Kenny Barron Quintet - Live at the Village Vanguard - Set 1 - 6/5/13 

SET LIST

awesome drum solo... Mr Pearson sure knows his way around the time signature.

cool 5/4 blues... everyone is burnin'! thanks for the post.

Drummers killin it.

One of the best performances of the Kenny Barron Quintet!

Great stuff 👏🏾👏🏾Looking forward to joining Mr. Barron on the bandstand tonight.

Brandon lee is such an underrated trumpeter, he always tells a story with his horn

Swinging group! Great arrangements! The drummer is killin!!

Yes, the first tune was recorded by Roy Brooks "live" at Smalls Paradise in NYC…..I engineered the recording for Roy which featured Eddie Jefferson on vocals (which we later overdubbed in my "closet" in New Jersey….lol)……I mastered and pressed the recording through RCA Records back then too…….Good stuff on that recording…..

and what can you say about Kenny Barron! By far my favourite pianist on the scene today.

Hey, Kenny. I'm not a jazz historian, but I never forget a tune I've heard. Its "the smart set" recorded by one of the masters of 5/4 Roy Brooks, also there's a version w lyrics by the great Eddie Jefferson

Had the privilege of being there that day and set.

Beautiful !!!

Kenny Barron! What a great pianist!!!

I come back to this recording often because it perfectly captures the Vanguard sonic paradise. Thank you WBGO for taking me back to the Vanguard before RU-vid, smart phones, Twitter...

Best small group drumming I`ve heard in quite some time.

amazing Jazz club, genuine & Spirit of the legends who played there is all over the place!

I guess I'm dating myself, but the first tune of the set is Roy Brooks' "The smart set" recorded by him on "Ethnic Expressions" album, The tune (perhaps not surprisingly as Roy Brooks has spent long time playing in Horace Silver's group) seems to be influenced by Horace's writing. It's possible, (I'm just speculating) that Kenny has played this tune with Yusef Lateef in whose band Roy Brooks has worked through the years beginning with Detroit's "Blue Bird Inn".

What a beautiful piece rain is!

Instant classic. Thank you.