Green Chimneys Explained

Green Chimneys
Type:Album
Artist:Kenny Barron Trio
Cover:Green Chimneys.jpg
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
Chronology:Kenny Barron
Prev Title:Flight Path
Prev Year:1983
Next Title:1+1+1
Next Year:1984

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]

Reception

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."

Track listing

  1. "Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise" (Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 4:38
  2. "Don't Explain" (Arthur Herzog Jr., Billie Holiday) – 5:46
  3. "There Is No Greater Love" (Isham Jones, Marty Symes) – 11:42
  4. "Skylark" (Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer) – 7:26 Bonus track on CD reissue
  5. "Green Chimneys" (Thelonious Monk) – 6:48
  6. "Straight, No Chaser" (Monk) – 6:10
  7. "Time Was" (Miguel Prado, Bob Russell) – 8:50 Misattributed on LP and CD to Harry Akst
  8. "When Lights Are Low" (Benny Carter, Spencer Williams) – 6:25 Bonus track on CD reissue
  9. "Morning Blues" (Kenny Barron) – 4:50 Bonus track on CD reissue
  10. "Time Was" [take 2] (Prado, Russell) – 5:16 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. https://www.crisscrossjazz.com/album/1008.html Criss Cross Jazz: album entry
  2. http://www.jazzdisco.org/kenny-barron/catalog/#criss-cross-jazz-criss-1008 Kenny Barron Catalog
  3. http://kennybarron.com/recordings/green-chimneys/ Kenny Barron: recordings
  4. https://enciclopediadeljazz.wordpress.com/2016/10/06/kenny-barron-discography/ Enciclopedia del Jazz: Kenny Barron
  5. Fitzgerald, M. Kenny Barron Discography, accessed January 20, 2019