Barry HarrisThe method

Tunes he taught

Light Blue

Barry played Monk’s Light Blue in concert and called it a very pretty song, but no class was found in which he teaches through it. In a 2016 Rome class on Monk’s music the title comes up only in garbled captions.

moments in class
3
recordings
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Barry plays it
3

In his own words

the last one was one called light blue which was a very pretty song ... monk was one of our most prolific composers

Barry Harris Live In Rennes. Rennes, 2009, telling the audience which tunes the trio had just played. 55:10 Watch on YouTube at 55:10

In class

Every moment he works on it, with the ideas of the method it shows.

Barry Harris Live In Rennes

  1. 55:10

    Rennes 2009, after playing it: a very pretty Monk song; Monk was one of our most prolific composers.

    Watch on YouTube at 55:10

The 2016 workshop, part 3: Monk’s tunes, not his style

Rome, 2010–19

  1. 8:55

    Rome 2016 Monk class: after wishing he could write ballads like Monk’s, the title comes up in garbled captions.

    Watch on YouTube at 8:55

Interview: Bird, Hawkins, Monk and New York

various, 1987–2019

  1. 43:56

    NPR 1988: the host introduces a 1984 Monk medley of Barry’s that includes Light Blue.

    Watch on YouTube at 43:56

Barry plays it