Barbra Streisand
vocals
American singer and actress; Barry imagined her singing songs he had written and wanted her for a stage play he was writing.
- mentions
- 3
- recordings
- 2
- Barry speaking
- 3
What Barry says
Barry was writing a play about a sock, the kind you see hanging from a lamp post and wonder where it came from. He wanted Streisand to be the sock and the tap dancer Jimmy Slyde the can: the wind would blow the sock out and it would turn into Streisand. He had a couple of songs for her.
Artists House Master Class Barry Harris - Performance25:5226:25
The song he had for her was ‘The Breeze Song’, which he performed at an Artists House master class. Afterwards he said he was doing this to show that Americans can write beautiful music, songs like ‘April in Paris’ and ‘Autumn in New York’, and regretted the nonsense heard today.
Artists House Master Class Barry Harris - Performance28:3929:2033:3834:13
In his own words
I wanted Barbra Streisand to be the Sock, and I had it planned for... I had a couple of songs, I wanted her to sing, and I had it planned for [Jimmy Slyde] to be the Can.
She would come out, the wind would blow the sock out, and then the sock would turn to Barbra Streisand.
You can hear [Streisand] singing this. I can hear it... I get her to sing it, huh? I can give concerts for the rest of my life.
Every mention
3 moments in the recordings, 3 of them Barry speaking. Each says who is talking.
Artists House Master Class Barry Harris - Performance
The Spirit of Bebop
- 28:30
Imagines Streisand singing a love song he is writing; says they must get in touch with her.
Method ideas nearby
Ideas of the method taught in the classes where they come up, with how many mentions fall in each.