Jazz Index created on 24.

Juli 2012
The following bibliographical information is drawn from periodicals and books present in the archive of the
Jazzinstitut Darmstadt. Our extensive periodical collection comprises more than 55,000 issues of some
1,050 jazz periodicals. Close to two-thirds of the collection has been indexed.
Following the more recent entries are abbreviations denoting the nature of the material in the respective
articles. These symbols are:
[A] = analytical remarks
[B] = extensive book review
[BT] = blindfold test
[C] = concert review
[D] = discography
[F] = feature article
[I] = interview
["I"] = article written by the respective musician himself
[O] = obituary
[R] = extensive record review
[T] = transcription

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Harris, Barry (p * real name: Barry Doyle Harris; b: 15.Dec.1929, Detroit/MI; Lexikon: Feather
[1958]; Feather [1960]; People [1984]; Companion [1987]; New Grove [1988]; rororo [1988]; Reclam
[1989]; Dictionnaire [1988,1995]; MusicHound [1999]; Rough Guide [1999])
***
Ralph J. Gleason: Barry Harris - "Breakin' It Up" (Argo), in: Down Beat, 27/7 (31.Mar.1960), p. 27 (R)
John A. Tynan: Barry Harris - "At the Jazz Workshop" (Riverside), in: Down Beat, 27/22 (27.Oct.1960), p.
34, 38 (R)
Barbara Gardner: Barry Harris - "Preminado" (Riverside), in: Down Beat, 28/16 (3.Aug.1961), p. 32, 34 (R)
Barbara Long: Barry Harris, in: Down Beat, 30/25 (12.Sep.1963), p. 20-21 (F/I)
Mark Gardner: Discography. Barry Harris, in: Jazz Monthly, #155 (Jan.1968), p. 31 (D)
Harvey Pekar: Barry Harris - "Bull's Eye!" (Prestige), in: Down Beat, 36/8 (17.Apr.1969), p. 22, 24 (R)
M. Gardner: They're Saying Bop Is Back, in: Melody Maker, 25.Jul.1970, p. 24

Dan Morgenstern: Barry Harris - "Magnificent" (Prestige), in: Down Beat, 37/23 (26.Nov.1970), p. 22-23
(R); reprint, in: Dan Morgenstern: Living with Jazz. A Reader, New York 2004 [book: Pantheon], p. 436437 (R)
S. Metalitz: Marian McPartland/Barry Harris/Ray Bryant, Museum of Natural History, Smithonian
Institution, Washington, D.C., in: Down Beat, 42/11 (1975), p. 31 (C)
Steve Metalitz: Caught. Marian McPartland/Barry Harris/Ray Bryant, in: Down Beat, 42/11 (5.Jun.1975), p.
31 (C)
Dan Morgenstern: Barry Harris - "Live in Tokyo" (Xanadu), in: Jazz (Magazine) [USA], 1/3 (Spring 1977),
p. 56-57 (R) [digi.copy]
Ira Gitler: Barry Harris. True Keeper of the Bebop Flame, in: Jazz (Magazine) [USA], 1/3 (Spring 1977), p.
24-30 (F/I) [digi.copy]
Ira Gitler: Barry Harris. True Keeper of the Flame, in: Jazz Magazine (USA), 1/3 (Spring 1977), p. 24-30 (I)
NN: The Real Story, in: Down Beat, 44/19 (1977), p. 12
Allen Lowe: Profiles. Some People Behind the Music. Barry Harris, in: Down Beat, 44/13 (14.Jul.1977), p.
18-19 (F/I)
Allen Lowe: The Real Story, in: Down Beat, 44/19 (17.Nov.1977), p. 12 (short F)
Bob Rusch: Barry Harris. Interview, in: Cadence, 3/7-8 (Dec.1977), p. 18-20, 22 (I)
S. Albin: Barry Harris, Cami Hall, New York City, in: Down Beat, 45/21 (1978), p. 52-53 (C)
Tom Piazza: Barry Harris Plays Barry Harris (Xanadu 154), in: Tom Piazza: Setting the Tempo. Fifty
Years of Great Jazz Liner Notes, New York 1996 [book], p. 93-102 (F; Reprint of liner notes from 1978)
NN: Keyboard Magic X Three, in: Down Beat, 45/15 (7.Sep.1978), p. 12 (C)
Scott Albin: Caught. Barry Harris, Cami Hall, New York City, in: Down Beat, 45/21 (21.Dec.1978), p. 52-53
(C)
Ira Gitler: New York, in: Jazz (Magazine) [USA], 3/4 (Fall 1979), p. 19 (C)
Kitty Grime: Jazz at Ronnie Scott's, London 1979 [book], p. 32-34, 52, 96, 120, 159, 168 (short I)
Clifford Jay Safane: Barry Harris "Barry Harris Plays Barry Harris" (Xanadu 154), in: Jazz Echo
(International Jazz Federation), 9/40 (Mar.1979), p. 12 (R) [digi.copy]
Dan Morgenstern: Newport Jazz Festival. Solo Piano: Roland Hanna, Muhal Richard Abrams, Barry
Harris, Patti Bown, Al Haig, Barbara Carroll, in: Down Beat, 46/15 (6.Sep.1979), p. 22, 47 (C)
A. Koltchak: Barry Harris, l'lve puis le maitre, in: Jazz Hot, 49/397 (1983), p. 18-18, 56 (F/D)
Peter Leitch: Observations. Barry Harris/Art Blakey, Entermedia Theatre, in: Cadence, 9/10 (Oct.1983), p.
52 (C)
John Norris: Barry Harris, in: Coda, #196 (1984), p. 16-20 (I)
John Norris: Barry Harris, in: Coda, #196 (Jun.1984), p. 16-20 (I)
A. Hamilton: Barry Harris - For the Moment, in: The Wire, #24 (Feb.1986), p. 43 (R)

A. Hamilton: Barry Harris - At the Jazz Workshop, in: The Wire, #33 (Nov.1986), p. 59, 61 (R)
Peter Robbins: Muhal Richard Abrams/Barry Harris, Smithonian Institute, in: Coda, #211
(Dec/Jan.1986/1987), p. 33 (C)
Fiona Bicket: How Barry Harris Teaches Bebop, in: The Piano Stylist & Jazz Workshop, Oct/Nov.1988, p.
4-7 (F/A/T: "Stay Right With It"")
Fiona Bicket & Barry Harris: Exploring the Sixth Diminished Scale, in: The Piano Stylist & Jazz Workshop,
Jun/Jul.1989, p. 22-23, 30 (I/T)
NN: Interview with Barry Harris, in: The Note, 2/2 (May 1990), p. 10 (I)
Sjoerd van Aelst: Jazzy lessen van Barry Harris, in: Jazz Nu, #159 (Mar.1992), p. 289 (F)
Bo Forslind: Personligt jazzpiano, in: Orkester Journalen, 60/10 (Oct.1992), p. 12 (C)
Thierry Peremarti: Vu par..., in: Jazz Hot, #498 (Mar.1993), p. 29-30 (I ber Archie Shepp)
Paul F. Berliner: Thinking in Jazz. The Infinite Art of Improvisation, Chicago 1994 [book: University of
Chicago Press], passim (F/I)
Daniel Fedele: Silence and Music. An interview with Barry Harris, in: Jazz Changes, 2/2 (Summer 1995),
p. 16-19 (I)
Ira Gitler: Let Me See Your Soul, in: BOZ, #25 (May 1996), p. 29 ((C)
Ira Gitler: Live! Barry Harris, Village Vanguard, NYC, in: Jazz Times, 26/4 (May 1996), p. 51-52 (C)
Ira Gitler: Live. Barry Harris, Lincoln Center, New York, in: Jazz Times, 27/3 (Apr.1997), p. 49-50 (C)
Russ Dantzler: Scrapple from the Apple. Barry Harris, Claude Williams, Benny Waters and Genevieve
Rose Deliver Jazz to the Next Generation, in: Marge Hofacre's Jazz News, 14/95 (Jan/Feb.1998), p. I: 9
(C)
Bill Milkowski: Barry Harris. Young-Hearted Elder, in: Jazz Times, 28/1 (Feb.1998), p. 44-46, 143 (F/I)
H.E. Smith: Barry Harris Trio, Museum of Modern Art, in: Marge Hofacre's Jazz News, 14/98
(Sep/Oct.1998), p. II: 16 (C)
Lara Pellegrini: The Learning Curve. The Oldest Member of the Class - "He conveyed to students that
we're all in this together, working it out at different levels, but toward the goal of constantly exploring the
creative process", in: Jazziz, 15/10 (Oct.1998), p. 56 (F/I)
Craig Jolley: Barry Harris Trio, in: Marge Hofacre's Jazz News, 15/99 (Nov/Dec.1998), p. II: 5 (C)
Eric Nemeyer: Barry Harris - "Hot House", in: Jazz Improv, 2/3 (1999), p. 216-219 (T)
Josef Woodard: Tales Out of School. Barry Harris, in: Jazz Times, 1999/2000 Jazz Education Guide, p.
162 (I)
Robin H.S. Munro: The Workshop - Part One, in: Planet Jazz, 3 (Spring 1999), p. 19 (F)
Pete Malinverni & Mark Davis: Letters. Barry Harassed?, in: Jazz Times, 29/4 (May 1999), p. 18 (letters)

Lucy Galliher: Notes from the Apple. Barry Harris Trio at the Village Vanguard, in: (California) Jazz Now,
9/10 (Mar.2000), p. 11 (C/short I)
Ted Panken: Down Beat First-Person Project. Detroit Files. Barry Harris Spreads His Bebop Roots to a
New Generation, in: Down Beat, 67/10 (Oct.2000), p. 44-49 (F/I)
Bert Vuijsje: Bebop Business. Meester in de klas, in: Jazz (Nu), 24/3 (Summer 2001), p. 117 (F)
Jack Jaffe: Adventures in New York, in: The Jazz Rag, #69 (Fall 2001), p. 10 (short F)
Lars Bjorn & Jim Gallert: Before Motown. A History of Jazz in Detroit, 1920-1960, Ann Arbor 2001 [book:
University of Michigan Press], passim (F)
Robert L. Doerschuk: 88. The Giants of Jazz Piano, San Francisco 2001 [book: Backbeat Books], p. 106108 (F)
Gudrun Endress: Barry Harris. Keeper of the Bebop Flame und unermdlicher Jazz-Pdagoge, in: Jazz
Podium, 51/2 (Feb.2002), p. 22-24 (F/I)
Andrew Scott: Alternative Jazz Pedagogy. An Examination and Analysis of the Teaching Methods of Barry
Harris, in: Research Proceedings Yearbook, 2003, p. 111-121 (A)
Corinne Cecilia: Barry Harris. In the bebop workshop, in: Jazz Hot, #601 (Jun.2003), p. 28-31 (F/I)
Ellen Bertet & Guy Reynard & Yves Sportis: Barry Harris. At the Jazz Workshop, in: Jazz Hot, #601
(Jun.2003), p. 32-34 (D)
Andy Hamilton: Easier With The Black Notes in There. Detroit piano eminence Barry Harris talks to Andy
Hamilton about Bird, Monk, Hawk, Emperor Nero, and the right way to be a zero-teacher, in: Jazz Review,
#48 (Sep.2003), p. 22-23 (F/I)
Lorraine Soliman: Barry Harris in Paris, in: Jazz Hot, #603 (Sep.2003), p. 12 (C)
Zan Stewart: Traditions. Tough Teacher. "The person who's zhe hippest is the one who can do the most
with nothing", in: Jazziz, 20/10 (Oct.2003), p. 32 (F/I)
Zan Stewart: Barry Harris Quintet, Birdland, in: Jazziz, 21/1 (Jan.2004), p. 25 (C)
Zo Street: Barry Harris Trio, Pizza Express Jazz Club, London, in: Jazzwise, #84 (Mar.2005), p. 71 (C)
Graeme Dean: Sketches. Barry Harris, in: Jazz Improv, 1/4 (Oct.2005), p. 42 (I) [digi.copy]
Larry Gelb: Barry Harris - Hank Jones. Live at Jazz at Lincoln Center's Allen Room, in: Jazz Improv, 1/6
(Dec.2005), p. 9-10 (C) [digi.copy]
Pannonica de Koenigswarter: Les Musiciens de jazz et leurs trois voeux, Paris 2006 [book:
Buchet/Chastel; German translation as: "Die Jazzmusiker und ihre drei Wnsche", Stuttgart 2007:
Reclam; English translation (original language) as: "Three Wishes. An Intimate Look at Jazz Greats", New
York 2008: Abrams Image], p. 79, 83-84 (short I/photos)
Ira Gitler: Jones, Harris Pair for Magic Night, in: Down Beat, 73/1 (Jan.2006), p. 13 (C) [digi.copy]
Andrew Velz: Barry Harris. 1000 Percent Music Man, in: All About Jazz, #46 (Feb.2006), p. 9 (F/I)
[digi.copy]
Peter Vacher: Barry Harris, Pizza Express Jazz Club, London, in: Jazzwise, #122 (Aug.2008), p. 67 (C)

Michael Boershuk: Barry Harris Trio, The Village Vanguard, New York City, in: Coda, #341 (Nov.2008), p.
12 (C)
Amiri Baraka: Digging. The Afro-American Soul of American Classical Music, Berkeley 2009 [book:
University of California Press], p. 338-339 (F: chapter "Barry Harris")
Ben Ratliff: Music Review. Barry Harris. Lessons and Tales for Friends, in: New York Times, 29.Apr.2009
(C: Village Vanguard) [digi.copy]
Franya J. Berkman: Monument Eternal. The Music of Alice Coltrane, Middletown/CT 2010 [book:
Wesleyan University Press], passim (F/A)
Jonathan Glusman: Barry Harris. "Je suis le plus vieux professeur et he suis le meilleur", in: Jazz
Magazine, #615 (Jun.2010), p. 12-13 (F/I)
NN: Barry Harris Trio. Live at the Village Vanguard, in: <www.npr.org>, 21.Jul.2010 (F) [digi.copy] {concert
set and interview also in audio archive}
Mitch Myers: Barry Harris "Live in Rennes" (Plus Loin), in: Jazz Times, 40/9 (Nov.2010), p. 55 (R)
Scott Yanow: Barry Harris "Live in Rennes" (Plus Loin Music), in: Jazziz, 28/3 (Mar.2011), p. 125 (R)
[digi.copy]
Will Friedwald: Swinging Down at the Basement and Out in the Garden. Barry Harris Trio, The Village
Vanguard, in: Wall Street Journal, 5.Aug.2011 (C) [digi.copy]
Russ Musto: New York at Night. Barry Harris, Minton's Playhouse, in: New York City Jazz Record, #122
(Jun.2012), p. 5 (C) [digi.copy]
Greg Thomas: Bebop legend Barry Harris set to burn up Village Vanguard with 2-week gig. Jazz pianist
and teacher performs with drummer Leroy Willians and bassist Ray Drummond, in: New York Daily News,
16.Jul.2012 (F/I) [digi.copy]