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Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Early life and career [ ] Harris began learning the piano at the age of four. His mother was a church pianist and had asked if Harris was interested in playing church or jazz music. Having picked jazz, he was influenced by,. Harris had a strong admiration for the style of Powell, claiming it to be the 'epitome' of jazz.
He went to public areas to play dances for clubs and ballrooms. Harris learned the bebop styles largely by ear, imitating the solos played by Bud Powell in his teenage years. Later life and career [ ] 1950s [ ] Harris was based in Detroit through the 1950s and worked with musicians such as,. He also performed in place of, who was 's regular pianist for his group frequently. In addition, Harris toured with briefly in 1956 as a pianist after the group's resident pianist (younger brother of Bud Powell) died in a car crash.
1960s [ ] Harris performed with 's quintet and even had a chance to do a television stint with them. Harris relocated to New York City in 1960, where he became a performer as well as a jazz educator.
During his time in New York, Harris collaborated with,, and through performances and recordings. 
Between 1965 and 1969, Harris performed extensively with at the. 1970s [ ] During the 1970s, Harris lived with Monk at the home of the jazz patroness, and so was in an excellent position to comment on the last years of his fellow pianist. Harris also sat in for Monk for rehearsals at the New York Jazz Repertory Company in 1974. By the mid-1970s, Harris and his band members gave concerts in European cities and Japan. In Japan, he performed at the Yubin Chokin concert hall in Tokyo over two days and his performance were recorded and compiled into an album released. Harris in 1981 Between 1982 and 1987, Harris took charge of the Jazz Cultural Workshop on the 8th Avenue in New York.
Harris appears in the 1989 documentary film (produced by ), performing duets with. 1990s [ ] Since the 1990s, Harris has collaborated with Toronto-based pianist and teacher in creating a series of videos and workbooks documenting his unique harmonic and improvisational systems and teaching process. 2000–present [ ] In 2000, he was profiled in the film Barry Harris - Spirit of Bebop.
Harris continues to perform and teach worldwide. When he is not traveling, he holds weekly music workshop sessions in New York City for vocalists, students of piano and other instruments.
Harris has recorded 19 albums as a lead artist. Jazz Cultural Theater [ ]. This section of a does not any.
Please help by adding. Contentious material about living people that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately. Find sources: – ( June 2015) (), Barry Harris, Jim Harrison, and Frank Fuentes were partners in creating the Jazz Cultural Theater beginning 1982. Located at 368 Eighth Avenue in New York City in a storefront between 28th and 29th Streets in Manhattan, it was primarily a performance venue featuring prominent jazz artists and also hosted jam sessions. Additionally, it was known for Barry's music classes for vocalists and instrumentalists, each taught in separate sessions. Several artists recorded albums at the club, including Barry on his For the Moment.
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Harris moved to New York in the early 1960s and became friends with Thelonious Monk and Baroness Pannonica de Koenigswarter, Mr. Monk's patron. Eventually, Mr. Harris moved to her estate in Weehawken, N.J., where he still lives.' • Carr, Ian; Fairweather, Digby; Priestley, Brian (1988). Jazz The Essential Companion.
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