John Bunch
piano
Pianist known for his work with Benny Goodman and Tony Bennett; Barry names him among the pianists he says musicians like him learned from and whom the colleges never asked how to teach, and Bunch received one of Barry’s own ‘Barry’ awards.
- mentions
- 2
- recordings
- 2
- Barry speaking
- 2
What Barry says
Barry says teachers are wrong all over the world because the colleges never asked pianists such as Hank Jones, John Lewis, Dick Katz and John Bunch how to teach, though they are the ones musicians like him learned from. The schools goofed, so he and Eli Yamin try to show what is right.
Jazz theory, part 1: key families a minor third apart0:351:12Jazz theory, part 1, with score0:02
In his own words
who do they ask how to teach in these colleges? See, that’s what’s wrong. ... they didn’t ask John Lewis, they didn’t ask them. Dick [Katz], you know, John Bunch, they didn’t ask any of those cats.
Every mention
2 moments in the recordings, 2 of them Barry speaking. Each says who is talking.
Jazz theory, part 1: key families a minor third apart
- 0:35
One of the pianists, with Hank Jones, Lewis and Katz, the colleges never asked how to teach.
Jazz theory, part 1, with score
- 0:02
Another transcript of the same lesson opening: Bunch is among those the schools should have asked.
In the interviews and notes
At his yearly Symphony Space concert Barry gave out an award of his own, a ‘Barry’, to people he felt had served jazz well. Milkowski’s 1998 profile names John Bunch, with Benny Powell and Milt Hinton, among those who already had one.
Bill Milkowski, Barry Harris: Young-hearted Elder ¶4Bill Milkowski, Barry Harris: Young-hearted Elder ¶5
Method ideas nearby
Ideas of the method taught in the classes where they come up, with how many mentions fall in each.