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Released
  
1982, 1994

The Bird of Red and Gold(1979)
  
For the Moment(1984)

Release date
  
12 December 1995

Label
  
Xanadu Records

Recorded
  
September 18, 1979

Artist
  
Barry Harris

Producer
  
Don Schlitten

Genre
  
Jazz

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Barry Harris albums, Jazz albums

The Bird of Red and Gold is a solo jazz piano album by pianist and composer Barry Harris, recorded in 1979 and released in 1982.

Contents

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

Allmusic awarded the album 4½ stars with its review by Scott Yanow calling it, "Superior bop-based music".

Track listing

  1. "Nascimento" (Barry Harris) – 3:49
  2. "Body and Soul" (Edward Heyma, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton, Johnny Green) – 5:40
  3. "Sweet and Lovely" (Gus Arnheim, Charles N. Daniels, Harry Tobias) - 4:37
  4. "Tommy's Ballad" (Harris) - 6:10
  5. "Nobody's" (Harris) - 3:52
  6. "Cats In My Belfry" (Harris) - 4:35
  7. "This Is No Laughing Matter" (Buddy Kaye, Al Frisch) - 5:57
  8. "Tea for Two" (Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans) - 5:15
  9. "My Ideal" (Newell Chase, Richard Whiting, Leo Robin) - 4:12
  10. "Just One of Those Things" (Cole Porter) - 3:04
  11. "Pannonica" (Thelonious Monk) - 6:37
  12. "The Bird of Red and Gold" (Harris) - 2:27

Personnel

Recorded on September 18, 1979.

  • Barry Harris - piano and vocals

    • Songs

    1Nascimento3:53
    2Body and Soul5:42
    3Sweet and Lovely4:40

    References

    The Bird of Red and Gold Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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