![]() ![]() ![]() I was among a diverse group of 20 pianists of various ages and skill levels, all crowded around Harris as he sat at the grand piano. The location was a large rehearsal studio on the 10th floor of a building just off Broadway, around the corner from the Ed Sullivan Theater. I decided to attend anyway and defer my decision about whether to play until I got there. There was, however, one thing holding me back: I was nervous about playing before the master. After seeing Harris play two exhilarating sets at London’s Pizza Express Jazz Club last August before an adoring crowd, many of whom had attended his master class earlier that day, I realized that I, a New Yorker and jazz pianist, needed to visit the workshop and report on the experience. Barry Harris’ weekly New York City jazz workshops was getting under way on a Tuesday night in December, a friendly stranger gave me some advice: “Leave your ego behind.”įor years I had heard about these public sessions where anyone with $15, regardless of ability or previous experience, could spend six hours with the bebop piano legend. ![]()
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