NEA Jazz Master Kenny Barron started his career as a teenager with Philly Joe Jones and moved to New York at 19, playing with Dizzy Gillespie, Freddie Hubbard, and Yusef Lateef. A prolific bandleader, Barron has recorded over 40 albums and has earned 14 Grammy® nominations. A dedicated educator, he taught at Rutgers University for nearly 30 years, mentoring artists like Terence Blanchard and David Sánchez. In 2009 he received the Living Legacy Award from Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation and was inducted into the American Jazz Hall of Fame and won a MAC Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005. He is an eight-time recipient of Best Pianist by the Jazz Journalists Association.