Passing It On — a musical portrait of Barry Harris, jazz pianist and teacher

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEgdp9bM9qU

Directed by David Chan and Kenneth Freundlich
Originally produced in 1984 by ©Weatherbird Films

Performers: Barry Harris, piano ; Clifford Jordan, tenor sax ; Pepper Adams, baritone sax ; Hal Dodson, bass ; Art Davis, bass ; Leroy Williams, drums

Produced at the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University

A documentary about jazz pianist, composer, and teacher Barry Harris. Much of the film focuses on Barry's teaching at the Jazz Cultural Theatre in New York, an institution he helped found to preserve the great jazz tradition. The film also includes scenes of Barry as a student himself, grappling with a Chopin prelude; an appearance on a TV talk show; and a 1983 New York concert featuring the Monk tunes "Epistrophy," and "Ruby My Dear." Throughout it all, we see his joy in music, teaching and life