The Bird of Red and Gold explained

The Bird of Red and Gold
Type:Album
Artist:Barry Harris
Cover:Bird of Red and Gold.jpg
Released:1982, 1994
Recorded:September 18, 1979
Genre:Jazz
Label:Xanadu
Producer:Don Schlitten
Prev Title:Barry Harris Plays Barry Harris
Prev Year:1978
Next Title:For the Moment
Next Year:1984

The Bird of Red and Gold is a solo jazz piano album by Barry Harris, recorded in 1979 and released in 1982.[1] [2]

Five of the twelve compositions were written by Harris. The original 12 tracks were reissued as a CD for a 1994 release, though the CD misprinted the recording as being from a session in 1989.

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 4½ stars with its review by Scott Yanow calling it, "Superior bop-based music".[3]

Track listing

  1. "Nascimento" (Barry Harris) – 3:49
  2. "Body and Soul" (Edward Heyma, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton, Johnny Green) – 5:40
  3. "Sweet and Lovely" (Gus Arnheim, Charles N. Daniels, Harry Tobias) - 4:37
  4. "Tommy's Ballad" (Harris) - 6:10
  5. "Nobody's" (Harris) - 3:52
  6. "Cats In My Belfry" (Harris) - 4:35
  7. "This Is No Laughing Matter" (Buddy Kaye, Al Frisch) - 5:57
  8. "Tea for Two" (Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans) - 5:15
  9. "My Ideal" (Newell Chase, Richard Whiting, Leo Robin) - 4:12
  10. "Just One of Those Things" (Cole Porter) - 3:04
  11. "Pannonica" (Thelonious Monk) - 6:37
  12. "The Bird of Red and Gold" (Harris) - 2:27

Personnel

Recorded on September 18, 1979.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_Xanadu.htm Xanadu Records discography
  2. Fitzgerald, M. Barry Harris discography, accessed April 29, 2014
  3. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, accessed April 29, 2014

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