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Kenny Barron, Ron Carter and Jeff "Tain" Watts at The Jazz Gallery

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Nate Chinen
Feb 26, 2025
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Kenny Barron and Ron Carter at The Jazz Gallery, Feb. 7, 2025. (Jonathan Chimene)

The version of “Little Waltz” that I know best was captured live at Sweet Basil in late-March of 1977. Ron Carter had composed the song more than a decade prior — it made a rash of initial appearances in 1966, on albums by Bobby Timmons, Duke Pearson, and the Thad Jones-Pep…

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