# Barry Harris is an Internationally renowned Jazz Pianist, Composer and Teacher: Video

- Link: https://jazzblues.eu/2017/12/15/barry-harris-is-an-internationally-renowned-jazz-pianist-composer-and-teacher-video/
- Published: 2017-12-15T00:05:23+01:00
- Author: https://JazzBlues.EU

**15.12, – Happy Birthday !!! Dr. Harris is the recipient of an Honorary Doctorate
from Northwestern University. He has received the Living Jazz Legacy award from 
the Mid- Atlantic Arts Association, and an American Jazz Masters Fellowship from
the National Endowment for the Arts. In addition, Dr. Harris received the Manhattan
Borough President Award for Excellence. **

This award was given for recognition of his devoted public service and in honor 
of excellence in the field of music. He received the 1999 Mentor award for his work
with youngsters at the Manhattan Country School in NYC.

Dr. Harris has devoted his life to the advancement of Jazz and in the 1980’s founded
the Jazz Cultural Theatre. For the past several decades Dr. Harris has been an exponent
of the classic Jazz style that was developed by Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie,
Bud Powell, Thelonious Monk and Coleman Hawkins

Dr. Barry Harris receives frequent request to appear as a guest lecturer by Universities
and various musical venues all over the world. His lectures and interactive instrument
and vocal workshops focus on the complete aspects of music including improvisation,
harmonic movement and theory. His schedule includes lectures in the United States,
Holland, Italy, Spain, Switzerland and Japan. When he is not travelling, Dr. Harris
holds weekly music workshop sessions in New York City for vocalists, students of
piano other instruments.

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