Kenny Barron Trio

Name: Kenny Barron Trio
Start: 2024-07-31T19:30:00-04:00
Location: Jimmy's Jazz & Blues Club

Schedule

Wed Jul 31 2024 at 07:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Jimmy's Jazz & Blues Club | Portsmouth, NH

“𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐨 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞.”
— 𝐉𝐀𝐙𝐙 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊𝐋𝐘
“𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐣𝐚𝐳𝐳 𝐩𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝."
— 𝐋𝐎𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐒 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐒.
𝐍𝐄𝐀 𝐉𝐚𝐳𝐳 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 & 𝟏𝟑𝐱-𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐌𝐌𝐘® 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐍𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐉𝐚𝐳𝐳 𝐏𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐫 𝐊𝐄𝐍𝐍𝐘 𝐁𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐎𝐍 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐨 𝐭𝐨 𝐉𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐲’𝐬!
The Kenny Barron Trio includes: Multi-GRAMMY® Nominated Bassist 𝐊𝐈𝐘𝐎𝐒𝐇𝐎 𝐊𝐈𝐓𝐀𝐆𝐀𝐖𝐀 and Multi-GRAMMY® Nominated Drummer 𝐉𝐎𝐇𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐍 𝐁𝐋𝐀𝐊𝐄.
Whether Kenny is playing solo, trio or quintet, he is recognized the world over as a master of performance and composition. He has an unmatched ability to mesmerize audiences with his elegant playing, sensitive melodies and infectious rhythms. With over 40 recordings as a leader, Kenny Barron is one of the most influential mainstream jazz pianists since the bebop era.
Kenny Barron’s recordings have earned him 13 GRAMMY® Nominations beginning in 1992 with the song “Soul Eyes”, which was an outstanding duet with Stan Getz from their album ‘People Time’.
In 2021, Barron was Nominated for a GRAMMY® Award for “Best Improvised Jazz Solo” for the song “Kick Those Feet” and in 2023 he was Nominated for a GRAMMY® Award for "Best Jazz Instrumental Album" for his album 'The Source'. His GRAMMY® Award Nominations include: 7x-“Best Jazz Instrumental Solo”, 3x-“Best Jazz Instrumental Performance” and 3x-“Best Jazz Instrumental Album”. Barron is also 6x-Jazz Journalist Association “Pianist of the Year” Award-Winner.
Philadelphia is the birthplace of many great musicians, including one of the undisputed masters of the jazz piano: Kenny Barron. Kenny was born in 1943 and while a teenager, started playing professionally with Mel Melvin’s orchestra. At age 19, he moved to New York City and freelanced with Roy Haynes, Lee Morgan and James Moody, after the tenor saxophonist heard him play at the Five Spot.
Upon Moody’s recommendation, Dizzy Gillespie hired Barron in 1962 without even hearing him play a note. After five years with Dizzy, Barron played with Freddie Hubbard, Stanley Turrentine, Milt Jackson, and Buddy Rich. The early seventies found Kenny working with Yusef Lateef who Kenny credits as a key influence in his art for improvisation.
Encouraged by Lateef to pursue a college education, Barron balanced touring with studies and earned his B.A. in Music from Empire State College. By 1973, Kenny joined the faculty at Rutgers University as professor of music. He held this tenure until 2000, mentoring many of today’s young talents including David Sanchez, Terence Blanchard and Regina Bell. In 1974, Kenny recorded his first album as a leader for the Muse label, entitled 'Sunset To Dawn'. This was to be the first in over 40 recordings (and still counting!) as a leader.
Following stints with Ron Carter in the late seventies Kenny formed a trio with Buster Williams and Ben Riley which also worked alongside of Eddie "Lockjaw” Davis, Eddie Harris, Sonny Stitt and Harry “Sweets” Edison.
Throughout the 80’s Barron collaborated with the great tenor saxophonist Stan Getz, touring with his quartet and recording several legendary albums including 'Anniversary', 'Serenity' and the GRAMMY® Nominated 'People Time'. Also during the 80’s, he co-founded the quartet Sphere, along with Buster Williams, Ben Riley and Charlie Rouse. This band focused on the music of Thelonious Monk and original compositions inspired by him. Sphere recorded several outstanding projects for the Polygram label, among them 'Four For All' and 'Bird Songs'. After the death of Charlie Rouse, the band took a 15-year hiatus and reunited, replacing Rouse with alto saxophonist Gary Bartz. This reunion made its debut recording for Verve Records in 1998.
Kenny Barron’s additional GRAMMY® Award Nominated Albums went to ‘Spirit Song’, ‘Night and the City’ (a duet recording with Charlie Haden) and ‘Wanton Spirit’ a trio recording with Roy Haynes and Charlie Haden. It is important to note that these three recordings each received double-GRAMMY® Nominations (for both Album and Solo Performance.)
His CD, ‘Canta Brasil’ (Universal France) linked Barron with Trio de Paz in a fest of original Brazilian jazz, and was named “Critics Choice Top Ten CDs of 2003” by JazzIz Magazine. His 2004 release, ‘Images’ (Universal France) was inspired by a suite originally commissioned by The Wharton Center at Michigan State University and features multi-GRAMMY® Award Nominated vibraphonist Stefon Harris. The long-awaited trio sequel featuring Ray Drummond and Ben Riley, ‘The Perfect Set, Live At Bradley’s, Part Two’ (Universal France/Sunnyside) was released October 2005.
In Spring 2008, Mr. Barron released ‘The Traveler’ (Universal France), an intoxicating mix of favorite Barron tunes set to lyrics and newly penned compositions. For his first vocal based recording, Barron invited Grady Tate (who sheds his drumsticks for this special appearance), Tony Award-Winner Ann Hampton Callaway and the young phenom and GRAMMY® Award Nominee Gretchen Parlato, Winner of the Thelonious Monk International Competition for Jazz.
𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝟑𝐱-𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐌𝐌𝐘® 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝-𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐝𝐮𝐞𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟒 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐝 ‘𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧’. 𝐈𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟎, 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦, ‘𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧’.
𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐣𝐚𝐳𝐳 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐬, 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐞, 𝐉𝐚𝐳𝐳 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐉𝐚𝐳𝐳𝐢𝐳 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from his alma mater SUNY Empire State in 2013 and from Berklee College of Music in 2011. In 2009, he received the Living Legacy Award from Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation and was inducted into the American Jazz Hall of Fame and won a MAC Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005.
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“𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐟 𝐚 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐲 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬’ 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐥.”
— 𝐃𝐎𝐖𝐍𝐁𝐄𝐀𝐓 𝐌𝐀𝐆𝐀𝐙𝐈𝐍𝐄
“𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐩𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞.”
— 𝐆𝐋𝐈𝐃𝐄 𝐌𝐀𝐆𝐀𝐙𝐈𝐍𝐄
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