Barry Harris
Piano Solo on
Boston Bernie

About

Barry Harris's piano solo is the second of two improvisations on this recording, following Gordon's three-chorus tenor saxophone statement. Taking two choruses of the 36-bar AABA form in A-flat at 178 BPM, Harris navigates Gordon's contrafact, based on the chord changes of "All the Things You Are," with the harmonic fluency and rhythmic precision that characterized his playing. His two-chorus statement provides a complementary perspective on the familiar underlying changes.

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