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The Source
Studio album by
Kenny Barron
ReleasedJanuary 20, 2023 (2023-01-20)
RecordedJuly 13, 2022
Studio Théâtre de l'Athénée Louis-Jouvet
Genre Jazz
Length67:00
LabelArtwork Records
ProducerJean-Philippe Allard, Liza Bendaoud
Kenny Barron chronology
Without Deception
(2020) 		The Source
(2023)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
All About Jazz [1]
DownBeat [2]
Financial Times [3]
Jazzwise [4]
Tom HullB+ [5]

The Source is a solo studio album by American jazz pianist Kenny Barron. [6] [7] The record was released on January 20, 2023 (2023-01-20) via Artwork label in France. The Source is the Barron's first solo album since his 1981 record Kenny Barron at the Piano released via Xanadu. [2] [8] The record contains nine tracks: both jazz standards and originals written by Barron.

Reception

Mike Jurkovic of All About Jazz commented, "On his first solo go-round in forty years, The Source, like its distant predecessor At The Piano (Xanadu, 1982) has Barron brimming with the same empathy and effervescence, but with all the reflective nature the years tend to instill in a man who has made one to one conversation an art form." [1] Stuart Nicholson of Jazzwise stated, "the solo Source is a fine example of his pianistic art, and how it has evolved since the 1990 Maybeck recording... If anything, technique is more apparent on The Source, suggestive of a confidence that comes with experience, since it is used in service of saying something, while harmonically he is more subtle, with strings of passing chords dropped into his line almost as asides." [4]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."What If"Barron8:02
2." Isfahan" Billy Strayhorn, Edward Kennedy Ellington6:06
3."Daydream" Billy Strayhorn, Edward Kennedy Ellington9:41
4."Teo" Thelonious Monk9:41
5." I'm Confessin' (that I Love You)"Donald Dougherty, Ellis Reynolds, Al J. Neiburg6:16
6."Dolores Street, SF"Barron8:54
7." Well You Needn't" Thelonious Monk5:42
8."Sunshower"Barron8:35
9."Phantoms"Barron8:01
Total length:67:00

Personnel

References

  1. ^ a b Jurkovic, Mike (29 January 2023). "Kenny Barron: The Source album review @ All About Jazz". All About Jazz. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  2. ^ a b Enright, Ed (January 2023). "Kenny Barron:The Source (ArtWork)". DownBeat. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  3. ^ Hobart, Mike (20 January 2023). "Kenny Barron: The Source album review — shape-shifting modernism". Financial Times. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  4. ^ a b Nicholson, Stuart (2023). "Kenny Barron: The Source". Jazzwise. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  5. ^ "Tom Hull: Grade List: Kenny Barron". Tom Hull. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  6. ^ "Kenny Barron – The Source Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic". AllMusic. 2023. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  7. ^ Whitehead, Kevin (16 January 2023). "NEA Jazz Master Kenny Barron shines playing solo on 'The Source'". NPR. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  8. ^ Ullman, Michael (30 January 2023). "Jazz Album Review: Pianist Kenny Barron – Cherish "The Source" – The Arts Fuse". The Arts Fuse. Retrieved 11 December 2023.

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