Barry Harris - Live in Tokyo - Xanadu Master Edition CD

Xanadu Master Edition CD

Recorded live during a two-week, eight-city, ten-concert tour of Japan, this document features pianist Harris, accompanied by veteran bassist Sam Jones and the irrepressibly swinging drummer Leroy Williams, paying tribute to bebop icons Bud Powell, Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie at Yubin Chokin Hall and Nakano Sun Plaza Hall in Tokyo in April 1976. The Detroit bebopper swings in unbridled fashion on these tracks that represent the apex of piano trio jazz in the mid ‘70s. “Harris is the consummate bebop piano player, drenched in the Bud Powell tradition, he is nonetheless one of the most distinctively individual keyboard artists.” – Doug Ramsey (Radio Free Jazz).

Tracklist:

1. A SOFT SPOT 5:53
2. ‘ROUND MIDNIGHT 5:56
3. TEA FOR TWO 4:52
4. DANCE OF THE INFIDELS 5:41
5. I’LL REMEMBER APRIL 8:43
6. Dedication in Japanese 1:31
7. FUKAI AIJO 4:18
8. UN POCO LOCO 6:33
9. LIKE SOMEONE IN LOVE 10:42*
10. ORNITHOLOGY 5:57*
11. A NIGHT IN TUNISIA 9:19*
12. ORNITHOLOGY 6:49*

Personnel:

BARRY HARRIS, piano SAM JONES, bass LEROY WILLIAMS, drums *BONUS TRACKS, from the same concerts, but not included on the original LP.

Credits:

Recorded by Shinji Ohtsuka at Yubin Chokin Hall, Tokyo, Japan, April 1, 1976, (tracks 9 & 10), April 12, 1976 (tracks 1, 2, 11 & 12), and at Nakano Sun Plaza Hall, Tokyo, Japan, April 14, 1976 (tracks 3-8). Mixed by Paul Goodman (RCA) in New York City. Produced & Directed by Don Schlitten Cover & Inlay Photos: Don Schlitten Reissue Produced for Release by Zev Feldman, Executive Producer: Jordi Soley.