Hard to believe that, as Kenny Barron turns 75, Concentric Circles is his Blue Note debut, one that is as muscular, fleet, and entertaining as any debut by any man two-thirds his age. Trust Barron's ...

Like so many organisms on the planet, when cells experience mosh-pit-level crowding, they may just become stressed. Yet unlike most other life forms, cells subject to physical stress from crowding by ...

The poise, sensitivity and drive that mark Kenny Barron’s playing were forged in the modal voicings, theme-and-variation structures and hard-bop rhythms that dominated jazz in the early 1960s. That ...