Barry Harris
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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. Influenced by Thelonious Monk and Bud Powell, Harris in turn influenced and mentored bebop musicians including Donald Byrd, Paul Chambers, Curtis Fuller, Joe Henderson, Charles McPherson, and Michael Weiss.