{"id":2421,"date":"2026-02-07T14:31:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T14:31:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cdchoice.co.uk\/?p=2421"},"modified":"2026-02-07T14:31:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T14:31:28","slug":"jazz-choice-rob-barron-trio-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.cdchoice.co.uk\/?p=2421","title":{"rendered":"Jazz Choice: Rob Barron Trio Live"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdchoice.co.uk\/?attachment_id=2422\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2422\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2422\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cdchoice.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/RB-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.cdchoice.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/RB-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.cdchoice.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/RB-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.cdchoice.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/RB-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.cdchoice.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/RB-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.cdchoice.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/RB.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Barry Forshaw<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the coterie of talented British jazz pianists, Rob Barron is comfortably in the upper echelons, as a superb set at Newington Green House on February 6 comprehensively demonstrated. Baron and his trio (which includes the inventive drummer Josh Morrison and bassist Simon Read) delivered two sizzling sets that matched impeccable musicianship with a distinctive and individual way with each number, such as Lesley Bricusse\u2019s \u2018Pure Imagination\u2019 (a piece which features on Barron\u2019s CD \u2018From This Moment On\u2019 (see jacket above)). The first set of the evening featured a little-known Cole Porter tune, \u2018Dream Dancing\u2019, as well as a fresh and original take on Rodgers and Hart\u2019s \u2018This Can&#8217;t Be Love\u2019. Barron paid obeisance (as he has done before) to a favourite pianist of his, Cedar Walton, both in a striking interpretation of Walton\u2019s music and in a spoken encomium. Unlike many current keyboard masters, Barron is evidently less influenced by Bill Evans \u2013 although he possesses that pianist\u2019s poetic touch with echoes of Debussy (no doubt a subject studied during Barron\u2019s days at Leeds College of Music), but he admits to the influence of Walton as mentioned above, along with the much underestimated Wynton Kelly. Barron\u2019s own voice as a pianist, however, is extremely personal, and his individual conception of numbers has an almost orchestral range. He is a key practitioner\u00a0 of the London jazz scene, performing with visiting\u00a0 musicians such as Phil Woods and Al Jarreau. He has also toured with the saxophonist Dave O\u2019Higgins and has played on several film soundtracks, including Baz Luhrmann\u2019s adaptation of \u2018The Great Gatsby\u2019. But any opportunity to hear him live is to be grabbed with both hands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barry Forshaw In the coterie of talented British jazz pianists, Rob Barron is comfortably in the upper echelons, as a superb set at Newington Green House on February 6 comprehensively demonstrated. Baron and his trio (which includes the inventive drummer &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdchoice.co.uk\/?p=2421\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-classical"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cdchoice.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cdchoice.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cdchoice.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cdchoice.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cdchoice.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2421"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.cdchoice.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2421\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2423,"href":"http:\/\/www.cdchoice.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2421\/revisions\/2423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cdchoice.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cdchoice.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cdchoice.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}