Review of Kenny Barron: Lemuria – Seascape

Kenny Barron: Lemuria – Seascape

Ben Riley | Kenny Barron | Ray Drummond

Candid

Rating: ★★★★

About to celebrate his 80th birthday this month, Kenny Barron has been busy professionally since he was 18 and is...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: June/2023

Review of Kenny Barron: The Source

Kenny Barron: The Source

Kenny Barron

Editor's Choice

Artwork Records/PIAS

Rating: ★★★★

The press notes accompanying this release announce this is Kenny Barron's first solo album since Kenny Barron at the Piano...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2023

Review of Greg Abate: Magic Dance – The Music of Kenny Barron

Greg Abate: Magic Dance – The Music of Kenny Barron

Dezron Douglas | Greg Abate | Johnathan Blake | Kenny Barron

Whaling City Sound

Rating: ★★★★

Now 73, Abate is a familiar figure for British jazz audiences as he tours here regularly. We know him mostly...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: May/2021

Review of Kenny Barron Trio: Minor Blues

Kenny Barron Trio: Minor Blues

Ben Riley | George Mraz | Kenny Barron

Venus

Rating: ★★★

It seems that the Japanese market can never get enough of piano trios. It all began back in the 1970s,...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: June/2010

Review of Kenny Barron: At The Piano

Kenny Barron: At The Piano

Kenny Barron

Xanadu Master Edition

Rating: ★★★★

Sad to say, I never previously caught up with this debut solo album, even in a previous CD edition. Compared...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: February/2016

Review of Kenny Barron Quintet: Concentric Circles

Kenny Barron Quintet: Concentric Circles

Dayna Stephens | Johnathan Blake | Kenny Barron | Kiyoshi Kitagawa | Mike Rodriguez

Blue Note

Rating: ★★★

Kenny Barron, the surefootedly elegant Philadelphia-born pianist, has released a deluge of classy discs since his recording debut in 1968...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: June/2018

Review of Kenny Barron/Dave Holland Trio: Without Deception

Kenny Barron/Dave Holland Trio: Without Deception

Dave Holland | Johnathan Blake | Kenny Barron

Dare2 Records

Rating: ★★★

Effortless mainstream jazz eloquence has been pianist Kenny Barron’s calling card for 40 years. Without Deception renews the pianist’s dialogue...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: May/2020

Review of Kenny Barron: Beyond this Place

Kenny Barron: Beyond this Place

Immanuel Wilkins | Johnathan Blake | Kenny Barron | Kiyoshi Kitagawa | Steve Nelson

Editor's Choice

Artwork Records

Rating: ★★★★

From the late 1950s, when he was a teenager barely out of high school, Kenny Barron was good enough to...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: August/2024

Review of Claire Martin: Too Much in Love to Care (Claire Martin Sings with Kenny Barron)

Claire Martin: Too Much in Love to Care (Claire Martin Sings with Kenny Barron)

Claire Martin | Kenny Barron | Kenny Washington | Peter Washington | Steve Wilson

Linn

Rating: ★★★★

Claire Martin's fifteenth album for Linn, her first US studio recording since Make This City Ours (1997), marks the first...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: May/2012

Review of Kenny Barron/Dave Holland: The Art of Conversation

Kenny Barron/Dave Holland: The Art of Conversation

Dave Holland | Kenny Barron

Impulse!

Rating: ★★★★

These two giants got to the top early, Barron being 19 when he arrived with Gillespie, and Holland coming up...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015

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