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Sales Rank: 16147
Category: Music
Artist: Gene Harris
Publisher: Resonance Records
Studio: Resonance Records
Manufacturer: Resonance Records
Label: Resonance Records
Format: Live
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 2001
UPC: 724101899522
EAN: 0724101899522
ASIN: B0015NQBHW
Release Date: April 8, 2008
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| Tracks:
| • | There Is No Greater Love - Gene Harris, Symes | | • | Blue Monk - Gene Harris, Monk | | • | My Funny Valentine - Gene Harris, Rodgers, Richard | | • | In a Mellow Tone - Gene Harris, Ellington | | • | Misty - Gene Harris, Garner, Erroll | | • | Blues Closer - Gene Harris, Harris, Gene |
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Album Description
First release ever of Gene Harris' European quartet. Features never before recorded songs.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Marvelous!! November 23, 2008
I have been listening to Gene Harris for many years...he has never failed to bring a smile.
This Cd is a fine one...sensitive touch of the keys, and nice transitions...If you are a Gene Harris fan,this is a must have!!! I wish he were still here...I would make time to SEE and HEAR him. Thanks, Gene!!
 Get This September 29, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This CD is a must. Gene Harris is one of the greatest pianists the jazz world has ever produced and his backing group are well up to their job.
If you feel that it don't mean a thing if it got that swing. Buy this!
Don Mather
rare and splendid gene harris - live! April 25, 2008
17 out of 17 found this review helpful
Although this cd was just recently released on Resonance, it captures Gene Harris at the peak of his powers, live before an enthousiastic audience in London.
I think the cd was produced by Gene's widow: Janie Harris, who also wrote a splendid book "Elegant Soul" about her late husband.
The sleeve of that book is the same as the sleeve of this great cd, recorded in May 1996 at the Pizza Express in London, England.
Along with Gene we hear Jim Mullen, guitar (and a great guitarplayer he is), Andrew Cleyndert, bass and the wellknown Martin Drew on drums, who was " Oscar's Choice" for many, many years.
Why this music was not issued before is a mistery, because it's just great!
The opening "There is no greater love" sets the mood just right: hard swinging, with that soul and gospel roots in his playing, that was typical for Gene Harris.
I am delighted that this cd is something of "the way he really played" (to borrow from an albumtitle of Oscar Peterson), because there are very long tracks on this cd, so we are able to listen what Gene could really do with a tune.
The opener is over 13 minutes, the next track "Blue Monk" over 11 minutes and a very fine "In a mellow tone" is over 15 minutes.
Although Gene was known and famous for his swing and soul, this set brings us beautiful moments with "My funny Valentine" and a very unussual version of Garner's "Misty". (9 minutes)
The closer of this very, happy, swinging concert is (what else?) Gene's own "Blues Closer".
This album makes it once more very clear what great loss Gene's passing was for jazz.
Of course this is an album of love as is Janie Harris' book.
One can only hope that she has more music of this class in her archives and that it will be released soon, to keep the musical legacy of Gene Harris alive.
Arnold van Kampen, jazzcritic, the Netherlands.
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