - 3:01
  4. "Just as Though You Were Here" (John Benson Brooks, Eddie DeLange) - 3:38
  5. "(Back Home Again in) Indiana" (James F. Hanley, Ballard MacDonald) - 2:54
  6. "Stay Right with It" - 5:12
  7. "'Round Midnight" (Thelonious Monk) - 5:22
  8. "Bish Bash Bosh" - 4:32
  9. "The Way You Look Tonight" (Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern) - 4:55

Personnel

  • Barry Harris - piano
  • Bob Cranshaw - bass
  • Clifford Jarvis - drums

    • Songs

    1Chasin' The Bird5:33
    2The Breeze And I4:15
    3Around The Corner3:00

    References

    Chasin' the Bird (Barry Harris album) Wikipedia
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