Songbook

Description

Songbook, the new album by New York master Kenny Barron, will be released on November 14, 2025 on the Artwork Records label. Songbook stands as the album of consecration: the one that definitively elevates Kenny Barron among the legends of jazz history.Surrounded by his long-standing trio - Kiyoshi Kitagawa on bass and Johnathan Blake on drums - the pianist delivers a series of original compositions here, performed by a selection of exceptional singers: alongside essential voices such as Cécile McLorin Salvant, Kurt Elling, Ann Hampton Callaway, Catherine Russell and Jean Baylor, Songbook also highlights the next generation of jazz vocals with Tyreek McDole, Ekep Nkwelle and Kavita Shah.Combining lyrical refinement and harmonic richness, this album testifies both to Kenny Barron's musical richness and to the influence of his career on modern jazz. Songbook is not simply a new album by Kenny Barron: it is a jazz classic in the making.