Green Chimneys

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Green Chimneys
Green Chimneys.jpg
Studio album by
Kenny Barron Trio
Released1984
RecordedJuly 9, 1983 and December 31, 1987
StudioStudio 44, Monster, Netherlands and Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre Jazz
Length67:51
Label Criss Cross Jazz
Criss 1008
Producer Gery Teekens
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Green Chimneys is an album by pianist Kenny Barron which was recorded in Holland in 1983 and first released on the Dutch Criss Cross Jazz label. [1] [2] [3] The 1988 CD reissue included six bonus tracks. [4] [5]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [7]
Tom Hull B+ ( Five Pointed Star Solid.svg Five Pointed Star Solid.svg Five Pointed Star Solid.svg ) [8]

In his review on AllMusic, Scott Yanow stated "In the 1980s, Kenny Barron was recognized as one of jazz's top pianists, a modern mainstream master who two decades later is still in prime form." [6]

Track listing

  1. "Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise" (Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 4:38
  2. "Don't Explain" (Arthur Herzog Jr., Billie Holiday) – 5:46
  3. "There Is No Greater Love" (Isham Jones, Marty Symes) – 11:42
  4. "Skylark" (Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer) – 7:26 Bonus track on CD reissue
  5. "Green Chimneys" (Thelonious Monk) – 6:48
  6. "Straight, No Chaser" (Monk) – 6:10
  7. "Time Was" (Harry Akst) – 8:50 Bonus track on CD reissue
  8. "When Lights Are Low" (Benny Carter, Spencer Williams) – 6:25 Bonus track on CD reissue
  9. "Morning Blues" (Kenny Barron) – 4:50 Bonus track on CD reissue
  10. "Time Was" [take 2] (Akst) – 5:16 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Criss Cross Jazz: album entry accessed January 9, 2017
  2. ↑ Kenny Barron Catalog accessed January 9, 2017
  3. ↑ Kenny Barron: recordings accessed January 9, 2017
  4. ↑ Enciclopedia del Jazz: Kenny Barron accessed January 9, 2017
  5. ↑ Fitzgerald, M. Kenny Barron Discography, accessed January 20, 2019
  6. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. Kenny Barron – Green Chimneys: Review at AllMusic . Retrieved January 9, 2017.
  7. ↑ Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 86. ISBN   978-0-14-103401-0.
  8. ↑ Hull, Tom (28 February 2018). "Streamnotes". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
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