Just Listen (Joey Baron album)

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Just Listen
Live album by
ReleasedJuly 16, 2013
RecordedNovember 16, 2008
VenueForum Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn, Germany
GenreJazz
Length61:51
LabelRelative Pitch
RPR1001
ProducerJoey Baron, Mike Panico
Joey Baron chronology
Venice, Dal Vivo
(2010)
Just Listen
(2013)
Live!
(2017)

Just Listen is a live album by drummer Joey Baron with guitarist Bill Frisell which was recorded in Germany in 2008 and released by Relative Pitch Records in 2013.[1][2]

Reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
All About Jazz[3]

On All About Jazz, Glenn Astarita said "Just Listen is a stylistic outing that institutionalizes the respective musicians' boundless synergy and irrefutable camaraderie. You can't learn this stuff in school. From a duet-based perspective, it's a match made in heaven".[3] In JazzTimes Britt Robson wrote "As you’d expect, Frisell comfortably plunges into genres ranging from back-porch country to spazzed-out electronica to free improvisation, although most of the best moments bear the kinetics of jazz-rock fusion. The guitarist can be a reliably stimulating colorist whether leading or responding, but on Just Listen he initiates most of the action. Despite their extensive experience together, the spontaneous compositions are merely interesting, leaving the half-dozen covers to meet the lofty standard inevitably raised by this tandem. Fortunately, they do".[4]

Track listing[edit]

  1. "Surprise/Benny's Bugle" (Joey Baron, Bill Frisell/Benny Goodman) – 7:33
  2. "Trick Memory" (Baron, Frisell) – 5:49
  3. "Pick Apart" (Frisell) – 3:02
  4. "Night Howl" (Baron) – 5:07
  5. "A Change Is Gonna Come" (Sam Cooke) – 8:40
  6. "Cherokee" (Ray Noble) – 7:36
  7. "Mood" (Ron Carter) – 5:53
  8. "My Little Suede Shoes" (Charlie Parker) – 7:46\
  9. "Home on the Road/Follow Your Heart" (Baron, Frisell/John McLaughlin) – 10:25

Personnel[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Bill Frisell discography, accessed April 29, 2019
  2. ^ Relative Pitch Records: album details, accessed April 29, 2019
  3. ^ a b Astarita, G. All About Jazz Review, accessed April 29, 2019
  4. ^ Robson, B. JazzTimes Review, accessed April 29, 2019