Kenny Barron - Concentric Circles

[Hardbopjazz]

I saw this exact band play most of this live Saturday at the Jazz Standard. Kenny brought 30 copies and he sold them all before I could acquire a copy. In a way that was good. At the club it was 20 dollars and 11 dollars on Amazon. 

 

[felser]

I'm oldish and out of touch,  am not familiar with any of the musicians on there except Barron.  Can you describe them and the music?

[Hardbopjazz]

The musicians in his band are all on the Criss Cross label. At least the CD's I have by them are on that label. Kiyoshi Kitagawa and Blake have been with Kenny now for a several years. 

 

Johnathan Blake's release from 4 years ago is real fine. I included one track on my blindfold test.

Michael Rodriguez's Reverence is also a nice one.

Dayna Stephens' Reminiscent is very good too. Dayna is a real good young tenor player.  

[felser]

Got it,  thx.  I have great respect for that label.

[ghost of miles]

Excellent album, mostly Barron's originals.

[CJ Shearn]

Kiyoshi Kitagawa has been on the scene a long time.  He was the bassist on Kenny Garrett's Triology in 1995.  Johnathan Blake has been terrific with Tom Harrell (back when I heard Light On years ago) and was great on Dr. Lonnie Smith's In The Beginning, Vols 1&2 (which nearly comes close to matching Live at the Club Mozambique)  Personally while I like what I heard from David Binney on Criss Cross (certainly some of their more adventurous music) aside from the two Tenor Triangle releases that's all I feel I need to have on that label.