Barry Harris
Piano Solo on
Gary's Notebook

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Barry Harris's piano solo closes out the improvised statements on this recording, following Lee Morgan's trumpet. Spanning three choruses of the 12-bar Blues form at a medium-up 181 BPM with a swing feel in B♭, the solo runs approximately 1:13. Pianist Barry Harris closes with three choruses that demonstrate his encyclopedic command of the bebop tradition. "Gary's Notebook" is a minor-key blues original by Lee Morgan from his 1963 Blue Note album The Sidewinder. Barry Harris was 33 to 34 years old at the time of this 1963 recording.

Barry Harris was 33 to 34 years old at the time.