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]

Minor Blues
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 19, 2009
RecordedMay 4–5, 2009
StudioAvatar, New York City
GenreJazz
Length72:23
LabelVenus
VHCD-1032
ProducerTetsuo Hara and Todd Barkan
Kenny Barron chronology
The Traveler
(2007)
Minor Blues
(2009)
Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise
(2010)

Reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [5]
Jazzwise     [6]

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 edit

  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 edit

References edit

  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
  5. ^ a b Dryden, Ken. Kenny Barron – Minor Blues: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved January 24, 2017.
  6. ^ Hall, Tony (June 2010). "Review Search". Jazzwise. Retrieved 18 November 2020.