The Bird of Red and Gold

The Bird of Red and Gold is a solo jazz piano album by Barry Harris, recorded in 1979 and released in 1982.Xanadu Records discography accessed April 29, 2014Fitzgerald, M. Barry Harris discography, accessed April 29, 2014

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".Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, accessed April 29, 2014

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

Personnel Recorded on September 18, 1979.

Barry Harris – piano, vocals

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