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Kenny Barron Trio

May 6, 2023 @ 7:30 pm

$10.00 – $75.00
Kenny Barron Trio

Kenny Barron is recognized as a master of performance and composition. His GRAMMY® Award Nominations include 7x-Best Jazz Instrumental Solo, 3x-Best Jazz Instrumental Performance & 2x-Best Jazz Instrumental Album. In addition, Barron is a 7x-Jazz Journalist Association Pianist of the Year Award-Winner. Most recently, Barron?s 2016 album ‘Book Of Intuition’ was Nominated for a GRAMMY® (Best Jazz Instrumental Album), and in 2021 he was Nominated for a GRAMMY® (Best Improvised Jazz Solo) for the song Kick Those Feet.

NEA Jazz Master and 12x-GRAMMY® Award Nominated Pianist & Composer KENNY BARRON and his Trio return to Jimmy's! The Trio includes Multi-GRAMMY® Nominated Drummer JOHNATHAN BLAKE, and Acclaimed Bassist KIYOSHI KITAGAWA. Barron has an unmatched ability to mesmerize audiences with his elegant playing, sensitive melodies & infectious rhythms. The Philadelphia native started playing professionally as a teenager and moved to New York City at 19 and freelanced with Roy Haynes, Lee Morgan & James Moody. Upon Moody?s recommendation Dizzy Gillespie hired Barron in 1962 without even hearing him play a note. After 5 years with Dizzy, he played with Freddie Hubbard, Stanley Turrentine, Milt Jackson & Buddy Rich. Barron has released over 40 acclaimed albums as a leader. Barron is a 7x-Jazz Journalist Association Pianist of the Year Award-Winner and The Los Angeles Times calls Barron, "One of the top jazz pianists in the world while JAZZ WEEKLY states, "The most lyrical piano player of our time."

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May 6, 2023
7:30 pm
$10.00 – $75.00