The Source (Kenny Barron album)

The Source is a solo studio album by American jazz pianist Kenny Barron. The record was released on January 20, 2023 via Artwork label in France. The Source is the Barron's first solo album since his 1981 record Kenny Barron at the Piano released via Xanadu. The record contains nine tracks: both jazz standards and originals written by Barron.

Reception
Mike Jurkovic of All About Jazz commented, "On his first solo go-round in forty years, The Source, like its distant predecessor At The Piano (Xanadu, 1982) has Barron brimming with the same empathy and effervescence, but with all the reflective nature the years tend to instill in a man who has made one to one conversation an art form." Stuart Nicholson of Jazzwise stated, "the solo Source is a fine example of his pianistic art, and how it has evolved since the 1990 Maybeck recording... If anything, technique is more apparent on The Source, suggestive of a confidence that comes with experience, since it is used in service of saying something, while harmonically he is more subtle, with strings of passing chords dropped into his line almost as asides."

Personnel

 * Kenny Barron – piano