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@3:17 A strange subhuman laugh ?

What did Barry think of Oscar Peterson?

Respect to Mr. Harris, but when he was slamming Evans it's just a slap in the face to everyone trying to learn from Barry. It makes me sad when a legend gives shade to another legend. Harris gets a pass this time, but it still makes me sad. We've got to lift each other up in the world of music. And in the world at large. Just my take. Don't hate on me, put your anger into your music. ✌️

Illinois who?

I studied Bill Evan’s at Uni as did many other 1st study pianists. Don’t remember one single 1st jazz pianist even whisper this guys name!

I love Barry, but the (jealousy-fueled?) hate pouring out of him here (and nothing, compared to his Herbie Hancock rants) make me want to upchuck. And ditto for the sycophant to his right. Joel Fass...

Barry is great, he's just expressing his opinion. At the end of the day they are all playing tunes written by the J's anyway.

I’m very disappointed in Barry.. Bill Evans was a groundbreaker.. Miles Davis knew that that’s why he’s kind of blue.. that’s why his influence on that album is just tremendous and can’t be denied and the influence that he had on other players.. I spent time with Miles . We talked about Bill Evans. Players didn’t like him because he was so original and came out of nowhere… listen to the album everybody digs Bill Evans you’ll see what the story is… Barry Harris shouldn’t have to go and pump anything up about anybody he has his place and he is a great pianist but the sit there and put down Bill Evans who touched so many people… is really a shame and to me an embarrassment..

I mightve heard wrong, who is elenor j kat?

I agree with Barry, bill evans music was missing something, i literally don’t feel anything when I listen to him. Unlike bud powell , I hear so many interesting phrases n stimulates me

Barry did like John Coltrane's "Giant Steps" and Bill Evans. Basically anybody who played with Miles in the late 1950s and the "Hard Bop" era.

To all the people talking about Barry being Jealous, you are delusional. Of all the great cats I know this is the one if not the only one who taught us Jazz. He explained everything detail by detail. A jealous man wouldn't do that. I really struggled because of the way modern teachers bombarded me with scales and modes and chord scale theory. I knew nothing about bebop till I met Harris. This is how seasoned teachers talk. Bill is a great musician but Barry is an inspiration. He brings out the best in musicians. You cannot take the roots out of the music and Barry ensured that we'd learn Jazz the right way, no matter what the professors wrote and thought.

💥 Bill Evans is the greatest Jazz pianist of all time. Everybody digs Bill Evans, but he's unique. His perfect voicings, innovation, classical music knowledge, and outstanding creativity makes he a true genius of all music. 🎉❤❤❤

Hearing such absurdities from someone as great as Barry Harris makes me very sad! Unfortunately, Mr. Harris often praised the older greats while disparaging the younger ones. I never understood why, perhaps due to some personal frustration or who knows what. He would speak ill of McCoy Tyner, Bill Evans, etc.-all undeniably not only great but true pioneers of jazz piano. This saddens me a lot, especially because many years ago, I had the chance to meet Harry Sweets Edison and hear him speak enthusiastically about Miles Davis, Coltrane, Bill Evans and Monk! This proves that it is possible to appreciate the "lions" of the new generations while being part of a previous generation! So I end up listening to Barry Harris’s recordings and enjoying them because he plays like a god, but then I listen to Bill Evans, McCoy Tyner, Mehldau, etc. and enjoy them just as much because they are great artists. And I don’t give too much credit to Barry Harris’s statements, considering them to be the result of some personal issue, which I don’t know and don’t care about, and which has very little to do with music and jazz piano!

Che tenerezza e che rabbia per il decadimento umano!

Bill Evans WAS all that. I saw him play nights on end at the Top of The Gate in the Village in the late 60’s and early 70’s. Barry Harris is a fine educator of his method. There is room for everyone, from Billy Taylor to Cecil Taylor. Barry needs to remember that when students flock at the master, no one appreciates the put down.

Tatum would have dug Evans, so too bird. Miles Davis picked Bill Evans ahead of every other jazz pianist for his seminal ‘kind of Blue’. As for the toady bootlickers.

making the world a better place

Comparaison n'est pas raison

Barry Harris couldn't shine Bill Evans's shoes.

Evans is a legendary musician that people all over the world enjoy, Harris is a phenomenal bop teacher respected mostly by students

Sorry but bill is the king, no doubt about that

Bill played with more honesty than 99% of the other jazz legends. On par with with Chet Baker.

There are piano "stars and superstars" and there is BILL EVANS - above them all and above the time!

It’s interesting that Bill Evans will almost always comes up in a conversation about great jazz piano player but no one ever mentions this guy beyond the diminished 6 concept. Not that he’s not a great player but he’s got no business talking about Bill Evans like this.

Barry is being a hater. Bill Evans is one of the jazz greats. His music stands the test of time. Barry was a great jazz player and teacher, but he’s wrong here.

Bill Evans is great but Bud have something really unique in his playing that nobody can't replicate. Bud is so good

Bill Evans is my favourite jazz musician. Ed Bickert is my second. I love Miles and Coltrane and Monk and Jim Hall and countless other musicians who paved the way. Bill was something special.

Look how many sycophants are gathered around Barry Harris!

I studied with Sophia Rosoff at the same time as Barry. Sometimes he would arrive early for his lesson after me and "sit in" on mine. He was a wonderful guy, very supportive although he was certainly opinionated. It was something to hear him go from a Chopin Etude into a Bud Powell tune!

When Bill died in 1980 Miles said , "I learned more about music from Bill Evans than from anybody."

Bill was a lot better than Barry...

Barry Harris, an excellent pianist, but his assessment on Bill Evans is unfair just as much as when he stated that classical musicians cannot figure out chord progressions. He had a big mouth and often talked nonsense !

Bullshit

I went to a couple of Barry Harris's masterclasses and I now study with one of his former bandmates--and a legendary bebop guitarist in his own right. At the danger of sounding "woke", I think that Mr. Harris is talking about race. I also love listening to Bill Evans, especially with Philly Jo on the drums. But I don't think that Bill Evans was the best there ever was and will be. Barry Harris talks A LOT about Art Tatum--every great jazz pianist worth their salt usually places Art Tatum at the top of the pantheon--for good reason. Calling Bill Evans the greatest erases the legacy that Art Tatum started by showing what was possible on the piano--that no one, even Eldar, has ever matched or surpassed. That's Black American Music history, to refer to Nicholas Payton. That doesn't mean you have to be Black to play this music authentically, or whatever that means. But that does mean that you respect the lineage. I think that even Keith Jarrett, who had a lot of issues around race with his own legacy, would say to respect that BAM legacy--and Keith Jarrett is among the top pianists in the business. Look at Barry Harris's legacy as a player, look the LONG list of other musicians he played with--and that will put his teaching into perspective. He's not another person on RUclips trying to teach "the simplest way to play jazz in 10 easy steps." His pedagogy comes from YEARS of refining his craft as a master, while he PLAYED with the masters.

my new years resolution 2024 . less useless blah blah defining the roles of various pianists in the development of modern jazz piano @ youtube comments comments and more practice.

How in the world could he put down Bill Evans. Sounds racist to me.

take barry with a grain of salt, he dismisses herbie hancock as well

He’s certainly entitled to his opinion. Personally I find Bill Evans’ music deeply moving.

Barry jealousy to bill that’s the reason didn’t like evans

Ironically, I think every piano player that barry harris put down is better than barry harris... He's a simple pianist...that's all...

I like Bill Evans and Bud Powell. This guy seems like a used up old crank

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These sort of takes are commonplace among jazz practitioners. The continuous and rapid developments of the music often left many musicians stranded, artistically speaking, particularly in terms of their mainstream appeal. (Consider the fact that veterans like Duke Ellington lived long enough to witness every significant era IN jazz history, and that Louis Armstrong was still playing dixieland trumpet when Bitches Brew dropped). Bop was this man's art and his survival, so i don't begrudge him his opinions regarding what came later.

Bill Evans is overrated.

Ha. That moron sitting next to Barry. Yeh Barry.. Bill Evans ain't shit!! He just copied Hank Jones?! I mean, you couldn't know any less about jazz piano than to say that. Listen to the records you idiots.. not some old timer riffing about other players. In the pantheon of artistic statement and influence Barry Harris is nowhere. Harris is a good bebop pianist. That is it. Bill Evans made a much bigger contribution with his style. Bill could play the shit out of Bebop. Listen to the records. He lauded Bud Powell. Personally I prefer Evans' earlier stuff. as he's really reaching for something.

Barry Harris was too opininated. Fucked ip a lot of pianists.

Maybe he is sick and tired of Bill Evans popularity among jazz pianists.

Like a bush leaguer saying Babe Ruth can't hit.

Barry Harris is amazing and is a legend. The gleeful arrogance of the students laughing at Bill Evans and at "In Your Own Sweet Way" is sickening. Stupid and harmful, mostly to themselves.