Down Home (Joey Baron album)

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Down Home
Studio album by
Released1997
Recorded1997
GenreJazz
Length45:16
LabelIntuition
INT 3503
ProducerLee Townsend
Joey Baron chronology
Crackshot
(1995)
Down Home
(1997)
We'll Soon Find Out
(1999)

Down Home is an album by the drummer Joey Baron, recorded in 1997 and released on Schott Music's Intition label.[1]

Reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[3]

In his review for AllMusic, Scott Yanow calls it "not quite a classic but certainly worthwhile".[2] All About Jazz's Douglas Payne wrote: "Down Home, despite its brief 45-minute running time is, indeed, mighty fine; a hearty menu with plenty of meaty playing".[4] In Jazziz, Michael Ross wrote: "On Down Home, Baron flips the coin and brings his Southern roots to the fore, with eight melodic, soul-jazz tunes full of groove... On this disc, Baron may eschew the falling-down-the-stairs percussion style that made him the darling of the avant-garde, but he is still composing melodies that are as daring as his chops".[5]

Track listing[edit]

All compositions by Joey Baron

  1. "Mighty Fine" – 5:15
  2. "Little Boy" – 8:52
  3. "Wide Load" – 8:35
  4. "The Crock Pot" – 5:06
  5. "What" – 7:58
  6. "Listen to the Woman" – 1:47
  7. "Aren't We All?" – 6:40
  8. "Supposing" – 1:03

Personnel[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Intuition Music: Joey Baron, accessed December 11, 2014
  2. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Joey Baron – Down Home > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 84. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.
  4. ^ Payne, D., All About Jazz Review, February 1, 1998
  5. ^ Ross, M., Jazziz, March 1998, Volume 15 No. 3, p.76