Spirit Song is an album by pianist Kenny Barron recorded in New York in 1999 and released on the Verve label.Kenny Barron Catalog accessed January 24, 2017Kenny Barron: recordings, accessed January 24, 2017Verve Records Catalogue, accessed January 24, 2017Enciclopedia del Jazz: Kenny Barron accessed January 24, 2017Fitzgerald, M. Kenny Barron Discography, accessed January 24, 2019
Reception
In the review on AllMusic, Michael G. Nastos noted that "Barron has amassed a formidable number of high-quality recordings, but this ranks right up there near the top". In JazzTimes, Josef Woodard wrote: "The sum effect is a varietal garden of sounds and ideas, within the framework of Barron’s post-mainstream jazz sensibility".Woodard, J. JazzTimes Review, accessed January 24, 2016
Track listing All compositions by Kenny Barron except where noted.
"The Pelican" – 4:12 "Spirit Song" – 5:42 "Um Beijo" – 7:31 "Passion Flower" (Billy Strayhorn) – 9:54 "Passion Dance" (McCoy Tyner) – 6:12 "Sonja Braga" – 6:25 "The Question Is" – 5:21 "The Wizard" – 7:59 "Cook's Bay" – 7:05 "And Then Again" – 4:35
Personnel Kenny Barron – piano David Sánchez – tenor saxophone (tracks 1–9) Eddie Henderson – trumpet (tracks 1–4, 6–9) Rufus Reid – bass (tracks 1–4, 6–9) Billy Hart – drums (tracks 1–4, 6–9) Russell Malone – guitar (tracks 2, 8, 10) Regina Carter – violin (tracks 3–4) Michael Wall Grigsby – percussion (track 2)
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