Drop The Needle w/ SFJAZZ Resident Artistic Director Kenny Barron

Testing the musical knowledge of world class artists with a series of classic recordings, getting their in-the-moment impressions and insights into their tastes and influences.
SFJAZZ Resident Artistic Director Kenny Barron
Watch Kenny Barron Quintet's full SFJAZZ performance: www.sfjazz.org/athome/on-dema...
The pianist and SFJAZZ Resident Artistic Director shares his memories of and firsthand experiences with many of the most influential artists in jazz history, from bebop pioneers and bossa nova icons to hard bop luminaries and avant-garde innovators, and how they shaped his life and career.
Called “one of the top jazz pianists in the world” by The Los Angeles Times, Kenny Barron is a 2010 NEA Jazz Master and thirteen-time GRAMMY nominee who helped define and extend the jazz tradition since his work with Dizzy Gillespie in the early ‘60s catapulted him into the spotlight. Extensive associations with Freddie Hubbard, Yusef Lateef, Stan Getz, James Moody and Ron Carter built his peerless reputation as a sideman, and he has recorded over 50 albums as a bandleader over his five-decade career. A seven-time recipient of Best Pianist by the Jazz Journalists Association, Barron leads an ironclad trio with bassist Kiyoshi Kitagawa and drummer Johnathan Blake, and regularly performs as a soloist and settings from duo to big band.
Track listings:
Horace Silver: “Nutville” from The Cape Verdean Blues (1966)
Dizzy Gillespie: “Panamericana” from Gillespiana (1961)
Sérgio Mendes Trio: “Berimbau” from In the Brazilian Bag (1966)
Ornette Coleman: “Lonely Woman” from The Shape of Jazz to Come (1959)
John Coltrane: “Olé” from Olé Coltrane (1961) Learn more at SFJAZZ.org
Subscribe to SFJAZZ's TH-cam Channel: / sfjazz
Like us on Facebook: / sfjazz
Follow us on Twitter: / sfjazz
***SFJAZZ is a non-profit organization that presents year round jazz concerts, festivals and educational programs at the SFJAZZ Center in San Francisco, CA.

[@jdshutman]

Kenny Barron is the best of humanity ... a virtuoso in all ways.

[@paulrodberg]

Wonderful project

[@AlecKatz]

Thank you indeed

[@rillloudmother]

I love hearing Kenny talk about Horace Silver.

[@digsjazzalot6022]

It’s wonderful that we have these stories documented.

[@santih5043]

Such a terrific interview. There are so many insights in such a short space of time. This interview is like a perfect piano solo .

[@CWBella]

I just happened to stumble upon this. WOW! Incredible; thanks so much!

[@JunkerOnDrums]

Very moving to hear Kenny Barron bring together the threads of the evolution of jazz, which he himself witnessed, and identify some of the important milestones of this wonderful music

[@davidfriedlaender4130]

Amazing recollections and wisdom thanks!

[@remibelleaucinema5013]

Fantastic interview ! Fantastic channel ! Thanks !

[@ginohernandez5143]

More please!

[@estebanfreytes]

man I love this videos!

[@rayszymarek2920]

Kenny I heard you and respect you as a great musician now I know you recorded with buddy rich please tell me what it was like playing with buddy rich Did he play up to his way of making it a pleasure to work with please give me your opinion of buddy rich thank you