Jazz at the Maverick: KENNY BARRON, solo piano
Name:
Jazz at the Maverick: KENNY BARRON, solo piano
Date:
June 30, 2018
Time:
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM EDT
Website:
www.maverickconcerts.org
Event Description:
Maverick’s 8th Annual Jazz at the Maverick series begins with nine-time Grammy award nominee, the legendary jazz great Kenny Barron, in a solo piano performance.
Kenny has played with a “who's who” of jazz greats like Dizzy Gillespie, Freddie Hubbard, Stanley Turrentine, and many more. As music professor at Rutgers University, he mentored many of today's leading talents including David Sanchez, Terence Blanchard and Regina Bell. Kenny consistently wins jazz critics’ and reader’s polls including Downbeat, Jazz Times and Jazziz. A Jazz Hall of Fame and MAC Lifetime Achievement awardee, he is a six-time Best Pianist recipient by the Jazz Journalists Association. Whether playing solo, trio or quintet, Barron always mesmerizes his audiences worldwide.
Kenny has played with a “who's who” of jazz greats like Dizzy Gillespie, Freddie Hubbard, Stanley Turrentine, and many more. As music professor at Rutgers University, he mentored many of today's leading talents including David Sanchez, Terence Blanchard and Regina Bell. Kenny consistently wins jazz critics’ and reader’s polls including Downbeat, Jazz Times and Jazziz. A Jazz Hall of Fame and MAC Lifetime Achievement awardee, he is a six-time Best Pianist recipient by the Jazz Journalists Association. Whether playing solo, trio or quintet, Barron always mesmerizes his audiences worldwide.
