Confirmation (Barry Harris and Kenny Barron album)

Confirmation is a live album by pianists Kenny Barron and Barry Harris recorded as part of the 7th Annual Riverside Park Arts Festival in 1991 and released on the Candid label.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Confirmation
Live album by Barry Harris-Kenny Barron Quartet
Released	1992
Recorded	September 1, 1991
Venue	Riverside Park Arts Festival, NYC
Genre	Jazz
Length	72:19
Label	Candid CCD 79519
Producer	Mark Morganelli
Kenny Barron chronology
The Moment (1991) Confirmation (1992) Sambao (1992)
Barry Harris chronology
Live at Maybeck Recital Hall Volume Twelve (1991) Confirmation (1991) Barry Harris in Spain (1991)
Reissue Cover

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[6]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[7]

In his review on Allmusic, Ken Dryden noted "The combination of two pianists simultaneously on-stage is the recipe for greatness or a train wreck, but with two masters like Barry Harris and Kenny Barron, the former is a sure bet ... This CD was unavailable for a time when the label changed hands, though it has since been reissued with a new cover with Barron getting top billing instead of Harris".^[6]

Track listing

1. "Confirmation" (Charlie Parker) - 8:58
2. "On Green Dolphin Street" (Bronisław Kaper, Ned Washington) - 7:08
3. "Tenderly" (Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence) - 8:25
4. "Embraceable You" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 9:47
5. "All God's Chillun Got Rhythm" (Kaper, Walter Jurmann, Gus Kahn) - 6:14
6. "Body & Soul" (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton) - 8:56
7. "East of the Sun" (Brooks Bowman) - 10:33
8. "Oleo" (Sonny Rollins) - 6:16
9. "Nascimento" (Barry Harris) - 6:11

Personnel

• Kenny Barron, Barry Harris – Steinway grand piano
• Ray Drummond – bass
• Ben Riley - drums

References

1. Barry Harris Catalog accessed January 23, 2017
2. Kenny Barron: recordings, accessed January 23, 2017
3. Jazz Discography: Candid Records Listing Archived 2016-04-01 at the Wayback Machine, accessed January 23, 2017
4. Candid Records Catalogue, accessed January 23, 2017
5. Fitzgerald, M. Kenny Barron Discography, accessed January 20, 2019
6. Dryden, Ken. Kenny Barron / Barry Harris – Confirmation: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved January 23, 2017.
7. Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 87. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.