Barry HarrisThe method

People Barry talks about

Jimmy Heath

tenor saxophone

Tenor saxophonist and composer from Philadelphia; Barry featured him at one of his big yearly concerts, gave him one of his own ‘Barry’ awards, and played on record dates with him.

mentions
3
recordings
2
Barry speaking
1

What Barry says

Barry names Jimmy Heath and Charles Davis as the horn players he featured at his most recent big concert, the yearly show for which he arranges music for a children’s choir, an adult choir, a big band and strings.

Barry Harris on WKCR-FM ¶143

On the radio in 1988, Barry credits Bill Cosby with putting jazz on prime-time television for the first time, and recalls Art Blakey on the show and, he thinks, Jimmy Heath.

Interview: Bird, Hawkins, Monk and New York18:3019:03

Asked which musicians he remembers from the dances of his teens, besides Charlie Parker, Barry recalls going once to see Milt Jackson, and names Jimmy Heath and maybe Max in the same breath.

Barry Harris, Smithsonian Jazz Oral History Program ¶218Barry Harris, Smithsonian Jazz Oral History Program ¶220Barry Harris, Smithsonian Jazz Oral History Program ¶221

In his own words

I generally have featured horn players. At the last concert I featured Jimmy Heath and Charles Davis.

Barry Harris on WKCR-FM. WKCR, 1999, on his big yearly concert ¶143

We went to see Milt Jackson one time with Jimmy Heath and maybe Max, or somebody.

Barry Harris, Smithsonian Jazz Oral History Program. Smithsonian oral history, on the dances of his teens ¶221

That’s the first time jazz has been on primetime television... Jimmy Heath? Was it Jimmy Heath?

Interview: Bird, Hawkins, Monk and New York, various, 1987–2019. Radio interview, 1988, crediting Bill Cosby’s television show 19:03 Watch on YouTube at 19:03

Every mention

3 moments in the recordings, 1 of them Barry speaking. Each says who is talking.

Interview: Bird, Hawkins, Monk and New York

various, 1987–2019

  1. 19:03

    Barry

    Credits Bill Cosby for jazz on prime-time television; recalls Art Blakey and, he thinks, Jimmy Heath on the show.

    Watch on YouTube at 19:03

Justin Robinson Interview: Barry Harris Masterclasses, Roy Hargrove, Jiu-Jitsu & Music, & More

  1. 3:17

    Someone else

    Saxophonist Justin Robinson names Jimmy Heath among the masters he met as a young player, 1985 to 1992.

    Watch on YouTube at 3:17

  2. 6:35

    Someone else

    Robinson says Heath, like Frank Wess, was on the Jazzmobile list of teachers when he looked for lessons.

    Watch on YouTube at 6:35

In the interviews and notes

  • Bill Milkowski, JazzTimes, 1998 A scholar

    Milkowski reports that Barry’s yearly Symphony Space show doubles as an awards night, where Barry gives his own prize, a ‘Barry’, to people who have done good for jazz. Jimmy Heath and Walter Bishop Jr. had won one in earlier years but only lately picked theirs up.

    Bill Milkowski, Barry Harris: Young-hearted Elder ¶4Bill Milkowski, Barry Harris: Young-hearted Elder ¶5

  • Ted Panken, DownBeat feature, 2000 A scholar

    Panken writes that from the mid-1960s to the early 1980s Barry made many records for producer Don Schlitten, under his own name and backing horn players such as Dexter Gordon, Jimmy Heath and Sonny Stitt, whom he pushed to some of their best playing.

    Ted Panken, For Barry Harris’ 82nd Birthday ¶26

Recordings that name them

Barry’s performances and records in the archive that credit or name them.

Method ideas nearby

Ideas of the method taught in the classes where they come up, with how many mentions fall in each.

  1. 11.5Touch1
  2. 15.4The lineage1
  3. 6.9Triplets in lines (eighth- and sixteenth-note)1