Down Home (Joey Baron album)

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

Down Home
Studio album by
Released1997
Recorded1997
GenreJazz
Length45:16
LabelIntuition
INT 3503
ProducerLee Townsend
Joey Baron chronology
Crackshot
(1995)
Down Home
(1997)
We'll Soon Find Out
(1999)

Reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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 edit

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 edit

References edit

  1. ^ Intuition Music: Joey Baron, accessed December 11, 2014
  2. ^ a b 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