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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Barry Doyle Harris |
| Born | December 15, 1929 Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| Died | December 8, 2021 (aged 91) North Bergen, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, bandleader, composer, teacher |
| Instrument | Piano |
| Years active | 1950s–2021 |
| Labels | Prestige, Riverside, Xanadu |
| Formerly of | Cannonball Adderley, Dexter Gordon, Coleman Hawkins, Illinois Jacquet, Yusef Lateef, Thelonious Monk, Lee Morgan, Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, Max Roach, Ryo Fukui |
| Website | barryharris |
Barry Doyle Harris (December 15, 1929 – December 8, 2021) was an American jazz pianist, bandleader, composer, arranger, and educator. He was an exponent of the bebop style.[1][2] Influenced by Thelonious Monk and Bud Powell,[3] Harris in turn influenced and mentored bebop musicians including Donald Byrd, Paul Chambers, Curtis Fuller, Joe Henderson, Charles McPherson, and Michael Weiss.[4]
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