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]
| Green Chimneys | ||||
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| Studio album by Kenny Barron Trio | ||||
| Released | 1984 | |||
| Recorded | July 9, 1983 and December 31, 1987 | |||
| Studio | Studio 44, Monster, Netherlands and Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 67:51 | |||
| Label | Criss Cross Jazz Criss 1008 | |||
| Producer | Gery Teekens | |||
| Kenny Barron chronology | ||||
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Reception edit
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [6] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [7] |
| Tom Hull | B+ ( )[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 edit
- "Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise" (Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 4:38
- "Don't Explain" (Arthur Herzog Jr., Billie Holiday) – 5:46
- "There Is No Greater Love" (Isham Jones, Marty Symes) – 11:42
- "Skylark" (Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer) – 7:26 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Green Chimneys" (Thelonious Monk) – 6:48
- "Straight, No Chaser" (Monk) – 6:10
- "Time Was" (Harry Akst) – 8:50 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "When Lights Are Low" (Benny Carter, Spencer Williams) – 6:25 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Morning Blues" (Kenny Barron) – 4:50 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Time Was" [take 2] (Akst) – 5:16 Bonus track on CD reissue
- Recorded at Studio 44, Monster, Netherlands on July 9, 1983 (tracks 1–3, 5–7 & 10) and at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ on December 31, 1987 (tracks 4, 8 & 9)
Personnel edit
References edit
- ^ Criss Cross Jazz: album entry accessed January 9, 2017
- ^ Kenny Barron Catalog accessed January 9, 2017
- ^ Kenny Barron: recordings accessed January 9, 2017
- ^ Enciclopedia del Jazz: Kenny Barron accessed January 9, 2017
- ^ Fitzgerald, M. Kenny Barron Discography, accessed January 20, 2019
- ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Kenny Barron – Green Chimneys: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Hull, Tom (28 February 2018). "Streamnotes". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved 9 July 2020.