Barry Harris Plays Tadd Dameron

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Barry Harris Plays Tadd Dameron
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Released1975
RecordedJune 4, 1975
StudioRCA Studios, New York
Genre Jazz
Length41:53
Label Xanadu
113
Producer Don Schlitten
Barry Harris chronology
Vicissitudes
(1972)
Barry Harris Plays Tadd Dameron
(1975)
Live in Tokyo
(1976)

Barry Harris Plays Tadd Dameron is an album by pianist Barry Harris featuring compositions associated with Tadd Dameron. It was recorded in 1975 and released on the Xanadu label. [1] [2]

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Allmusic reviewer Scott Yanow stated: "The perfect player to interpret Tadd Dameron's music (of which he had full understanding), Harris performs eight of the influential composer's songs on this 1975 album". [3]

Track listing

All compositions by Tadd Dameron, except where indicated.

  1. "Hot House" - 4:29
  2. "Soultrane" - 5:38
  3. "The Chase" - 4:58
  4. "Lady Bird" - 5:03
  5. "Casbah" - 8:27
  6. "If You Could See Me Now" (Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman) - 5:28
  7. "The Tadd Walk" - 3:35
  8. "Our Delight" - 4:15

Personnel

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References

  1. Xanadu Records discography accessed April 29, 2014
  2. Fitzgerald, M. Barry Harris discography, accessed April 29, 2014
  3. 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, accessed April 29, 2014
  4. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 96. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.