Frank Gant
drums
Detroit drummer and one of the first musicians Barry played with; he was on Barry’s first trio record, made for Argo in Chicago, and Barry, going through his discography, recalls a 1955 Detroit session with him and Yusef Lateef.
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What Barry says
Talking about Elvin Jones and how Detroit friends drifted apart once they reached New York, Barry adds that he used to play with Frank Gant. When Panken notes that Gant is on his first recording, for Argo, Barry agrees, calling him a Detroiter and one of the first musicians he played with.
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Barry says his first Riverside record was made live on the West Coast while he was with Cannonball Adderley, but an Argo record came earlier. He travelled from Detroit to Chicago with Gant and Will Austin for a Sonny Stitt session; once it was done they were invited to cut a trio album as well, and did.
Going through his discography, Barry places the Argo session with Sonny Stitt and his trio in 1958.
From the same discography he recalls recording in Detroit in 1955 with Yusef Lateef, Bernard McKinney, Gant and Elvin Jones.
Naming the Detroit players who were part of their circle and came to his house, Barry ends the list with Gant, after Kirk Lightsey, Hugh Lawson and Doug Watkins.
In his own words
He’s a Detroiter, and he’s one of the first cats I played with. There were a few cats. But Detroit was a very special place.
I went to Chicago from Detroit with Frank Gant and Will Austin, and we recorded with Sonny Stitt there.
Every mention
1 moments in the recordings, 0 of them Barry speaking. Each says who is talking.
My Chat With Chris Parks From Things I Learned From Barry Harris
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A teacher
Chris Parks says Gant plays only brushes throughout Barry’s first trio record, ‘Breakin’ It Up’.
In the interviews and notes
Asked about Elvin Jones, Barry says he also used to play with Gant, a Detroiter and one of the first musicians he played with, and agrees that Gant is on his Argo record.
Barry recalls going from Detroit to Chicago with Gant and Will Austin to record with Sonny Stitt, after which the three made a trio record of their own.
Reading his discography aloud, Barry notes a 1955 Detroit recording with Lateef, Bernard McKinney, Gant and Elvin Jones, and dates the Argo session with Stitt and his trio to 1958.
Barry names Gant among the Detroit musicians who were in his house, in a list that also takes in Kirk Lightsey, Hugh Lawson and Doug Watkins.
Panken lists Gant with Elvin Jones as the drummers in the Detroit peer group in which Barry grew up.