Jazz Articles about Kenny Barron

Kenny Barron and Buster Williams: Two as One

by C. Michael Bailey
September 1, 1999

Half of Sphere. One of the Two Sphere discs on RED Records is Pumpkins Delight: Sphere Live At Umbria Jazz (CD 123207). July 14, 1986 at the Umbria Jazz Festival. Included in this set were as series of duets by pianist Kenny Barron and Bassist Buster Williams. The result is a collection of music every bit as exciting as Pumpkins Delight. The stand out on the previous Sphere discs was Buster Williams and he is no less of a stand ...

Kenny Barron: Peruvian Blue

by Jim Santella
October 1, 1998

Recorded in 1974 for Muse and recently reissued on CD by 32 Jazz, Kenny Barron’s second release as a leader features his expressive piano sound in “conversations" with lyrical guitarist Ted Dunbar. The format varies from a sextet, quartet, duo, and solo piece; however, that variety simply serves to allow the leader to offer different messages.

Of the four Kenny Barron compositions, “Peruvian Blue" stands apart as the one most representative of genre changes taking place in jazz during the ...

Kenny Barron: Peruvian Blue

by Douglas Payne
September 1, 1998

Peruvian Blue is Kenny Barron's second solo outing, coming right after 1973's marvelous Sunset To Dawn (released by 32 Jazz last year as part of the two-disc set Soft Spoken Here ). Originally released by Muse Records in 1974, this six-song program finds Barron shifting between electric and acoustic pianos in a variety of groupings, from solo to duo and trio to sextet.Barron solos with grand passion on acoustic piano for the standard, “Here's That Rainy Day," then ...