# Kenny Barron Quintet at Miner Auditorium, April 22, 2016

[SFJAZZ](http://www.sfjazz.org/events/2015-16/0422/kenny-barron) presents the [Kenny Barron](http://www.kennybarron.com/) Quintet featuring [Jonathan Blake](http://www.johnathanblake.com/), [Stefon Harris](http://www.stefonharris.com/), [Kiyoshi Kitagawa](http://kitagawa.exblog.jp/), & [Elena Pinderhughes](http://www.elenapinderhughes.com/)  
2016-04-22  
[Miner Auditorium](http://www.sfjazz.org/center)  
[SFJAZZ Center, 205 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=SFJAZZ+Center,+205+Franklin+St,+San+Francisco,+CA&hl=en)  
7:30 PM, Friday, April 22, 2016

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## One Set

[7:36 PM lights down, announcements]

01. [7:40 PM] _And Then Again_
02. [7:56 PM] _In the Slow Lane_
03. [8:14 PM] _Hey! It's Me You're Talking To_  
[solo piano medley]
04. [8:32 PM] _Lotus Blossom_
05. [8:33 PM] _A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing_
06. [8:34 PM] _Melancholia_
07. [8:36 PM] _Star-crossed Lovers_  
[the band returns]
08. [8:38 PM] _Phantoms_  
[set ends 9:04 PM]  
   
**Encore**
09. [9:05 PM] _Footprints_  
[show ends 9:21 PM; bows, then all off after a minute or two]


## Performers

* [Kenny Barron](http://www.kennybarron.com/): piano;
* [Jonathan Blake](http://www.johnathanblake.com/): drums;
* [Stefon Harris](http://www.stefonharris.com/): vibraphone;
* [Kiyoshi Kitagawa](http://kitagawa.exblog.jp/): bass, contrabass;
* [Elena Pinderhughes](http://www.elenapinderhughes.com/): flute, vox.


## Notes

It's always fun when a show exceeds your expectations, and tonight was a great example. The band played with vim and fire, burning brightly on the hot bop tunes, and simmering smoothly on the two slower tunes. All of the players enjoyed noteworthy turns in the solo spotlight; Kenny's solo segment managed to join four tunes into an elegant piano medley. Elena Pinderhughes was particularly fine throughout the night, whether playing the head with Kenny and Stefon, or sharing her own spin on a solo break. Makes perfect sense to me that Kenny would draft her into his group of veterans!

I was a little surprised to realize that I recognized _Phantoms_ -- I didn't expect to know many tunes from tonight's setlist -- but I suppose I've heard other bands playing it, or perhaps had enough time playing KCSM in the background that the tune has lodged in my memory banks.

_Footprints_ was a fine choice to close the show, and hearing it done by this group was a real treat -- deconstructed, reconstructed, and rearranged, but still easily recognizable and still fun to hear!

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