One of those great Kenny Barron records from a time when it seemed
like the pianist could do no wrong – effortlessly turning out great sessions
like this, with such prolific energy that it's sometimes hard to remember them all! Yet even so, Quickstep is a real standout – a record that shows the maturity Barron was hitting as both a leader and a player at the time – a fierce, focused power that really brings together a great quintet here – with John Stubblefield on tenor, Eddie Henderson on trumpet, David Williams on bass, and Victor Lewis on drums! The record's the sort that
we treasure more and more over the years, and feel
like we never appreciated fully at the time – and titles include "Hindsight", "Quickstep", "Big
Girls", "Here & There", "Once Upon A Time", and "I Wanted To Say".