Live at Bradley's II
{{Infobox album
| name = Live at Bradley's II
| type = Live album
| artist = Kenny Barron Trio
| cover = Live at Bradley's II.jpg
| alt =
| released = September 26, 2005
| recorded = April 6, 1996
| venue = Bradley's, 70 University Place, NYC
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length = 60:07
| label = Universal
983 112 4
| producer = Joanne Klein
| chronology = Kenny Barron
| prev_title = Live at Bradley's
| prev_year = 1996
| next_title = Night and the City
| next_year = 1996
}}
Live at Bradley's II (subtitled The Perfect Set) is a live album by pianist Kenny Barron recorded in New York in 1996 and first released on the French Universal label in 2005 then on Sunnyside Records in the United States.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/kenny-barron/catalog/#gitanes-jazz-983-112-4 Kenny Barron Catalog] accessed January 24, 2017[http://kennybarron.com/recordings/the-perfect-set-live-at-bradleys-ii/ Kenny Barron: recordings], accessed January 24, 2017[http://www.sunnysiderecords.com/release_detail.php?releaseID=256 Sunnyside Records Catalogue], accessed January 24, 2017[https://enciclopediadeljazz.wordpress.com/2016/10/06/kenny-barron-discography/ Enciclopedia del Jazz: Kenny Barron] accessed January 24, 2017Fitzgerald, M. [http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Artists/Barron/kb-disc.php Kenny Barron Discography], accessed January 24, 2019
Reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev2 = All About Jazz
|rev3 = Tom Hull
|rev3score = B+{{cite web |title=Tom Hull: Grade List: Kenny Barron |url=http://tomhull.com/ocston/nm/get_gl.php?n=kenny+barron| publisher=Tom Hull |accessdate=10 July 2020}}
|rev4 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
|rev4score = {{Rating|3|4}}{{cite book|last = Cook|first = Richard|author-link = Richard Cook (journalist)|author2 = Brian Morton|author2-link = Brian Morton (Scottish writer)|title = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings|edition = 9th|series = The Penguin Guide to Jazz|year = 2008|publisher = Penguin|location = London|isbn = 978-0-14-103401-0 | page = 87}}
}}
In the review on Allmusic, Scott Yanow noted " the trio's close interplay and ability to think as one" and said "The results are easily recommended".{{allmusic|class=album|id=mw0000171083|first=Scott|last=Yanow|label=Kenny Barron – Live at Bradley's II: The Perfect Set: Review|accessdate=January 24, 2017}} On All About Jazz Tom Greenland wrote "The Perfect Set: Live at Bradley's II captures three masterful musicians and one enthusiastic audience in mutual jazz worship"Greenland, T. [https://www.allaboutjazz.com/the-perfect-set-live-at-bradleys-ii-kenny-barron-sunnyside-records-review-by-tom-greenland.php All About Jazz Review], December 9, 2005 while Ollie Bivens said "These marvelous sixty minutes of music are like listening to an intimate conversation among long-time friends who are totally respectful of one another's views. This performance was indeed a "perfect set" and a showcase for true "smooth jazz.""Bivens, O. [https://www.allaboutjazz.com/the-perfect-set-live-at-bradleys-ii-kenny-barron-sunnyside-records-review-by-ollie-bivens.php All About Jazz Review], January 19, 2006
Track listing
- House Introductions – 0:32
- "You Don't Know What Love Is" (Gene de Paul, Don Raye) – 15:16
- "The Only One" (Kenny Barron) – 12:51
- "Twilight Song" (Barron) – 11:00
- "Shuffle Boil" (Thelonious Monk) – 6:23
- "Well, You Needn't" (Monk) – 14:05
Personnel
- Kenny Barron – piano
- Ray Drummond – double bass
- Ben Riley – drums
- John Moore – MC