Kenny Barron & the Brazilian Knights

2013 studio album by Kenny Barron From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Kenny Barron & the Brazilian Knights is an album by pianist Kenny Barron recorded in Rio de Janeiro in 2012 and released on the Sunnyside label.[1][2][3][4][5]

ReleasedJune 18, 2013
RecordedJune 10–11, 2012
StudioVisom Digital Studio, São Conrado, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
GenreJazz
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Kenny Barron & the Brazilian Knights
Studio album by
Kenny Barron
ReleasedJune 18, 2013
RecordedJune 10–11, 2012
StudioVisom Digital Studio, São Conrado, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
GenreJazz
Length73:25
LabelSunnyside
SSC 3093
ProducerJacques Muyal
Kenny Barron chronology
Witchcraft
(2012)		 Kenny Barron & the Brazilian Knights
(2013)		 The Art of Conversation
(2014)
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Reception

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AllmusicStarStarStarStar[6]
PopMattersStarStarStarStarStarStarStar[7]
Tom HullB+((3-star Honorable Mention)(3-star Honorable Mention)(3-star Honorable Mention))[8]
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In the review on Allmusic, Matt Collar said "This is highly engaging Brazilian jazz".[6] On PopMatters Brent Faulkner wrote "Kenny Barron & The Brazilian Knights is a superb Brazilian jazz album. It not only highlights Kenny Barron's prodigious pianistic skills, but provides much deserved recognition to relatively unknown Brazilian musicians".[7] In JazzTimes Michael J. West observed "Brazilian Knights is a high-quality recording from a musician whose high quality is inevitable".[9]

Track listing

All compositions by Kenny Barron except where noted.

  1. "Rapaz de Bem" (Johnny Alf) – 5:59
  2. "Já Era" (Maurício Einhorn) – 4:44
  3. "Ilusão à Toa" (Alf) – 7:07
  4. "Só Por Amor" (Baden Powell) – 11:10
  5. "Curta Metragem" (Einhorn) – 5:03
  6. "Nós" (Alf) – 6:54
  7. "Triste" (Antônio Carlos Jobim) – 5:29
  8. "Sonia Braga" - 7:12
  9. "Tristeza de Nós Dois" (Einhorn) – 7:56
  10. "Chorinho Carioca" (Alberto Chimelli) – 4:11
  11. "São Conrado" (Einhorn) – 7:06

Bonus track on deluxe edition and iTunes:

  2. "Phantoms – 8:43
  3. "É Só Amar" (Alf) – 7:46
  4. "É Só Amar" [alternate take] (Alf) – 7:46
  5. "Nós" [alternate take] (Alf) – 6:54
  6. "Ilusão à Toa" [alternate take] (Alf) – 7:08
  7. "São Conrado" [alternate take] (Einhorn) – 7:06

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