2000 studio album by Kenny Barron
Spirit Song Released February 8, 2000 Recorded May 16–17, 1999 Studio Systems Two, Brooklyn, NY Genre Jazz Length 64 :56 Label Verve 314 543 180-2 Producer Joanne Klein
Spirit Song is an album by pianist Kenny Barron recorded in New York in 1999 and released on the Verve label.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Reception In the review on AllMusic , Michael G. Nastos noted that "Barron has amassed a formidable number of high-quality recordings, but this ranks right up there near the top".[6] In JazzTimes , Josef Woodard wrote: "The sum effect is a varietal garden of sounds and ideas, within the framework of Barron’s post-mainstream jazz sensibility".[8]
Track listing All compositions by Kenny Barron except where noted.
"The Pelican" – 4:12 "Spirit Song" – 5:42 "Um Beijo" – 7:31 "Passion Flower" (Billy Strayhorn ) – 9:54 "Passion Dance" (McCoy Tyner ) – 6:12 "Sonja Braga" – 6:25 "The Question Is" – 5:21 "The Wizard" – 7:59 "Cook's Bay" – 7:05 "And Then Again" – 4:35
Personnel
References ^ Kenny Barron Catalog accessed January 24, 2017 ^ Kenny Barron: recordings, accessed January 24, 2017 ^ Verve Records Catalogue, accessed January 24, 2017 ^ Enciclopedia del Jazz: Kenny Barron accessed January 24, 2017 ^ Fitzgerald, M. Kenny Barron Discography, accessed January 24, 2019 ^ a b Nastos, Michael G.. Kenny Barron – Spirit Song: Review at AllMusic . Retrieved January 24, 2017. ^ "Tom Hull: Grade List: Kenny Barron". Tom Hull . Retrieved July 10, 2020 . ^ Woodard, J. JazzTimes Review, accessed January 24, 2016
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Albums as leader or co-leader You Had Better Listen (with Jimmy Owens , 1967)Sunset to Dawn (1973)Peruvian Blue (1974)In Tandem (and Ted Dunbar , 1975)Lucifer (1975)Innocence (1978)Together (and Tommy Flanagan , 1978)Golden Lotus (1980)Kenny Barron at the Piano (1981)Imo Live (1982)Spiral (1982)Green Chimneys (1983–87)1+1+1 (1984)Autumn in New York (1984)Landscape (1984)Scratch (1985)The Red Barron Duo (and Red Mitchell , 1986)Two as One (and Buster Williams , 1986)What If? (1986)Live at Fat Tuesdays (1988)Rhythm-a-Ning (and John Hicks , 1989)Invitation (1990)Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume Ten (1990)The Only One (1990)Confirmation (and Barry Harris , 1991)Lemuria-Seascape (1991)The Moment (1991)Quickstep (1991)Sambao (1992)Other Places (1993)Wanton Spirit (1994)Swamp Sally (and Mino Cinelu , 1995)Things Unseen (1995)Live at Bradley's (1996)Live at Bradley's II (1996)Night and the City (and Charlie Haden , 1996)Spirit Song (1999)Canta Brasil (2000)Freefall (and Regina Carter , 2000)Images (2003)Super Standard (2004)The Traveler (2007)Minor Blues (2009)Kenny Barron & the Brazilian Knights (2012)The Art of Conversation (and Dave Holland , 2014)Book of Intuition (2015)Concentric Circles (2018)Without Deception (and Dave Holland , 2020)The Source (2023)Beyond This Place (2024)Member ofSphere WithBill Barron WithRon Carter WithStan Getz WithDizzy Gillespie WithFreddie Hubbard WithYusef Lateef WithJames Moody WithBuddy Rich With others Many a New Day: Karrin Allyson Sings Rodgers & Hammerstein (Karrin Allyson , 2015)Live at the Blue Note (Franco Ambrosetti , 1992)Mustang (Curtis Amy , 1967)Old Bottles - New Wine (Ray Anderson , 1985)The Best Thing for You (Chet Baker , 1977)You Can't Go Home Again (Chet Baker, 1977)Studio Trieste (Chet Baker and Hubert Laws , 1982)Bad Benson (George Benson , 1974)Code Red (Cindy Blackman , 1990)The Oracle (Cindy Blackman, 1995)Shining Hour (Larry Coryell , 1989)Quicksand (Ted Curson , 1974)Continuum (Ray Drummond , 1994)Booker 'n' Brass (Booker Ervin , 1967)Tex Book Tenor (Booker Ervin, 1968)All That Jazz (Ella Fitzgerald , 1989)Awakening (Sonny Fortune , 1975)Two for the Blues (Frank Foster and Frank Wess , 1983)Frankly Speaking (Frank Foster and Frank Wess, 1984)Tiger in the Rain (Michael Franks , 1978)Man & Woman (George Freeman , 1974)Panorama: Live at the Village Vanguard (Jim Hall , 1996)Light and Lively (Louis Hayes , 1989)Una Max (Louis Hayes, 1989)The Gap Sealer (Albert Heath , 1972)Kwanza (The First) (Jimmy Heath , 1973)Now! (Bobby Hutcherson , 1969)In the Vanguard (Bobby Hutcherson, 1986)New Agenda (Elvin Jones , 1975)Time Capsule (Elvin Jones, 1977)The Bassist! (Sam Jones , 1979)We're Goin' Up (Eric Kloss , 1967)Jazz Nocturne (Lee Konitz , 1992)Number Two Express (Christian McBride , 1995)Brownie: Homage to Clifford Brown (Helen Merrill , 1995)Never Never Land (Jane Monheit , 2000)Peace and Rhythm (Idris Muhammad , 1971)A Time for Love (Arturo Sandoval , 2010)This Bud's for You... (Bud Shank , 1984)Solid (Woody Shaw , 1986)Kamau (Charles Sullivan , 1995)Pure Dynamite (Buddy Terry , 1972)A Bluish Bag (Stanley Turrentine , 1967)Jazz French Horn (Tom Varner , 1985)Listen Here (Roseanna Vitro , 1982)Natural Essence (Tyrone Washington , 1967)Two at the Top (Frank Wess and Johnny Coles , 1983)New York, New Sound (Gerald Wilson , 2003)