Clarence Beasley
piano (Detroit)
Pianist from Detroit’s West Side, one of the musicians Barry met there who came to his house; he went to New York for a while and then came back to Detroit.
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What Barry says
Asked about his poor East Side neighbourhood, Barry says the West Side was better off, with nice homes and flowers, and full of musicians. The first he names is the pianist Clarence Beasley, who spent some time in New York before returning.
He names Beasley with two West Side bass players, Ernie Phil and Herman Wright, and says all of these musicians came to his house; when the interviewer asks if the West Side came to the East Side, he agrees, and adds that he later moved to the West Side himself.
Barry Harris, Smithsonian Jazz Oral History Program ¶117Barry Harris, Smithsonian Jazz Oral History Program ¶118Barry Harris, Smithsonian Jazz Oral History Program ¶119
In his own words
And there were plenty of musicians. Clarence Beasley, the pianist. He came to New York for a while, but he came back.
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In the interviews and notes
Contrasting his poor East Side neighbourhood with the better-off West Side, Barry names the pianist Clarence Beasley first among the West Side musicians, noting that he spent a while in New York before returning, and says these players all came to his house.