Kenny Drew - Recollections (1989).

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Kenneth Sidney "Kenny" Drew (August 28, 1928 – August 4, 1993) was an American jazz pianist. Drew was born in New York City in 1928 and received piano lessons from the age of five. He attended The High School of Music & Art in Manhattan. Drew's first recording, in 1950, was with Howard McGhee, and over the next two years he worked in bands led by Buddy DeFranco, Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, and Charlie Parker, among others. After a brief period with his own trio in California, Drew returned to New York, playing with Dinah Washington, Johnny Griffin, Buddy Rich, and several others over the following few years. He led many recording sessions throughout the '50s, and in 1957 appeared on John Coltrane's album Blue Train. Drew was one of several American jazz musicians who settled in Europe around this period: he moved to Paris in 1961 and to Copenhagen three years later. While he sacrificed much of the interest of the American jazz audience, he gained a wide following across Europe. Kenny Drew was a well-known figure on the Copenhagen jazz scene, recording many sessions with the Danish bassist Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen. "Living in Copenhagen, and travelling out from there," Drew remarked, "I have probably worked in more different contexts than if I had stayed in New York where I might have got musically locked in with a set-group of musicians. This way, I have been able to keep my musical antennas in shape, while at the same time I have had more time to study and also get deeper into my own endeavors." Drew died in 1993 and was interred in the Assistens Cemetery in Norrebro, Copenhagen. He has a street named after him in southern Copenhagen, "Kenny Drews Vej" (Eng., Kenny Drew Street). _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Tracklist: 01.Golden Earrings (R.Evans/J.Livingston/V.Young)...(00:00) 02.Les Parapluies de Cherbourg (Antoine Le Grand)...(07:10) 03.The Gentle Rain (Luis Bofia)...(13:21) 04.Chateau en Suede (Eric Senechal)...(18:43) 05.In Your Own Sweet Way (Dave Brubeck)...(22:58) 06.Copenhagen Blues (Kenny Drew)...(28:08) 07.The Summer Knows (A.&M.;Bergman/M.Legrand)...(33:37) 08.A Foggy Day (G.&I.;Gershwin)...(38:03) 09.Suddenly It's Spring (J.Burke/J.Van Heusen)...(42:43) 10.Old Danish (Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen)...(47:27) 11.Recollections (Kenny Drew)...(52:09). _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Personnel: 1.Kenny Drew- piano 2.Niels Pedersen- bass 3.Alvin Queen- drums. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Genre:Jazz/Hard Bop Recorded:at Easy Sound Studio,Copenhagen;May 14-15,1989; Label: Timeless Records – CDSJP 333.