Charles Jordan
piano
A pianist who came to Barry’s class in New York and put him on to the classical teacher Padwa, with whom Barry then began taking lessons.
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What Barry says
Explaining how he came to take classical lessons after moving to New York, where he began studying at NYU, Barry says that Charles Jordan, a pianist who came to his class, put him on to the teacher Padwa, and that he then started studying with Padwa.
Barry Harris, Smithsonian Jazz Oral History Program ¶235Barry Harris, Smithsonian Jazz Oral History Program ¶237Barry Harris, Smithsonian Jazz Oral History Program ¶239
Asked when the Padwa lessons that Jordan led him to began, Barry hesitates and then places them probably in the 1970s.
Barry Harris, Smithsonian Jazz Oral History Program ¶251Barry Harris, Smithsonian Jazz Oral History Program ¶253
In his own words
a piano player comes to my class named Charles Jordan turned me on to Padwa. So I started taking with Padwa
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In the interviews and notes
Asked who taught him classical piano in New York, Barry names Padwa and credits Charles Jordan, a pianist from his class, with recommending him.
Barry Harris, Smithsonian Jazz Oral History Program ¶237Barry Harris, Smithsonian Jazz Oral History Program ¶239