Noted Jazz Pianist Kenny Barron Tickles
the Ivories
At Long Island University’s Brooklyn Campus, November 19
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For Immediate Release
Contact: Alka Gupta and Peg Byron
November, 2002 |
Brooklyn, N.Y .– Premier jazz pianist/composer Kenny Barron,
who has collaborated with such luminaries as Dizzy Gillespie, Freddie
Hubbard and Stan Getz, will display his dexterity at a workshop for
jazz students at Long Island University's Brooklyn Campus.
Part the Music Department's Jazz Clinic and Concert Series,
the workshop will take place on Tuesday, November 19, at 4 p.m.,
in the Humanities Building Conference Hall. It is free and open
to the public.
Deemed "one of the top pianists in music" by the
Los Angeles Times, the Philadelphia native began playing classical
piano as a youngster, turning professional at age 15. In 1962,
he joined Dizzy Gillespie's group, touring with him in Europe
and the United States. High profile sideman work followed with
Freddie Hubbard, Yusef Lateef, Buddy Rich, Ron Carter and Stan
Getz (during the last period of the great saxophonist's life).
In addition to touring and playing piano, Barron taught for several
years at Rutgers University, teaching theory, keyboard harmony
and piano. He also created compositions, several of which have
become jazz standards, including "Voyage" and "Phantoms."
His CD, "Spirit Song," with his quintet received enthusiastic
reviews being described as "filled with lyrical beauty,
imaginative playing and interesting explorations." Barron
received the award for Best Jazz Pianist at the 1999 Jazz Awards.
For more information, call the Music Department at (718) 488-1051.
In addition to a B.A. in traditional studies, the Music Department
offers a B.F.A. degree in Jazz Studies. Students may study privately
with professionals off-campus for credit. The program can be tailored
to suit students' needs with either a minor or double major in
other fields.
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