Jazz Articles about Kenny Barron

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Yusef Lateef: Atlantis Lullaby - The Concert from Avignon

by Stefano Merighi
November 7, 2025

Tra gli outsider del jazz più prolifici, Yusef Lateef fino alla scomparsa (a 93 anni nel 2013) ha continuato a comporre, incidere, sempre evitando con gentilezza di essere accostato alla parola jazz, inventando invece il termine “autophysiopsychic" per descrivere una musica che fin dagli anni Cinquanta ha messo in contatto molto seriamente la cultura asiatica con quella afro-americana (Lateef ha soggiornato quattro anni in Nigeria negli anni Settanta), lontano dall'industra musicale, vicino invece alla didattica e creativamente proteso verso la ...

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Kenny Barron: Sunset To Dawn

by Pierre Giroux
October 17, 2025

The reissue of Kenny Barron's debut album Sunset To Dawn by Time Traveler Recordings invites listeners to revisit the moment when one of jazz's most lyrical and refined stylists first stepped into the spotlight as a leader. Initially recorded in 1973 for Muse Records, this session now appears as a limited-edition 180-gram LP, delivering a warm, analogue sound that enhances Barron's radiant tone and subtle sophistication. By 1973, Barron had already built an impressive résumé, having ...

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Freddie Hubbard: On Fire: Live from the Blue Morocco

by Stefano Merighi
September 8, 2025

Dice bene Bennie Maupin, nelle sue note incluse nel libretto del CD, quando ricorda che dopo aver suonato nei Jazz Messengers di Art Blakey, Freddie Hubbard era forse il più forte trombettista in circolazione. Hubbard ha suonato in tutte le situazioni chiave dal 1960 in avanti, scelto sempre dai migliori in campo, e pure affermando una buona leadership, forse soffrendo il ruolo di mattatore di Miles Davis, ma riuscendo ad evitare la sua ombra, tranne forse in qualche ...

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Kenny Barron, Solo Piano at SFJAZZ

by Ronald Davis
May 14, 2025

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Freddie Hubbard: On Fire: Live From The Blue Morocco

by Pierre Giroux
April 24, 2025

Freddie Hubbard was never one to play it safe. Even at a time when jazz was bending in myriad directions--from the structural freedom of Ornette Coleman's harmolodics to the modal explorations of Miles Davis--Hubbard maintained a singular focus on the power of his horn. In the newly unearthed performance On Fire: Live from Blue Morocco, Resonance Records, in conjunction with Record Store Day, has released a deluxe 2CD package that includes new interviews with Bennie Maupin and Kenny Barron, notes ...

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Freddie Hubbard: On Fire--Live From The Blue Morocco

by Jack Kenny
April 23, 2025

Freddie Hubbard is a conundrum. His style has varied significantly over the years, as though he were unsure of himself at a deep level. There were the Blue Note years, then the funk years, where he gained money and lost credibility. The all-encompassing technique was displayed in so many contexts, with Art Blakey, Ornette Coleman, John Coltrane and Eric Dolphy. Hubbard's casting around indicates an unresolved idea of what to do with his gifts. He was, after all, born at ...

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Freddie Hubbard: On Fire: Live from the Blue Morocco

by Thierry De Clemensat
April 20, 2025

If Resonance Records did not exist, it would have to be invented, for it fills the hearts of jazz lovers with such joy that they eagerly anticipate each new release, especially one as extraordinary as this. On Fire: Live from the Blue Morocco is a previously unreleased recording of the legendary jazz trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, captured in 1967 at the Blue Morocco jazz club in the Bronx, New York. Featuring an all-star lineup; Bennie Maupin, Kenny Barron, Herbie ...