Super Standard (album)

Summary

Super Standard is an album by pianist Kenny Barron, bassist Jay Leonhart and drummer Al Foster (billed for contractual reasons as the Super Trio) recorded in New York in 2004 and released on the Japanese Venus label.[1][2][3][4]

Super Standard
Studio album by
ReleasedDecember 22, 2004
RecordedSeptember 7, 2004
StudioAvatar, New York City
GenreJazz
Length67:38
LabelVenus
TKCV 35343
ProducerTetsuo Hara and Todd Barkan
Kenny Barron chronology
Images
(2002)
Super Standard
(2004)
The Traveler
(2007)

Reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic     [5]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings    [6]

In the review on Allmusic, Ken Dryden noted "As one of the busiest pianists around, Barron has a wealth of music at his fingertips and he doesn't disappoint with fresh approaches to standards and jazz compositions that make up this session".[5]

Track listing edit

  1. "All of Me" (Gerald Marks, Seymour Simons) – 5:27
  2. "Bye Bye Blackbird" (Ray Henderson, Mort Dixon) – 7:20
  3. "Cherokee" (Ray Noble) – 5:02
  4. "Cleopatra's Dream" (Bud Powell) – 3:59
  5. "Doxy" (Sonny Rollins) – 6:48
  6. "Misty" (Erroll Garner, Johnny Burke) – 8:11
  7. "Stolen Moments" (Oliver Nelson) – 5:51
  8. "Summer Night" (Harry Warren, Al Dubin) – 4:21
  9. "Sunset and the Mockingbird" (Duke Ellington) – 5:32
  10. "Sweet and Lovely" (Gus Arnheim, Harry Tobias, Jules Lemare) – 5:47
  11. "Willow Weep for Me" (Ann Ronell) – 6:18
  12. "Yesterdays" (Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach) – 3:02

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 Super Trio – Super Standard: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved January 24, 2017.
  6. ^ Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 88. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.