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4.0 out of 5 stars
My Role Model, July 5, 2006
This review is from: Live in New York (Audio CD)
With the exception of Hank Jones, I can think of no other living pianist who has appeared on more recordings with more great players than Barry Harris. It would be understandable if Harris became elusive, or "protected" his legendary status by recording with the best or nobody at all. Instead he's obviously happy to be appearing with a "merely" competent, journeyman group of musicians, mixing it up with an audience that seems delighted by his personal as well as his musical communicativeness. His audience-participation tune, "7-4-3," is a gimmicky, obvious premise, but it's tastefully executed and, doggone it, people like it. No wonder that at age 75, Barry has outlived most of his peers by several decades.
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