Barry Harris, a Detroit-born jazz pianist and steadfast champion of bebop, died Dec. 8 at Palisades Medical Center in North Bergen, New Jersey. He was 91. Business partner and collaborator Howard ...

Barry Doyle Harris was born in Detroit on Dec. 15, 1929. He was the fourth of five children born to Melvin and Bessie Harris. His mother, a church pianist, started giving him piano lessons at age 4.

Barry Harris, a jazz pianist, educator and scholar of bebop music, died on Dec. 8. I joined his family, friends and former students several times this week to celebrate the “music man of God.” ...