'Twas a full house at
Crowell Concert Hall last night (7/07) for the
Kenny Barron Trio. Messrs. Barron (piano),
Kiyoshi Kitagawa (bass) and
Lee Pearson (drums) did not disappoint. Barron, introduced by former student
Noah Baerman (a fine pianist in his own right) seemed to be having so much fun, spurred on by his fine rhythm section. Pearson, subbing for regular drummer Johnathan Blake, fit right in and really did a splendid job of both supporting and driving the music. Long-time associate Kitagawa is quite a musical bassist with a big, thick, tone and great facility. Barron pushed them quite hard on the first 2 songs and they responded marvelously. Among the highlights was the pianist's solo medley of 4 songs from the Duke Ellington-Billy Strayhorn catalog and Pearson's creative drum work on the pianist's "
Calypso."
The audience, filled with a good portion of young folks from CCY, the high school-age Summer arts program, cheered throughout the evening. And, it sure looked from the smiles on the faces of the Trio, the band had plenty of fun.
Next Tuesday (July 12), Professor
Neely Bruce (another fairly impressive pianist) comes to Crowell to "
Play the Music of William Duckworth" at 7:30 p.m. To find out more, go to
www.wesleyan.edu/cfa.
1 comment:
When you say the audience was "filled with a god portion of young folks from CCY", do you mean that only their souls were present?
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