Kenny Barron Trio – Minor Blues (2009/2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:12:21 minutes | 865 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Venus Records, Inc.
The album, recorded with George Mraz and Ben Riley for the Japanese Venus label, is further proof of Barron’s great ability in a trio line-up and one of his best albums to date.
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Kenny Barron Trio – Book Of Intuition (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:00:09 minutes | 1,15 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Impulse!
He has played brilliantly alongside double bassist Kiyoshi Kitagawa and drummer Johnathan Blake for quite a few years, but Kenny Barron had not yet released an album with this addictive rhythmic approach that suits him so well. The result jumps out at the listener immediately with the magnificent Book Of Intuition released on Impulse!. Elegant, intelligent, refined and with a more than perfect swing, this record is an ambassador for the famous motto: less is more. Not a note overboard, No technical showboating. Each theme (all bearing Barron’s signature except for two covers Thelonious Monk, Shuffle Boil and Light Blue, and one by Charlie Haden, Nightfall) is discussed here with formidable class. Kenny Barron is one of the last giants of the eternal and timeless piano, and one that does not seek to revolutionize the genre nor the instrument but rather to find the just the right tone. A project that succeeds thanks to the precious involvement of Kitagawa and Blake. The three musicians reach a sort of aesthetic grace together here. A great album to listen again and again.
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Kenny Barron Trio – Minor Blues (2009) [Japan 2014]
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 72:45 minutes | Front/Rear Covers | 2,93 GB
or FLAC (converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/48 kHz | Front/Rear Covers | 861 MB
The Kenny Barron Trio – Barron, George Mraz and Ben Riley sound perfectly relaxed and inspired at the same time. One can tell from this album that they enjoyed playing together very much. This is clearly one of Kenny Barron’s best albums to date. The typically big, powerful sound of this Venus release adds to the value of this excellent album.
Venus Record’s producer Tetsuo Hara met pianist Kenny Barron for the first time in 1992, and ever since then wanted to record his trio album. He did so in 2004 by releasing the Super Standard, but Barron’s contract with another label prevented them from using his name, so they called the trio the “Super Trio”. With the expiration of that contract, Barron returned to Venus to record this superb trio album, this time properly released under his own name. Barron is a hugely talented pianist — one of the best jazz pianists alive today — and his bop-based style with flowing lyricism and unique melodic sense in in full display here. And unlike his other recent albums, this album mostly features his beautiful interpretations of standards and ballads.
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