The Bird of Red and Gold

The Bird of Red and Gold is a solo jazz piano album by 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.

Reception
Allmusic awarded the album 4½ stars with its review by Scott Yanow calling it, "Superior bop-based music".

Track listing

 * 1) "Nascimento" (Barry Harris) – 3:49
 * 2) "Body and Soul" (Edward Heyma, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton, Johnny Green) – 5:40
 * 3) "Sweet and Lovely" (Gus Arnheim, Charles N. Daniels, Harry Tobias) - 4:37
 * 4) "Tommy's Ballad" (Harris) - 6:10
 * 5) "Nobody's" (Harris) - 3:52
 * 6) "Cats In My Belfry" (Harris) - 4:35
 * 7) "This Is No Laughing Matter" (Buddy Kaye, Al Frisch) - 5:57
 * 8) "Tea for Two" (Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans) - 5:15
 * 9) "My Ideal" (Newell Chase, Richard Whiting, Leo Robin) - 4:12
 * 10) "Just One of Those Things" (Cole Porter) - 3:04
 * 11) "Pannonica" (Thelonious Monk) - 6:37
 * 12) "The Bird of Red and Gold" (Harris) - 2:27

Personnel
Recorded on September 18, 1979.


 * Barry Harris – piano, vocals