Alverno Presents: Performing Arts Events

Kenny Barron Trio

Saturday December 1, 2007 8 p.m.

Pitman Theatre

Ticket Price: $32


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Like Fred Astaire is to dance. Like Georgia O'Keeffe is to painting. Like Michael Jordan is to basketball. That's what Kenny Barron is to the piano – Elegant. Effortlessly energetic. Iconic. And he's at that point in his nearly half-century long career where the excellence is so evident, that the awards and critical accolades (9 Grammy nominations, six-time recipient of Best Pianist by the Jazz Journalists Association, induction in the American Jazz Hall of Fame, MAC Lifetime Achievement Award, the annual presence on all the year-end jazz critic and reader polls) just keep piling on one after the other. It's a rare thing to make music so mesmerizing and lyrical look this easy, but that's why Kenny Barron is the master.

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