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Great to see @KandaceSprings on @KeyboardMag's cover (congrats Kenny Barron, too)! #SoulEyes https://t.co/h5oX1OaBU0 pic.twitter.com/Eb4KZIGuYF

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Kenny Barron.

Happy birthday to one of our greatest pianists, #NEA Jazz Master Kenny Barron. https://t.co/0vBdhyvuCu

— JazzCorner.com (@jazzcorner) June 9, 2016

Kenny Barron Trio review – jazz of dynamic finesse

Photograph: Philippe Levy-Stab

by John Fordham

Tuesday 29 March 2016 12.27 BST

Last modified on Tuesday 29 March 2016 16.38 BST

In an era of intensively schooled jazz performers, it’s a frequent reporter’s observation that a particular player seems at ease playing just about any style. But if omnicompetence in jazz is widespread, there’s more to covering older forms than hotshot technique – as is currently being demonstrated at Ronnie Scott’s jazz club by the 72-year-old Philadelphian Kenny Barron, one of the most articulate and polished mainstream-to-bop improvisers in the jazz of the past 40 years. Barron doesn’t play old Broadway songs, samba shuffles or swing grooves with respectful courtliness or knowing irony but with a devoted warmth, and a delicacy that comes from having lived with their nuances for a very long time.

Barron’s main agenda is the music from his album Book of Intuition, but he and his trio partners Kiyoshi Kitagawa (bass) and Johnathan Blake (drums) gave their show a piquancy typical of live jazz, particularly in the finesse of their dynamics, and the dramatic yet apposite impact of Blake’s excursions into a contemporary rhythmic world very different from Barron’s.

The pianist began with a deceptively low-key opener not featured on the album, wrapping his slowly waltzing composition Lullaby in moist arpeggios and flicked asides, turning up the heat only marginally in thicker chords and busier lines after Kitagawa’s velvety bass break. Then he cranked up the momentum, with the rocking ostinato and jumpy descents of the Bud Powell dedication Bud Like releasing a stream of fast piano runs and snatches of salsa over Blake’s blend of cymbal chatter, snare rolls and occasionally admonishing rimshots, like a conductor tapping the baton for attention.

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Regina Carter & Kenny Barron

The Center presents at THE TARKINGTON

Saturday, November 21, 2015 at 8pm

Violin star and MacArthur “Genius” grant recipient, Regina Carter, is paired with jazz piano giant Kenny Barron in an intimate duet setting, first heard on their remarkable 2001 collaboration, Freefall. Barron is a 2010 NEA Jazz Master who has helped define and extend the jazz tradition. A nine-time Grammy nominee, his storied career has included extended associations with Stan Getz, Yusef Lateef and Freddie Hubbard. The Los Angeles Times named him "one of the top jazz pianists in the world” and Jazz Weekly called him “The most lyrical piano player of our time.”

Since emerging from the Detroit scene in the late 1980s, Carter has recorded a series of dazzling albums including Freefall, Motor City Moments, and Paganini: After A Dream. Winner of a coveted 2006 MacArthur Foundation “Genius” Fellowship, she began researching the African roots of the violin, resulting in her acclaimed 2010 recording Reverse Thread, an entrancing sojourn exploring compositions by artists from Kenya, Mali, and Senegal.

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Kenny Barron - "In Your Own Sweet Way"

Published on Feb 16, 2015

Pianist Kenny Barron performing Dave Brubeck's "In Your Own Sweet Way" with Michael Moore on bass.

Regina Carter is making the kind of mark. She recorded with pianist Kenny Barron

Regina Carter is making the kind of mark in contemporary music that will have future music fans wondering how she pulled it all off. She's done it all, from an album of classic songs dedicated to her mother to one dedicated to her hometown of Detroit to another performed on the priceless Guarneri violin once owned by Nicolo Paganini. And get this: Her upcoming release features African folk music performed with a kora player. Her musical scope is wide, her playing always heartfelt and of the highest quality. This is from a wonderful duet album she recorded with pianist Kenny Barron.
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Kenny Barron (born June 9, 1943 in Philadelphia), is an American jazz pianist

Kenny Barron (born June 9, 1943 in Philadelphia), is an American jazz pianist. He is the younger brother of tenor saxophonist Bill Barron, and known for his lyrical, adaptive style. His talent first came to wider recognition when he took the piano chair in the 1960s Dizzy Gillespie quartet. He graduated in 1978 with a BA in Arts from Empire State College (Metropolitan Center, NYC).

He also co-led the groups Sphere and the Classical Jazz Quartet. Between 1987 and 1991, Barron recorded several albums with Stan Getz, most notably Bossas & Ballads – The Lost Sessions, Serenity, Anniversary and People Time, a 2CD set. He has been nominated nine times for Grammy Awards and for the American Jazz Hall of Fame.

For over 25 years, Barron taught piano and keyboard harmony at Rutgers University in New Jersey. He now teaches at the Manhattan School of Music.
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Kenny Barron - left side
Brad Mehldau - right side
Piano Summit - Umbria 1999

2010 NEA Jazz Master Kenny Barron In Concert

by Mark Schramm
January 7, 2010 from WBGO - When the National Endowment for the Arts informed Kenny Barron that he'd been named a Jazz Master for 2010 — that's the highest honor in jazz that the nation bestows — "I was elated and surprised," Barron says. "And then I kept thinking, 'Damn, am I really this old?' "

Frankly, it's just wonderful to see the man, who has inspired generations with his soulful and swinging piano, recognized for his achievements. Naturally, rather than rest on his laurels, Barron continues to tour internationally with his excellent trio. Barron first made his mark on the national stage in the '60s with the Dizzy Gillespie band. A five-year apprenticeship with the trumpet legend laid the foundation for memorable recordings with trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, saxophonist Stan Getz, bassist Charlie Haden and many others.

Besides his trio music, Barron plays delightful solo piano and connects four Ellington/Strayhorn melodies in the medley that opens the second half of this episode of JazzSet. The Traveler is Kenny Barron's latest album, and it's an appropriate title: It evokes the spirit of the many places he's visited all over the world. "Calypso," Barron's closing piece before the theme, comes from the new record.

Credits:
Thanks to Kevin Struthers, director of jazz at the Kennedy Center. Surround Sound mix by Duke Markos.
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