Down Home (Joey Baron album)

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

Down Home
Studio album by Joey Baron
Released	1997
Recorded	1997
Genre	Jazz
Length	45:16
Label	Intuition INT 3503
Producer	Lee Townsend
Joey Baron chronology
Crackshot (1995) Down Home (1997) We'll Soon Find Out (1999)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
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

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

• Joey Baron – drums
• Arthur Blythe – alto saxophone
• Bill Frisell – guitar
• Ron Carter – bass

References

1. Intuition Music: Joey Baron, accessed December 11, 2014
2. 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