The Bird of Red and Gold

Infobox Album
Name = The Bird of Red and Gold
Type = Album
Artist = Barry Harris


Released = 1982, 1994
Recorded = September 18, 1979
Genre = Jazz
Length =
Label = Xanadu
Producer = Don Schlitten
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Last album =
This album = "The Bird of Red and Gold"
(1989)
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"The Bird of Red and Gold" is a solo jazz piano album by pianist and composer Barry Harris, recorded in 1979 and released in 1982. 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.

Track listing

#"Nascimento" (Harris) – 3:49
#"Body and Soul" (Green-Sour-Heyman) – 5:40
#"Sweet and Lovely" (Arnheim-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" (Kaye-Frisch) - 5:57
#"Tea For Two" (Caesar-Youmans) - 5:15
#"My Ideal" (Whiting-Robin-Chase) - 4:12
#"Just One of Those Things" (Porter) - 3:04
#"Pannonica" (Monk) - 6:37
#"The Bird of Red and Gold" (Harris) - 2:27

Personnel

Recorded on September 18, 1979.

* Barry Harris - piano and vocals