Without Deception
Without Deception is a studio album by English jazz bassist Dave Holland, drummer Johnathan Blake, and pianist Kenny Barron. The album was released on by Dare2, Holland's own label. The album was recorded in Mount Vernon, New York, and consists of 10 compositions, including the Thelonious Monk's rarity “Worry Later”. Background The collaboration between Kenny Barron and Dave Holland goes back some 35 years to the mid-1980s. In that time, Barron's trio created the album Scratch. Five years after their last collaboration (The Art of Conversation, Impulse!, 2014), Barron and Holland met again, this time for a trio session with drummer Johnathan Blake. He had previously worked with Barron on his trio album Book of Intuition (2016) and on the quintet album Concentric Circles (2018), but had no playing experience with Holland. The vinyl version of the album contains two bonus tracks: Johnathan Blake's "Can Tomorrow Be Brighter" and Kenny Wheeler's "Mabel". Reception Chris Pearson of The Times commented, "It’s been five years since Kenny Barron and Dave Holland last recorded together, on the duo album The Art of Conversation. This time the pianist and bassist have added a drummer, Johnathan Blake, from Barron’s trio. The result is like a