Down Home (Joey Baron album)

Down Home
Studio album by Joey Baron
Released	1997
Recorded	1997
Genre	Jazz
Length	45:16
Label	Intuition INT 3503
Producer	Lee Townsend
Joey Baron chronology
Crackshot (1995) Down Home (1997) We'll Soon Find Out (1999)

Down Home is an album by the drummer Joey Baron, recorded in 1997 and released on Schott Music's Intition label. ^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[3]

In his review for AllMusic, Scott Yanow calls it "not quite a classic but certainly worthwhile". ^[2] All About Jazz's Douglas Payne wrote: "Down Home, despite its brief 45-minute running time is, indeed, mighty fine; a hearty menu with plenty of meaty playing". ^[4] In Jazziz, Michael Ross wrote: "On Down Home, Baron flips the coin and brings his Southern roots to the fore, with eight melodic, soul-jazz tunes full of groove... On this disc, Baron may eschew the falling-down-the-stairs percussion style that made him the darling of the avant-garde, but he is still composing melodies that are as daring as his chops". ^[5]

Track listing

All compositions by Joey Baron

1. "Mighty Fine" – 5:15
2. "Little Boy" – 8:52
3. "Wide Load" – 8:35
4. "The Crock Pot" – 5:06
5. "What" – 7:58
6. "Listen to the Woman" – 1:47
7. "Aren't We All?" – 6:40
8. "Supposing" – 1:03

Personnel

• Joey Baron – drums
• Arthur Blythe – alto saxophone
• Bill Frisell – guitar
• Ron Carter – bass

References

1. Intuition Music: Joey Baron, accessed December 11, 2014
2. Yanow, Scott. Joey Baron – Down Home > Review at AllMusic . Retrieved December 11, 2014.
3. Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 84. ISBN   978-0-14-103401-0.
4. Payne, D., All About Jazz Review, February 1, 1998
5. Ross, M., Jazziz, March 1998, Volume 15 No. 3, p.76