Live at Bradley's [Live]

Live at Bradley's [Live]

ASIN: B000068QUL

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Jazz is a music best heard in a live context, and this date recorded at the famous Bradley's in New York City, which closed in the mid-'90s, offers an excellent example of how the music should sound. The room was a favorite of piano players and Kenny Barron was no exception. Backed by longtime partners drummer Ben Riley and bassist Ray Drummond, Barron's no-mistakes lyricism and fleet-fingered piano lines zip through a pleasing set of standards and post-bop jazz compositions. Miles Davis's "Solar" gets an invigorating workout, as does the striding "Everybody Loves My Baby, but My Baby Don't Love Nobody but Me." Barron's genius as a balladeer comes through on his pillow-soft treatment of "Blue Moon," and his rendition of "Canadian Sunset" recalls Ahmad Jamal. The standout track is Barron's tasty Latin take on James Williams's "Alter Ego." A good gig, at a good club, by some very good musicians. --Eugene Holley Jr.

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great music on a great night in a now-gone club

Always enjoyed hearing Barron play at my uncle's club

Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Gabriel

A Masterpiece! Don't Miss It!

Soothing smooth Jazz only like Kenny Barron can do.

Live at Bradley's
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Everybody Loves My Baby, But My Baby Don't Love Nobody But Me
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Jazz is a music best heard in a live context, and this date recorded at the famous Bradley's in New York City, which closed in the mid-'90s, offers an excellent example of how the music should sound. The room was a favorite of piano players and Kenny Barron was no exception. Backed by longtime partners drummer Ben Riley and bassist Ray Drummond, Barron's no-mistakes lyricism and fleet-fingered piano lines zip through a pleasing set of standards and post-bop jazz compositions. Miles Davis's "Solar" gets an invigorating workout, as does the striding "Everybody Loves My Baby, but My Baby Don't Love Nobody but Me." Barron's genius as a balladeer comes through on his pillow-soft treatment of "Blue Moon," and his rendition of "Canadian Sunset" recalls Ahmad Jamal. The standout track is Barron's tasty Latin take on James Williams's "Alter Ego." A good gig, at a good club, by some very good musicians. --Eugene Holley Jr.

Customer Reviews:

great music on a great night in a now-gone club.......2006-11-03

Kenny is one of the contemporary masters of jazz music. This is him at his best.

Always enjoyed hearing Barron play at my uncle's club.......2006-01-23

I am Bradley Cunningham's neice and I use to love spending time in Bradley's. The way the musical format in the club was established, piano and base and sometimes drums, was simply because that's what Bradley liked to listen to. His table, #1, was directly across from the musicians, the best seats in the house.

I met Kenny Barron, Ray Drummond and Ben Riley there and loved listening to them, the trio were among my favorite players.

One note of correction from another review is that Paul Desmond didn't pick out the piano for Bradley's but when he died he left his own personal piano to Bradley because up to then, Bradley only had an electric keyboard in the club which Desmond couldn't stand. When Desmond's piano was moved in, the keyboard went up to Bradley's apartment above Sheridan Square in Greenwich Village. Bradley played in private quite well but never felt he was good enough to play in the club with the other greats. Out of repsect to the musicians, Bradley had Desmond's piano tuned EVERY DAY and once a year had it completely renovated.

I am so pleased to find Kenny Barron's music recorded at the club as his mastery of the piano is so brilliant. Hanging out at Bradley's was indeed, a blast.

Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Gabriel.......2004-08-01

One of a handful of truly great living jazz pianists, Kenny Barron has never sounded better to me on record. After listening to him in this setting, I'm beginning to understand why so many musicians lamented the passing of Bradley's, the Manhattan night spot that featured a grand piano handpicked and donated by Paul Desmond. If there's one performance on this recording that testifies to Barron's gifts, it's his exquisite and daring reading of Rodgers and Hart's "Blue Moon." He repeats and draws out the melody to the point where it practically becomes reductive if not boring. Then when he has you indoctrinated in the skeletal structure of the tune, waiting for it to end, he re-opens it with bursts and fountains of melodic colors--elongated, spinning note-streams that rise and fall and rise again, transporting this listener, at least, on a heady film of captivating lyrical moon dust.

But the real genius of this performance (unless memory deceives me) is Barron's incorporation not merely of the Rodgers' influence but of Freddie Hubbard's recording of the tune with Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers (in turn inspired by Clifford Brown's rich if straightforward interpretation of the tune on the Strings album). Instead of the single-note melodic phrase (Bb) for the words "Blue Moon," Barron goes with the Hubbard three-note phrase (CGBb), turning it into a motif. And not only do Barron's alternate chord changes match those of the Messengers' chart but he captures the identical voicings and passing tones as well. Finally, the dazzling, rocket-like melodic excursions of the trumpet solo are matched here by Kenny's fluid right-handed melodic sallies but at an entirely different dynamic level. It's as if the quiet beauty of Barron's touch serves less to replicate Hubbard's performance than to resonate with it, providing an enchanting echo of the performances that occurred 35 and 45 years prior to it.

In short, this performance of "Blue Moon" is a tribute equally to Rodgers & Hart, Clifford Brown, Freddie Hubbard, and Kenny Barron. It's enough to make you believe that once a beautiful melody has been released into the dynamic energy field we call human consciousness, it can never die.

A Masterpiece! Don't Miss It!.......2003-04-17

Barron's fingers are like deft little waterbugs on the keyboard, and this trio swings with great subtlety and sophistication. Smooth, smooth, smooth. Wonderful choice of tunes. Impeccable musicianship, exquisite taste. This is the joy of mastery.
If you love and value jazz artistry, you MUST have this CD. It is easily one of the best jazz piano albums to appear in the last 20 years. Superlative.

Soothing smooth Jazz only like Kenny Barron can do........2002-10-15

A masterpiece of contemporary Jazz. Smooth and relaxing.

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Nearly Perfect - 4.5 Stars

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Nearly Perfect - 4.5 Stars .......2006-04-08

Recorded Live at Bradley's in April 1996, "The Perfect Set" continues the musical excellence displayed by the Kenny Barron Trio in the night's earlier set (released previously and available as "Live at Bradley's"). For the second set Kenny Barron was in a "Thelonious Monk" mood, playing two pieces (one solo) by Monk, as well as his own his personal tribute to Monk, entitled "The Only One". The opening selection, "You Don't Know What Love Is" is played with a bluesy feeling and the set is rounded out by Barron's reflective original "Twilight Song." Exploring Monk's music is a good thing of course, and Kenny Barron is a true master at it, but the emphasis on Monk results in a bit less musical variety than on the first "Live at Bradley's" CD.

However, one must always give full marks to Kenny Barron for he truly is one of the top pianists in jazz today. Not many can sustain the listener's interest in long tracks as he does. His piano lines consistently flow with unflagging invention. Kenny Barron's playing is like a bottomless well of musical ideas in which one always hears something new and interesting. His tasteful approach never exhausts the listener but always invites you to repeated listenings.

Bassist Ray Drummond and drummer Ben Riley support Barron masterfully and unobtrusively, and are always sharp in their own brief solos and exchanges with the pianist. "The Perfect Set" is a very enjoyable CD which is highly recommended along with the first CD from Bradley's.

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Kev is a musical freak!! Terrific! Scaring!

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Kev is a musical freak!! Terrific! Scaring!.......2002-08-02

Simply you have to own it. A phenomenal trio, with a phenomenal guitarist. Yes, I'm talking about that strange character who plays during the Jay Leno show. You can't imagine (if you don't already own Guitarist or Dave Holland's Extensions) what kind of monster musician Kevin Eubanks is. I hope he will concentrate again on music and give us more of his guitar playing to listen. I dream of new serious albums from him. I can't get enough of this compact disc. Be sure to buy also the two titles cited before and World trio with Dave Holland and Mino Cinelu, where kev plays only the acustic guitar. What a tremendous musician!!! Terrific!!! A true musical freak!

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Album Details

Recorded at Bradley's Nyc in 1996, Kenny Barron is Without Doubt One of the Greatest Jazz Pianists Alive Today. This Much Celebrated Concert Delivers a Sound that is Hard to Forget.

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Damn!!!
One hell of a live trio performance

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Damn!!!.......2004-03-09

This album of live accoustic trio music is refreshing to say the least. It is heavily infused with a strong blues feeling from top to bottom and never ceases to entertain. There are no flat spots on this disc!!! Dave Kikoski is a demon on keys and the group particularly cooks on Love for Sale. The only down side really is the sonic quality of the bass work throughout the disc. Dont get me wrong its solid, but a little muddy and ill-defined. This is a little dissapointing given the overall quality of the recording. All in all, dont hesitate to purchase this if your a fan of exciting trio jazz! Dig in!!!!!

One hell of a live trio performance.......1999-06-03

There is trio-jazz, and then there is trio-jazz. Too much contemporary trio jazz has frozen into boredom, but this recording is a real showcase for the great drummer Victor Jones. These musicians love playing, and I have never heard David Kikowski play so funky and with so much blues-feeling. He's never been better, and he keeps reminding me of one of my favorites, Cedar Walton. And Essiet Essiet on bass is heavy, funky and tight througout the session. This is a triumph for Victor Jones. This is how it should always be. I just wish it would never stop. Get it, and push the "repeat"bottom from start.

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