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As a 21-year-old wunderkind, pianist-composer-arranger Harris Simon went into the studio in March of 1978 to record his first recording under his own name. Produced by George Klabin and Jeff Kaufman, New York Connection featured an all-star cast including tenor sax titan Michael Brecker, Brazilian trumpeter Claudio Roditi, saxophonist-flutist Joe Farrell, bassist Mike Richmond, guitarist Bill Washer and Brazilian drummer Portinho. Two years later, Simon returned to the studio with essentially the same heavyweight crew to record Swish. Both quintessential late '70s offerings, now available for the first time in three decades on the Resonance Records compilation The Mastery of Passion, represent a moment in time when jazz was crossing over to a wider audience.

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Harris Simon: The Mastery of Passion

Read "The Mastery of Passion" reviewed by Larry Taylor


Discovering gold in reissues going 30 years back is always a pleasure. Such is the case with Harris Simon's The Mastery of Passion, featuring selections from CDs first released on Japan's Pony Canyon label--New York Connection (1978) and Swish (1980).

Simon was in his early twenties at the time of these dates, fast gaining recognition as a pianist and composer. He was approached by producers George Klabin and Jeff Kaufman to assemble a topnotch group, and gathered several stars-to-be: tenor ...

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Resonance Records to Release "The Mastery of Passion" - A Rare Collection of All Star Recordings from Keyboardist Harris Simon

Resonance Records to Release  "The Mastery of Passion" - A Rare Collection of All Star Recordings from Keyboardist Harris Simon

Source: Michael Ricci

Heirloom Series Release Features Special Guests Michael Brecker and Claudio Roditi As a 21-year-old wunderkind, pianist-composer-arranger Harris Simon went into the studio in March of 1978 to record his first recording under his own name. Produced by George Klabin and Jeff Kaufman, New York Connection featured an all-star cast including tenor sax titan Michael Brecker, Brazilian trumpeter Claudio Roditi, saxophonist-flutist Joe Farrell, Uruguyan keyboardist Hugo Fattoruso, bassist Mike Richmond, guitarist Bill Washer and Brazilian drummer Portinho. Two years later, Simon ...

"I remember being very impressed with this CD when it was first released, partly because Mike was quite happy with his playing on it, (for once!). Everyone else involved is at the top of their game too" - Randy Brecker

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

The Mastery of Passion

Resonance Records
2010

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