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.Kenny Barron Catalog accessed January 31, 2017Kenny Barron: recordings, accessed January 31, 2017Sunnyside Records Catalogue, accessed January `31, 2017Enciclopedia del Jazz: Kenny Barron accessed January 31, 2017Fitzgerald, M. Kenny Barron Discography, accessed January 31, 2019
Reception
In the review on Allmusic, Matt Collar said "This is highly engaging Brazilian jazz". 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".Faulkner, B. PopMatters Review, August 1, 2013 In JazzTimes Michael J. West observed "Brazilian Knights is a high-quality recording from a musician whose high quality is inevitable".West, M. J. JazzTimes Review, accessed January 31, 2016
Track listing All compositions by Kenny Barron except where noted.
"Rapaz de Bem" (Johnny Alf) – 5:59 "Já Era" (Maurício Einhorn) – 4:44 "Ilusão à Toa" (Alf) – 7:07 "Só Por Amor" (Baden Powell) – 11:10 "Curta Metragem" (Einhorn) – 5:03 "Nós" (Alf) – 6:54 "Triste" (Antônio Carlos Jobim) – 5:29 "Sonia Braga" - 7:12 "Tristeza de Nós Dois" (Einhorn) – 7:56 "Chorinho Carioca" (Alberto Chimelli) – 4:11 "São Conrado" (Einhorn) – 7:06
Bonus track on deluxe edition and iTunes: "Phantoms – 8:43 "É Só Amar" (Alf) – 7:46 "É Só Amar" [alternate take] (Alf) – 7:46 "Nós" [alternate take] (Alf) – 6:54 "Ilusão à Toa" [alternate take] (Alf) – 7:08 "São Conrado" [alternate take] (Einhorn) – 7:06
Personnel Kenny Barron – piano Maurício Einhorn – harmonica Idriss Boudrioua – alto saxophone Claudio Roditi – trumpet, flugelhorn Lula Galvão – guitar Alberto Chimelli – synthesizer Sérgio Barrozo – bass Rafael Barata – drums
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