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Pianist and SFJAZZ Resident Artistic Director Kenny Barron and his quintet featuring Christian McBride, Immanuel Wilkins, Mike Rodriguez, and Johnathan Blake perform his composition “Tragic Magic” from his 2024 album “Beyond This Place” during his concert on April 10, 2025 – part of the 2024-25 Season and broadcast on Fridays Live.
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About this concert:
SFJAZZ Resident Artistic Director Kenny Barron performs with a new all-star quintet featuring bass legend Christian McBride, rising saxophone master Immanuel Wilkins, longtime drummer Johnathan Blake, and trumpeter and SFJAZZ Collective member Mike Rodriguez. They will be performing a range of material including music from Barron’s new Artwork Records release, Beyond This Place, featuring Blake and Wilkins.

Called “one of the top jazz pianists in the world” by The Los Angeles Times, Kenny Barron is a 2010 NEA Jazz Master and eleven-time GRAMMY nominee who helped define and extend the jazz tradition since his work with Dizzy Gillespie in the early ‘60s catapulted him into the spotlight. Extensive associations with Freddie Hubbard, Yusef Lateef, Stan Getz, James Moody and Ron Carter built his peerless reputation as a sideman, and he has recorded over 50 albums as a bandleader over his five-decade career. A seven-time recipient of Best Pianist by the Jazz Journalists Association, Barron leads an ironclad trio with bassist Kiyoshi Kitagawa and drummer Johnathan Blake and regularly performs as a soloist and settings from duo to big band.

PERSONNEL:
Kenny Barron: piano
Immanuel Wilkins: tenor saxophone
Mike Rodriguez: trumpet
Christian McBride: bass
Johnathan Blake: drums

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