Harras
title: "Harras" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["derek-bailey-(guitarist)-live-albums", "john-zorn-live-albums", "1996-live-albums", "1996-collaborative-albums", "avant-records-albums"] topic_path: "arts/music" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harras" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Harras |
| type | live |
| artist | Derek Bailey, John Zorn & William Parker |
| cover | Harras (Bailey-Zorn-Parker album - cover art).jpg |
| released | January 30, 1996 |
| recorded | 1993 |
| venue | Knitting Factory, New York City |
| genre | Avant-garde jazz |
| length | 57:34 |
| label | Avant |
| producer | Derek Bailey & John Zorn |
| chronology | John Zorn |
| prev_title | Masada: Vav |
| prev_year | 1995 |
| next_title | John Zorn's Cobra: Tokyo Operations '94 |
| next_year | 1995 |
| :: |
| name = Harras | type = live | artist = Derek Bailey, John Zorn & William Parker | cover = Harras (Bailey-Zorn-Parker album - cover art).jpg | released = January 30, 1996 | recorded = 1993 | venue =Knitting Factory, New York City | genre = Avant-garde jazz | length = 57:34 | label = Avant | producer = Derek Bailey & John Zorn | chronology = John Zorn | prev_title = Masada: Vav | prev_year = 1995 | next_title = John Zorn's Cobra: Tokyo Operations '94 | next_year = 1995 Harras is an album of improvised music by Derek Bailey, John Zorn & William Parker. The album was released by the Japanese Avant label in 1996. Towards the end of the track "Evening Harras" there is 10 minutes of silence followed by a Bailey solo. "According to Derek Bailey, the abrupt cutoff was planned. Derek wanted to end it "on a high". The Bailey solo material appended after the silence was apparently Zorn's idea."
Reception
The Allmusic review by Dean McFarlane awarded the album 3 stars stating "Evidently the candid session that took place on a night in New York resulted in a chaotic collision of ideas. With the performers being such strong voices individually, the abundant ideas fly in and out of the picture with no apparent regard to form; the session evolves from tepid beginnings into a no-holds-barred, rapid-fire assault on the senses. Fans of ultra-high-energy free improvisation will find it a delight to hear these three masters sparring on this one-off collaboration, making Harras a vital historical document which requires the gumption of a hardened avant-garde music fan to take the whole recording in one listen". | rev1 = Allmusic | rev1Score = |rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |rev2score =
Track listing
:All compositions by Bailey/Parker/Zorn
- "Morning Harras" – 12:35
- "Noon Harras" – 8:59
- "Evening Harras" – 36:00
Personnel
- Derek Bailey – guitar
- John Zorn – alto saxophone
- William Parker – bass
References
References
- [http://www.browbeat.com/zornlist/faq.html Zorn mailing list FAQ] accessed July 21, 2008.
- McFarlane, D. [http://allmusic.com/album/harras-r307395/review Allmusic Review] accessed June 7, 2011
- Cook, Richard. (2008). "The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings". Penguin.
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