Kenny Barron discography
This is the discography for American jazz musician Kenny Barron.[1][2][3][4]
Albums
As leader/co-leader
| Year | Album | Personnel / Notes | Label | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | You Had Better Listen | Kenny Barron / Jimmy Owens Quintet: with Bennie Maupin, Chris White, Freddie Waits, Rudy Collins | Atlantic[5] | 
| 1973 | Sunset to Dawn | Bob Cranshaw, Freddie Waits, Richard Landrum, Warren Smith | Muse | 
| 1974 | Peruvian Blue | Ted Dunbar, David Williams, Albert "Tootie" Heath, Richard Landrum, Sonny Morgan | Muse | 
| 1975 | In Tandem | Ted Dunbar | Muse | 
| 1975 | Lucifer | Carlos Alomar, Bill Barron, Billy Hart, James Spaulding, Charles Sullivan, Chris White | Muse | 
| 1978 | Innocence | Sonny Fortune, Jimmy Owens, Buster Williams, Gary King, Ben Riley, Brian Brake, Billy Hart, Rafael Cruz, produced by Joel Dorn | Wolf | 
| 1978 | Together | Tommy Flanagan | Denon | 
| 1980 | Golden Lotus | John Stubblefield, Steve Nelson | Muse | 
| 1981 | Kenny Barron at the Piano | Solo | Xanadu | 
| 1982 | Imo Live | Buster Williams, Ben Riley | Whynot | 
| 1982 | Spiral | Solo | Baybridge | 
| 1983 | Green Chimneys | Buster Williams, Ben Riley | Criss Cross Jazz | 
| 1984 | 1+1+1 | Ron Carter, Michael Moore | Black Hawk | 
| 1984 | Landscape | Cecil McBee, Al Foster | Baystate | 
| 1985 | Autumn in New York (LP) / New York Attitude (CD) | Rufus Reid, Freddie Waits | Uptown | 
| 1985 | Scratch | Dave Holland, Daniel Humair | Enja | 
| 1986 | What If? | Wallace Roney, John Stubblefield, Cecil McBee, Victor Lewis | Enja | 
| 1986 | Two as One | Buster Williams | Red | 
| 1986 | The Red Barron Duo | Red Mitchell | Storyville | 
| 1988 | Live at Fat Tuesdays | Cecil McBee, Victor Lewis, John Stubblefield, Eddie Henderson | Enja | 
| 1989 | Rhythm-a-Ning | John Hicks | Candid | 
| 1990 | The Artistry of Kenny Barron | Peter Ind, Mark Taylor | Wave | 
| 1990 | The Only One | Ray Drummond, Ben Riley | Reservoir | 
| 1990 | Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume Ten | Solo | Concord Jazz | 
| 1990 | Invitation | Ralph Moore, David Williams, Lewis Nash | Criss Cross | 
| 1991 | Lemuria-Seascape | Ray Drummond, Ben Riley | Candid | 
| 1991 | Quickstep | John Stubblefield, Eddie Henderson, David Williams, Victor Lewis, | Enja | 
| 1991 | But Beautiful | Joe Locke | SteepleChase | 
| 1991 | The Moment | Victor Lewis, Rufus Reid | Reservoir | 
| 1991 | Confirmation | Barry Harris, Ray Drummond, Ben Riley | Candid | 
| 1992 | Sambao | Toninho Horta, Victor Lewis, Nico Assumpção, Mino Cinelu | Verve | 
| 1993 | Other Places | Mino Cinelu, Bobby Hutcherson, Victor Lewis, Ralph Moore, Rufus Reid | Verve | 
| 1994 | Wanton Spirit | Roy Haynes, Charlie Haden | Verve | 
| 1995 | Things Unseen | Eddie Henderson, John Scofield, John Stubblefield | Verve | 
| 1995 | Swamp Sally | Mino Cinelu | Verve | 
| 1996 | Live at Bradley's | Ray Drummond, Ben Riley | EmArcy | 
| 1996 | Live at Bradley's II | Ray Drummond, Ben Riley | Sunnyside | 
| 1996 | Night and the City | Charlie Haden | Verve | 
| 1999 | Spirit Song | David Sanchez, Eddie Henderson, Russell Malone, Rufus Reid, Billy Hart, Michael Wall Grigsby, Regina Carter | Verve | 
| 2001 | Freefall | Regina Carter | Verve | 
| 2002 | Canta Brasil | Trio da Paz | Sunnyside | 
| 2003 | Peace | George Robert | DIW | 
| 2003 | Images | Stefon Harris, Anne Drummond, Kimberly Thompson, Kiyoshi Kitagawa | Sunnyside | 
| 2004 | A Table for Two | Bob Sheppard, Dave Ellis, Peter Barshay, Lewis Nash | Menus and Music | 
| 2004 | Super Standard | Super Trio – Jay Leonhart, Al Foster | Tokuma[6] | 
| 2008 | The Traveler | Kiyoshi Kitagawa, Francisco Mela, Steve Wilson, Lionel Loueke | Sunnyside | 
| 2009 | Minor Blues | George Mraz, Ben Riley | Venus | 
| 2012 | Kenny Barron & the Brazilian Knights | Mauricio Einhorn, Idriss Boudrioua, Lula Galvao, Sergio Barroso, Rafael Barata, Claudio Roditi | Sunnyside | 
| 2014 | The Art of Conversation | Dave Holland | Impulse! | 
| 2015 | Interplay | Mark Sherman | Chesky | 
| 2016 | Book of Intuition | Kiyoshi Kitagawa, Jonathan Blake | Impulse! | 
| 2018 | Concentric Circles | Kiyoshi Kitagawa (bass), Johnathan Blake (drums), Mike Rodriguez (trumpet, flugelhorn), Dayna Stephens (tenor sax, soprano sax) | Blue Note | 
| 2020 | Without Deception | Kenny Barron / Dave Holland Trio: with Dave Holland (bass), Johnathan Blake (drums) | Dare2 Records | 
| 2023 | The Source | Solo | Artwork Records | 
| 2024 | Beyond This Place | Immanuel Wilkins (alto saxophone), Steve Nelson (vibraphone), Kiyoshi Kitagawa (bass), Johnathan Blake (drums) | Artwork Records | 
As band member
With the Classical Jazz Quartet
- Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker (Vertical Jazz, 2001)
- The Classical Jazz Quartet Play Bach (Vertical Jazz, 2002)
- The Classical Jazz Quartet Play Rachmaninov (Kind of Blue, 2006) – recorded in 2002
With Sphere
- Four in One (Elektra/Musician, 1982)
- Flight Path (Elektra/Musician, 1983)
- Sphere On Tour (Red, 1985)
- Four for All (Verve, 1987)
- Bird Songs (Verve, 1988)
- Pumpkin's Delight (Red, 1993) – recorded in 1986
- Sphere (Verve, 1997)
With the Super Premium Band
- Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise (Happinet, 2010)
- Sounds of New York (Happinet, 2011)
As sideman
| With Clifford Adams 
 With Eddie Allen 
 With Harry Allen 
 With Eric Alexander 
 With Ray Alexander 
 With Karrin Allyson 
 With Franco Ambrosetti 
 With Curtis Amy 
 With Ray Anderson 
 With Tim Armacost 
 With Chet Baker 
 With Bill Barron 
 With Gary Bartz 
 With Alvin Batiste 
 With Stefano di Battista 
 With Sathima Bea Benjamin 
 With George Benson 
 With Cheryl Bentyne 
 With Jerry Bergonzi, Victor Lewis and Bobby Watson 
 With Cindy Blackman 
 With John Blake 
 With Marion Brown 
 With Joshua Breakstone 
 With Teresa Brewer 
 With Nick Brignola 
 With Jeanie Bryson 
 With Dave Burns 
 With the Candid Jazz Masters 
 With Ann Hampton Callaway 
 
 With Benny Carter 
 With Regina Carter 
 With Ron Carter 
 With Joe Chambers 
 With Ed Cherry 
 With Billy Cobham 
 With Jay Collins 
 With Continuum 
 With Keith Copeland 
 With Larry Coryell 
 With Ted Curson 
 With Charles Davis 
 With Santi Debriano 
 With Ray Drummond 
 With Ted Dunbar 
 With Madeline Eastman 
 With Booker Ervin 
 With Jon Faddis 
 With Dominick Farinacci 
 With Ella Fitzgerald 
 With Sonny Fortune 
 With Frank Foster and Frank Wess 
 With Joel Frahm 
 With Michael Franks 
 With Rebecca Coupe Franks 
 With Nnenna Freelon 
 With Chico Freeman 
 With George Freeman 
 With Al Gafa 
 With Stan Getz 
 With Shannon Gibbons 
 With Gerry Gibbs 
 With Dizzy Gillespie 
 With Benny Golson 
 With Duško Gojković 
 With Al Grey and J. J. Johnson 
 With Johnny Griffin 
 With Earl & Carl Grubbs (The Visitors) 
 With Jim Hall 
 With Billy Harper 
 With Tom Harrell 
 With Eddie Harris 
 With Louis Hayes 
 With Roy Haynes 
 With Albert Heath 
 With Jimmy Heath 
 With Eddie Henderson 
 With Joe Henderson 
 With Buck Hill 
 With Steve Hobbs 
 With Ron Holloway 
 With Freddie Hubbard 
 With Bobby Hutcherson 
 With Jon Irabagon 
 With Pucci Amanda Jhones 
 | With Elvin Jones 
 With Sam Jones 
 With Sheila Jordan 
 With Geoffrey Keezer 
 With Barney Kessel 
 With Kiyoshi Kitagawa 
 With Eric Kloss 
 With Cullen Knight 
 With Lee Konitz 
 With Ralph Lalama 
 With Yusef Lateef 
 With Babatunde Lea 
 With Keiko Lee 
 With Abbey Lincoln 
 With Kevin Mahogany 
 With Ann Malcolm 
 With Russell Malone 
 With Claire Martin 
 With Mel Martin 
 With Greg Marvin 
 With Virginia Mayhew 
 With Christian McBride 
 With Tom McIntosh 
 With Meeco 
 With Helen Merrill 
 With Red Mitchell 
 With Bill Mobley 
 With Jane Monheit 
 With James Moody 
 With Frank Morgan 
 With Mark Morganelli 
 With Sam Most 
 With Bob Mover 
 With Idris Muhammad 
 With Maria Muldaur 
 With Judy Niemack 
 With Bobbe Norris 
 With Tiger Okoshi 
 With Jimmy Owens 
 With Nathen Page 
 With P.J. Perry 
 With 'Hannibal' Marvin Peterson 
 With Valery Ponomarev 
 With Benny Powell 
 With Roland Prince 
 with Judy Rafat 
 With Dianne Reeves 
 With Justin Robinson 
 With Perry Robinson 
 With Claudio Roditi 
 With Buddy Rich 
 With Ali Ryerson 
 With David Sanborn 
 With Randy Sandke 
 With Arturo Sandoval 
 With David Schnitter 
 With Jimmy Scott 
 With Doug Sertl 
 With Bud Shank 
 With Woody Shaw 
 With Charlie Shoemake 
 With Janis Siegel 
 With Carol Sloane 
 With Jeffery Smith 
 With Tommy Smith 
 With James Spaulding 
 With Peter Sprague 
 With Charles Sullivan 
 With John Swana 
 With Grady Tate 
 With Alex Terrier 
 With Buddy Terry 
 With Clark Terry 
 
 With Steve Turre 
 With Stanley Turrentine 
 With Michal Urbaniak 
 With Tom Varner 
 With Millie Vernon 
 With Roseanna Vitro 
 With Melissa Walker 
 With Bennie Wallace 
 With Tyrone Washington 
 With Ernie Watts 
 With Frank Wess 
 With Mark Whitfield 
 With Barney Wilen 
 With Ed Wiley, Jr. 
 With Buster Williams 
 With Tom Williams 
 With Hal Wilner 
 With Gerald Wilson 
 With Joe Lee Wilson 
 With Pete Yellin 
 With Finn Ziegler 
 
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References
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- ^ "Kenny Barron Discography". MTV. mtv.com. Archived from the original on January 7, 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
- ^ "Kenny Baron catalogue". Jazzdisco. jazzdisco.org. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
- ^ Fitzgerald, M. Kenny Barron Discography, accessed January 20, 2019
- ^ Andrew Hamilton. "Allmusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
- ^ Ken Dryden. "Super Standard – Kenny Barron Trio, Super Trio – Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards – AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 22 November 2014.