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Barry Harris at the Jazz Workshop

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Barry Harris at the Jazz Workshop
Live album by
Released1960
RecordedMay 15–16, 1960
VenueThe Jazz Workshop, San Francisco, California
GenreJazz
Length39:30
LabelRiverside
RLP 12-326
ProducerOrrin Keepnews
Barry Harris chronology
Breakin' It Up
(1959)
Barry Harris at the Jazz Workshop
(1960)
Preminado
(1961)

Barry Harris at the Jazz Workshop is a live album by pianist Barry Harris recorded in San Francisco in 1960 and released on the Riverside label.[1]

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[4]

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars with its review by Scott Yanow stating, "Pianist Barry Harris' second recording as a leader (he led a set for Argo in 1958) finds him at the age of 30 playing in the same boppish style he would have throughout his career".[2]

Track listing

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All compositions by Barry Harris except as indicated

  1. "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby" (Bill Austin, Louis Jordan) - 5:31
  2. "Curtain Call" - 3:45
  3. "Star Eyes" (Gene de Paul, Don Raye) - 4:42
  4. "Moose the Mooche" (Charlie Parker) - 6:13
  5. "Lolita" - 3:59
  6. "Morning Coffee" - 4:52
  7. "Don't Blame Me" (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields) - 5:08
  8. "Woody 'n' You" (Dizzy Gillespie) - 4:43

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Riverside Records discography accessed September 11, 2012
  2. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, accessed September 11, 2012
  3. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 96. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 653. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.