Kenny Barron discography

This is the discography for American jazz musician Kenny Barron.[1][2][3][4]

Albums

As leader/co-leader

Recording date Album title Label Year released Personnel / Notes
1967–01 You Had Better Listen Atlantic[5] 1967 Kenny Barron / Jimmy Owens Quintet: with Bennie Maupin, Chris White, Freddie Waits, Rudy Collins
1973–04 Sunset to Dawn Muse 1973 Kenny Barron / Jimmy Owens Quintet: with Bennie Maupin, Chris White, Freddie Waits, Rudy Collins
1974–03 Peruvian Blue Muse 1974 Ted Dunbar, David Williams, Albert "Tootie" Heath, Richard Landrum, Sonny Morgan
1975–02 In Tandem Muse 1980 Live. Co-led with Ted Dunbar.
1975–04 Lucifer Muse 1975 Carlos Alomar, Bill Barron, Billy Hart, James Spaulding, Charles Sullivan, Chris White
1978 Innocence Wolf 1978 Sonny Fortune, Jimmy Owens, Buster Williams, Gary King, Ben Riley, Brian Brake, Billy Hart, Rafael Cruz, produced by Joel Dorn
1978–12 Together Denon 1979 Co-led with Tommy Flanagan
1980–04 Golden Lotus Muse 1982 John Stubblefield, Steve Nelson
1981–02 Kenny Barron at the Piano Xanadu 1982 Solo piano
1982–06 Imo Live Whynot 1983 Live. Buster Williams, Ben Riley.
1982–06 Green Chimneys Criss Cross Jazz 1984 Live. Buster Williams, Ben Riley. 1988 reissue includes 6 bonus tracks recorded in 1987.
1982–06 Spiral Baybridge 1982 Solo piano
1984–04 1+1+1 Black Hawk 1986 Ron Carter, Michael Moore
1984–10 Landscape Baystate 1985 Cecil McBee, Al Foster
1984–12 Autumn in New York [LP] / reissued in 1996 as New York Attitude [CD] Uptown 1985 Rufus Reid, Freddie Waits. 1996 reissue includes 3 bonus tracks.
1985–03 Scratch Enja 1985 Dave Holland, Daniel Humair
1986–02 What If? Enja 1986 Wallace Roney, John Stubblefield, Cecil McBee, Victor Lewis
1986–06 Two as One Red 1987 Live. Co-led with Buster Williams.
1986–06 The Red Barron Duo Storyville 1988 Co-led with Red Mitchell
1988–01 Live at Fat Tuesdays Enja 1988 Live. Cecil McBee, Victor Lewis, John Stubblefield, Eddie Henderson.
1989–09 Rhythm-a-Ning Candid 1990 John Hicks
1990–03 The Artistry of Kenny Barron Wave 1998 With Peter Ind, Mark Taylor
1990–06 The Only One Reservoir 1990 Ray Drummond, Ben Riley
1990–12 Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume Ten Concord Jazz 1991 Live. Solo piano.
1990–12 Invitation Criss Cross 1991 Ralph Moore, David Williams, Lewis Nash
1991–01 Lemuria-Seascape Candid 1991 Ray Drummond, Ben Riley
1991–02 Quickstep Enja 1991 John Stubblefield, Eddie Henderson, David Williams, Victor Lewis,
1991–08 But Beautiful SteepleChase 1991 Co-led with Joe Locke
1991–08 The Moment Reservoir 1992 Trio with Victor Lewis, Rufus Reid
1991–09 Confirmation Candid 1992 Live. Co-led qualtet with Barry Harris, with Ray Drummond, Ben Riley.
1992–05 Sambao Verve 1992 Toninho Horta, Victor Lewis, Nico Assumpção, Mino Cinelu
1993–02 Other Places Verve 1993 Mino Cinelu, Bobby Hutcherson, Victor Lewis, Ralph Moore, Rufus Reid
1994–02 Wanton Spirit Verve 1994 With Roy Haynes, Charlie Haden
1995–03 Things Unseen Verve 1997 Eddie Henderson, John Scofield, John Stubblefield
1995–08 Swamp Sally Verve 1996 Co-led duo with Mino Cinelu
1996–04 Live at Bradley's EmArcy 2001 Live. Trio with Ray Drummond, Ben Riley.
1996–04 Live at Bradley's II Sunnyside 2005 Live. Trio with Ray Drummond, Ben Riley.
1996–09 Night and the City Verve 1998 Co-led duo with Charlie Haden
1999–03 Spirit Song Verve 2000 David Sanchez, Eddie Henderson, Russell Malone, Rufus Reid, Billy Hart, Michael Wall Grigsby, Regina Carter
2000–12 Freefall Verve 2001 Co-led by Regina Carter
2002–02 Canta Brasil Sunnyside 2002 Trio da Paz, Anne Drummond, Valtinho Anastacio, Maúcha Adnet
2003? Peace DIW 2003 Co-led with George Robert
2003–10 Images Sunnyside 2004 Quintet with Stefon Harris, Anne Drummond, Kimberly Thompson, Kiyoshi Kitagawa
2004? A Table for Two Menus and Music 2004 Ensemble with Bob Sheppard, Dave Ellis, Peter Barshay, Lewis Nash
2004–09 Super Standard Tokuma[6] 2004 Super Trio with Jay Leonhart, Al Foster
2007–12 The Traveler Sunnyside 2008 Kiyoshi Kitagawa, Francisco Mela, Steve Wilson, Lionel Loueke
2009–05 Minor Blues Venus 2009 George Mraz, Ben Riley
2012–06 Kenny Barron & the Brazilian Knights Sunnyside 2013 Mauricio Einhorn, Idriss Boudrioua, Lula Galvao, Sergio Barroso, Rafael Barata, Claudio Roditi
2014–03 The Art of Conversation Impulse! 2014 Co-led with Dave Holland
2014–11 Interplay Chesky 2015 Co-led with Mark Sherman
2015–07 Book of Intuition Impulse! 2016 Kiyoshi Kitagawa (bass), Johnathan Blake (drums)
2017–03 Concentric Circles Blue Note 2018 Quintet with Kiyoshi Kitagawa (bass), Johnathan Blake (drums), Mike Rodriguez (trumpet, flugelhorn), Dayna Stephens (tenor sax, soprano sax)
2019–08 Without Deception Dare2 2020 Co-led with Dave Holland. Trio with Dave Holland (bass), Johnathan Blake (drums).
2022–07 The Source Artwork 2023 Solo piano
2023–02 Beyond This Place Artwork 2024 Immanuel Wilkins (alto saxophone), Steve Nelson (vibraphone), Kiyoshi Kitagawa (bass), Johnathan Blake (drums)
2025–01,
2005–03,
2005–04
Songbook Artwork 2025 Kiyoshi Kitagawa (bass), Johnathan Blake (drums), various vocalists (lyrics by Janice Jarrett, Catherine Russell)

As a member

The Classical Jazz Quartet

  • Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker (Vertical Jazz, 2001)
  • The Classical Jazz Quartet Play Bach (Vertical Jazz, 2002)
  • The Classical Jazz Quartet Play Rachmaninov (Kind of Blue, 2006) – rec. 2002

Sphere

The Candid Jazz Masters

  • For Miles (Candid, 1995) – rec. 1991

The Super Premium Band

  • Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise (Happinet, 2010)
  • Sounds of New York (Happinet, 2011)

As sideman

References

  1. ^ "Kenny Barron". Discogs. discogs.com. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  2. ^ "Kenny Barron Discography". MTV. mtv.com. Archived from the original on January 7, 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  3. ^ "Kenny Baron catalogue". Jazzdisco. jazzdisco.org. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  4. ^ Fitzgerald, M. Kenny Barron Discography, accessed January 20, 2019
  5. ^ Andrew Hamilton. "Allmusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  6. ^ Ken Dryden. "Super Standard – Kenny Barron Trio, Super Trio – Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards – AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 22 November 2014.