Kenny Drew Trio is an album by pianist Kenny Drew, recorded in 1956 and released on Riverside.[2][3] The album features Drew's tribute to jazz patron Baroness Pannonica de Koenigswarter "Blues for Nica". This band was the rhythm section the following year on sessions for John Coltrane that yielded Blue Train.
Kenny Drew Trio | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1956 | |||
Recorded | September 20 & 26, 1956 New York City | |||
Studio | Reeves Sound Studios | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 42:51 | |||
Label | Riverside RLP 12-224[1] | |||
Producer | Orrin Keepnews and Bill Grauer | |||
Kenny Drew chronology | ||||
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Reception
editReview scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | |
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |
The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states: "Although Drew would have to move to Europe in the early '60s in order to get the recognition he deserved, it is obvious (in hindsight) from this enjoyable date that he was already a major improviser."[4]
Track listing
editSide one
editNo. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Caravan" | Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Juan Tizol | 4:56 |
2. | "Come Rain or Come Shine" | Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer | 6:08 |
3. | "Ruby, My Dear" | Thelonious Monk | 5:46 |
4. | "Weird-O" | Hank Mobley | 4:04 |
Side two
editNo. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Taking A Chance On Love" | Vernon Duke, John Latouche, Ted Fetter | 4:42 |
2. | "When You Wish Upon a Star" | Leigh Harline, Ned Washington | 5:19 |
3. | "Blues for Nica" | Kenny Drew | 5:31 |
4. | "It's Only a Paper Moon" | Harold Arlen, E. Y. "Yip" Harburg, Billy Rose | 6:25 |
Personnel
editReferences
edit- ^ Popoff, Martin (September 8, 2009). Goldmine Record Album Price Guide. Penguin. ISBN 9781440229169 – via Google Books.
- ^ Mathieson, Kenny (March 1, 2012). Cookin': Hard Bop and Soul Jazz 1954-65. Canongate Books. ISBN 9780857866165 – via Google Books.
- ^ Kenny Drew discography accessed June 7, 2012
- ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Kenny Drew Trio – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved May 15, 2015.
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 65. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 403. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.