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This Week's Top Stories About Life Portrait Of A Maestro: Dr. Barry Harris

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My Life With Barry Harris In the fall of 2006,  I arrived in New York City with hopes for helping a dear friend recover from cancer. The lady was someone I had known most of my live. Growing up in a small town has its advantages and the family legacy is always present. "Girl, I know your Mama, are you  Miss So and So's child, Polly?"This is what is to be expected and life goes on in perpetual motion in a small town. New York had been a place I always wanted to see so this chance encounter of fate had made it so deliberately fitting. While myself and dear friend knew we had to get around town for her treatments and appointments and such we just jumped head in feet first. It was quite a challenge but not inhumanly impossible for the two of us. We quickly learn taxi haling and train and bus routes. The best part of discovery is just the walking. How did New Yorkers walk so eagerly is quite a mystery to probably the better of us, there is much to sightsee as tourist but we we