Barry HarrisThe method

Tunes he taught

Someday My Prince Will Come

Barry did not teach this tune. It comes up in his own words only in his Almería talk, where, complaining that Miles Davis’s band had started playing straight, he asks what Miles was doing playing it.

moments in class
2
recordings
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Barry plays it
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In his own words

Just imagine ... what is he doing playing Someday My Prince Will Come

Believe: a talk to musicians, Almería, 2014. Almería talk, on Miles Davis: Barry has just said Miles fell for Ahmad Jamal’s little things, Red Garland started playing chords way up high, and the band began playing real straight. 47:13 Watch on YouTube at 47:13

In class

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

Believe: a talk to musicians

Almería, 2014

  1. 47:13

    Almería talk: after Miles fell for Ahmad Jamal’s little things, his band went straight; Barry asks why he played this.

    Watch on YouTube at 47:13

Jazz schools and the basics

Almería, 2014

  1. 4:31

    The same passage of the Almería talk, cut into a short compilation clip.

    Watch on YouTube at 4:31