Kenny Barron teaches by simply playing piano duets with his students. The late Mulgrew Miller, 12 years Barron’s junior, was closer to peer than student … Read More “Kenny Barron & Mulgrew Miller: The Art of the Piano Duo – Live (Groovin’ High)”
When you have made many trips to Perugia, Italy for the Umbria Jazz Festival, you never get a sense of which years are bigger than … Read More “Live Review: 46th Umbria Jazz Festival”
Kenny Barron has never had anything going for himself except excellence. He is neither charismatic nor flamboyant. Perhaps because his mastery of modern mainstream jazz … Read More “Kenny Barron Quintet: Concentric Circles (Blue Note)”
Highlights included Kenny Barron Trio, Roberta Gambarini and more
For some strange reason, the trio that Kenny Barron has been leading for the past decade, featuring bassist Kiyoshi Kitagawa and drummer Johnathan Blake, had … Read More “Kenny Barron Trio: Book of Intuition”
Launched in 1975 by Don Schlitten, Xanadu Records released more than 100 LPs through 1986, including more than 40 reissues of archival material from the … Read More “Kenny Barron: At the Piano”
There are conversations meant solely for the ears of those involved, full of jocular camaraderie and inside references. And then there are those designed to … Read More “Kenny Barron/Dave Holland: The Art of Conversation”
That pianist Kenny Barron is a lover of Brazilian music is not news. He came up in the ’60s-and with Dizzy Gillespie, for Pete’s sake. … Read More “Kenny Barron: Kenny Barron & the Brazilian Knights”
When a jazz musician crosses the boundary of 60, he or she must decide what to do with phrases already played thousands of times. Do … Read More “Stan Getz/Kenny Barron: People Time: The Complete Recordings”
