# Kenny Barron is among the foremost liv­ing interpreters of Thelonious Monk: Video

- Link: https://jazzblues.eu/2017/10/11/kenny-barron-among-foremost-liv%c2%ading-interpreters-thelonious-monk-video/
- Published: 2017-10-11T13:18:39+01:00
- Author: https://JazzBlues.EU

**Kenny Barron – solo piano: Appearing on our stage tonight in a rare evening of
solo piano, Kenny Barron is among the foremost liv­ing interpreters of Thelonious
Monk. **

In 1982, he co–founded the superb Monk tribute band Sphere with bassist Buster Williams
and two former Monk sidemen, saxophonist Charlie Rouse and drummer Ben Riley. Flash
forward 34years, and Barron’s 2016 album _Book Of Intuition_includes the Monk compositions“
Shuffle Boil” and “Light Blue.” A nine–time GRAMMY Award nominee, Kenny Barron was
elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2009 and named 
an NEA “Jazz Master” in 2010. “One of the most articulate and polished mainstream–
to–bop improvisers in the jazz of the past 40 years. Barron doesn’t play old Broadway
songs, samba shuffles or swing grooves with re­spectful courtliness or knowing irony
but with a devoted warmth, and a delicacy that comes from having lived with their
nuances for a very long time.” (_The Guardian_).

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#### Kenny Barron

Solo Piano

Sets at 7:30 & 9:30 PM

 |  [The Jazz Standard](http://www.jazzstandard.com/?event=20171011)
 116 E 27th St New York, NY 10016 212-576-2232 |

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