Kenny Barron, Ray Drummond, Ben Riley - So Many Lovely Things (Live in Brecon) (2026)
BAND/ARTIST: Kenny Barron, Ray Drummond, Ben Riley
- Title: So Many Lovely Things (Live in Brecon)
- Year Of Release: 2026
- Label: Elemental Music Records SL
- Genre: Jazz
- Quality: mp3 320 kbps / flac lossless (tracks)
- Total Time: 01:47:47
- Total Size: 247 / 527 mb
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist
01. Oh, Look At Me Now (Live)
02. Up Jumped Spring (Live)
03. Shuffle Boil (Live)
04. Time Was (Live)
05. Silent Rain (Live)
06. Ask Me Now (Live)
07. Nikara's Song (Live)
08. The Surrey With The Fringe On Top (Live)
09. The Very Thought Of You (Live)
10. Canadian Sunset (Live)
Kenny Barron – piano; Ray Drummond – bass; Ben Riley – drums
This concert sounds like it was played last night. It wasn’t — Kenny Barron, Ray Drummond, and Ben Riley recorded it live at the Brecon Jazz Festival in Wales in 1995, and the tapes stayed private until now. The remastering is immaculate. So is the playing.
Just listen to “Oh, Look At Me Now” — Drummond’s bass booming with a woody resonance, Barron’s strong articulation, Riley’s brushes whispering underneath. Then Freddie Hubbard’s “Up Jumped Spring” shows you what Barron does with time — speeding through a phrase, spitting out trills, then suddenly letting an isolated note echo. The rhythm section is right there, Drummond and Riley’s grooves fitting together hand-in-glove.
“Surrey With the Fringe on Top” opens with Barron playing around the edges of the familiar melody before Drummond drops in with single booming bass notes. Then the trio locks in and Barron takes off — fingers flying, striking the keys hard, his right hand racing while his left keeps things grounded. He adds little trills at the edges of phrases, builds momentum, then pulls back to those anchoring chords. “Time Was” opens with an elegant rubato piano introduction before the trio finds its footing — Barron’s single-note runs gliding across the top of the keyboard, Drummond patient, holding notes until they bloom, Riley threading fills around him.
Barron takes two solos. Monk’s “Shuffle Boil” has the same angular joy, the same sly rhythmic misdirection — but Barron finds a different kind of playfulness at the edges, his right hand cascading into something almost ragtime before pulling back, his left hand working the rhythm with a touch that makes it feel like a conversation with the composer. Then “Silent Rain,” chords, a few note clusters, and space. It’s elegant and in no hurry, a delicate thing that asks nothing of you except to listen.
The double-CD package folds open to reveal extensive liner notes by jazz historian Ted Panken, detailed tune annotations, and photographs of the musicians. The 180-gram vinyl edition gets the same treatment. Elemental consistently sets the standard for how archival jazz should be released, and So Many Lovely Things is no exception.
01. Oh, Look At Me Now (Live)
02. Up Jumped Spring (Live)
03. Shuffle Boil (Live)
04. Time Was (Live)
05. Silent Rain (Live)
06. Ask Me Now (Live)
07. Nikara's Song (Live)
08. The Surrey With The Fringe On Top (Live)
09. The Very Thought Of You (Live)
10. Canadian Sunset (Live)
Kenny Barron – piano; Ray Drummond – bass; Ben Riley – drums
This concert sounds like it was played last night. It wasn’t — Kenny Barron, Ray Drummond, and Ben Riley recorded it live at the Brecon Jazz Festival in Wales in 1995, and the tapes stayed private until now. The remastering is immaculate. So is the playing.
Just listen to “Oh, Look At Me Now” — Drummond’s bass booming with a woody resonance, Barron’s strong articulation, Riley’s brushes whispering underneath. Then Freddie Hubbard’s “Up Jumped Spring” shows you what Barron does with time — speeding through a phrase, spitting out trills, then suddenly letting an isolated note echo. The rhythm section is right there, Drummond and Riley’s grooves fitting together hand-in-glove.
“Surrey With the Fringe on Top” opens with Barron playing around the edges of the familiar melody before Drummond drops in with single booming bass notes. Then the trio locks in and Barron takes off — fingers flying, striking the keys hard, his right hand racing while his left keeps things grounded. He adds little trills at the edges of phrases, builds momentum, then pulls back to those anchoring chords. “Time Was” opens with an elegant rubato piano introduction before the trio finds its footing — Barron’s single-note runs gliding across the top of the keyboard, Drummond patient, holding notes until they bloom, Riley threading fills around him.
Barron takes two solos. Monk’s “Shuffle Boil” has the same angular joy, the same sly rhythmic misdirection — but Barron finds a different kind of playfulness at the edges, his right hand cascading into something almost ragtime before pulling back, his left hand working the rhythm with a touch that makes it feel like a conversation with the composer. Then “Silent Rain,” chords, a few note clusters, and space. It’s elegant and in no hurry, a delicate thing that asks nothing of you except to listen.
The double-CD package folds open to reveal extensive liner notes by jazz historian Ted Panken, detailed tune annotations, and photographs of the musicians. The 180-gram vinyl edition gets the same treatment. Elemental consistently sets the standard for how archival jazz should be released, and So Many Lovely Things is no exception.
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