Chasin the Bird

Barry Harris | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 19, 1996)
• Original Release Date: 1962
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Ojc
• ASIN: B000000Z1T
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #240,088 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Chasin' the Bird

2. The Breeze and I

3. Around the Corner

4. Just as Though You Were Here

5. (Back Home Again In) Indiana

6. Stay Right with It

7. 'Round Midnight

8. Bish Bash Bosh

9. The Way You Look Tonight

Editorial Reviews

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Genre: Jazz Music
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Release Date: 0000-00-00
Media Type: Compact Disk

Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars Early Barry Harris at His Best, April 30, 2006

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Jean-pierre Coursodon - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Chasin the Bird (Audio CD)

Barry Harris is consistantly inventive and swinging in this wonderful 1962 recording with a fine accompaniment by Bob Cranshaw and Clifford Jarvis, who listen to the pianist well. From the title track, which comes first, Harris sounds great on a well-tuned and well-recorded instrument. Stating "Chasin' the Bird" he plays the melody with one hand and the countermelody with the other, a wonderful effect. Bud Powell's influence is felt througout but Harris doesn't sound like a mere imitator. His version of "The Breeze and I" is reminiscent of "Un Poco Loco" and his very fast "Indiana" inevitably recalls Powell's own while "Just as Though You Were There" is in the mood and spirit of Powell's "I'll Keep on Loving You"... Three interesting originals by Barry and fine versions of "Round Midnight" and "The Way You Look Tonight" complete this excellent recording.