Barry Harris
Piano Solo on
Lady Bird

About

Barry Harris's piano solo is the third and final improvisation on this recording, following the extended tenor saxophone statements by Gordon and Moody. Taking four choruses of the 16-bar form in C at 165 BPM, Harris brings his deep bebop vocabulary to Dameron's composition. His solo provides a welcome change of timbre after the two extended horn solos, his piano work navigating the 16-bar form with the clarity and melodic directness that characterized his playing.

Barry Harris was 39 to 40 years old at the time.