Minor Blues

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Minor Blues
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Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 19, 2009
RecordedMay 4–5, 2009
Studio Avatar, New York City
Genre Jazz
Length72:23
Label Venus
VHCD-1032
Producer Tetsuo Hara and Todd Barkan
Kenny Barron chronology
The Traveler
(2007)
Minor Blues
(2009)
Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise
(2010)

Minor Blues is an album by pianist Kenny Barron recorded in New York in 2009 and released on the Japanese Venus label. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
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In the review on AllMusic, Ken Dryden noted "This is yet another fine example of Kenny Barron's superb chops in a small-group setting". [5]

Track listing

  1. "Minor Blues" (Kenny Barron) – 6:29
  2. "Beautiful Love" (Wayne King, Victor Young, Egbert Van Alstyne, Haven Gillespie) – 6:55
  3. "Emily" (Johnny Mandel, Johnny Mercer) – 6:51
  4. "For Heaven's Sake" (Elise Bretton, Sherman Edwards, Donald Meyer) – 9:00
  5. "How Deep Is the Ocean?" (Irving Berlin) – 8:16
  6. "Too Late Now" (Burton Lane, Alan Jay Lerner) – 8:34
  7. "Don't Explain" (Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog Jr.) – 6:30
  8. "Hush-a-Bye" (Ambroise Thomas, Sammy Fain, Jerry Seelen) – 6:22
  9. "I've Never Been in Love Before" (Frank Loesser) – 6:49
  10. "My Ideal" (Leo Robin, Richard A. Whiting, Newell Chase) – 6:37

Personnel

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References

  1. Kenny Barron Catalog accessed January 24, 2017
  2. Venus Records Catalogue, accessed January 24, 2017
  3. Enciclopedia del Jazz: Kenny Barron accessed January 24, 2017
  4. Fitzgerald, M. Kenny Barron Discography, accessed January 24, 2019
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