''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
Criss Cross Jazz is a Dutch record company and label specializing in jazz.
Criss Cross was established in 1980 by Gerry Teekens, a drummer and German professor. label. The 1988 CD reissue included six bonus tracks.
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Kenny Barron Discography
accessed January 20, 2019
Reception
In his review on
AllMusic
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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
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# "
Don't Explain" (
Arthur Herzog Jr.
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Career
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Billie Holiday
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) – 5:46
# "
There Is No Greater Love "There Is No Greater Love" is a 1936 jazz standard composed by Isham Jones, with lyrics by Marty Symes. It was the last hit song for Jones's orchestra before the bandleader turned the orchestra over to Woody Herman, beginning the latter's 50-year ca ...
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Isham Jones,
Marty Symes Marty Symes (1904–1953) was an American lyricist.
Symes was born in Brooklyn New York in 1904. His first significant collaborator was composer Jerry Livingston. In 1932 they wrote "Darkness on the Delta", which became a hit for Mildred Bailey. T ...
) – 11:42
# "
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Hoagy Carmichael
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Johnny Mercer) – 7:26
Bonus track on CD reissue
# "Green Chimneys" (
Thelonious Monk
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) – 6:48
# "
Straight, No Chaser" (Monk) – 6:10
# "Time Was" (
Harry Akst
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Spencer Williams
Spencer Williams (October 14, 1889 – July 14, 1965) was an American jazz and popular music composer, pianist, and singer. He is best known for his hit songs " Basin Street Blues", "I Ain't Got Nobody", " Royal Garden Blues", " I've Found a New ...
) – 6:25
Bonus track on CD reissue
# "Morning Blues" (Kenny Barron) – 4:50
Bonus track on CD reissue
# "Time Was"
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The name ...
(Akst) – 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
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Kenny Barron –
piano
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Buster Williams –
bass
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Ben Riley –
drums
References
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Kenny Barron albums
1984 albums
Criss Cross Jazz albums
Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio