Luminescence [Original recording remastered]

Barry Harris | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 18, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: OJC
• ASIN: B000000Z39
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #165,971 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Luminescence

2. Like This

3. Nicaragua

4. Dance of the Infidels

5. Webb City

6. My Ideal

7. Even Steven

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Music That Has Stood The Test Of Time, January 13, 2001

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Michael B. Richman (Portland, Maine USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Luminescence (Audio CD)

When Barry Harris' "Luminescence" was released in 1967 it must have sounded like old hack. In the post-Coltrane era of avant-garde modernism, classic hard bop stylings were outdated and certainly un-hip. But looking back from our perch at the beginning of the 21st century, whether it was cutting edge for 1967 or 1957 doesn't matter as much as whether the music has stood up over time. And Barry Harris' "Luminescence" has! This is not a great album mind you, but in the same way history has been kind to Hank Mobley (snubbed in the 60s as not cutting edge enough, but heralded today as a solid and creative musician, plain and simple), Barry Harris has composed and arranged a solid hard bop effort and assembled an excellent cast to perform it. The personnel is full of lesser known giants of jazz -- Pepper Adams on baritone sax, Junior Cook on tenor sax, Slide Hampton on trombone, Bob Cranshaw on bass and Lenny McBrowne on drums. "Luminescence" stands with another Barry Harris Prestige/OJC gem "At The Jazz Workshop" (see my review) as an excellent introduction to this unsung pianist.

0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dr. B keeps the light on Bud, June 3, 2009

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K. M. Wali (Pittsburgh, Pa.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Luminescence (Audio CD)

Dr. Barry Harris is the closest reincarnation of Bud Powell on the scene today. Always putting light on the path to SWING, with a "not the usual suspects band". Good feelin' music.