Green Chimneys Explained
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
- "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" (Miguel Prado, Bob Russell) – 8:50 Misattributed on LP and CD to Harry Akst
- "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] (Prado, Russell) – 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
Notes and References
- https://www.crisscrossjazz.com/album/1008.html Criss Cross Jazz: album entry
- http://www.jazzdisco.org/kenny-barron/catalog/#criss-cross-jazz-criss-1008 Kenny Barron Catalog
- http://kennybarron.com/recordings/green-chimneys/ Kenny Barron: recordings
- https://enciclopediadeljazz.wordpress.com/2016/10/06/kenny-barron-discography/ Enciclopedia del Jazz: Kenny Barron
- Fitzgerald, M. Kenny Barron Discography, accessed January 20, 2019
