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Kenny Drew

Kenny Drew

Kenny Drew has been played on NTS in shows including Rahill, featured first on 5 February 2016. Songs played include Chartreuse, Ballade and Round Midnight.

Kenneth Sidney (Kenny) Drew (August 28, 1928 - August 4, 1993) was an American jazz pianist.

Born in New York City, New York, he first recorded with Howard McGhee in 1949, and over the next two years recorded with Buddy DeFranco, Coleman Hawkins, Milt Jackson, Charlie Parker, Buddy Rich, and Dinah Washington. He then led many recording sessions throughout the 1950s, and appeared on John Coltrane's album Blue Train.

Along with several other American jazz musicians who went to Europe, in 1961 he moved to Denmark. 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 Ørsted Pedersen.

On his passing in 1993, Kenny Drew was interred in the Assistens Kirkegård in the Nørrebro section of Copenhagen.

His son Kenny Drew, Jr. is also a jazz pianist.

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Kenny Drew

Kenny Drew has been played on NTS in shows including Rahill, featured first on 5 February 2016. Songs played include Chartreuse, Ballade and Round Midnight.

Kenneth Sidney (Kenny) Drew (August 28, 1928 - August 4, 1993) was an American jazz pianist.

Born in New York City, New York, he first recorded with Howard McGhee in 1949, and over the next two years recorded with Buddy DeFranco, Coleman Hawkins, Milt Jackson, Charlie Parker, Buddy Rich, and Dinah Washington. He then led many recording sessions throughout the 1950s, and appeared on John Coltrane's album Blue Train.

Along with several other American jazz musicians who went to Europe, in 1961 he moved to Denmark. 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 Ørsted Pedersen.

On his passing in 1993, Kenny Drew was interred in the Assistens Kirkegård in the Nørrebro section of Copenhagen.

His son Kenny Drew, Jr. is also a jazz pianist.

Original source: Last.fm

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Chartreuse
Kenny Drew
Norgran Records1954
Ballade
Kenny Drew
Blue Note1961
Round Midnight
Kenny Drew
Baystate1985
Undercurrent
Kenny Drew
Blue Note1961
Winter Flower
Kenny Drew
SteepleChase1974
Trubbel
Kenny Drew, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
SteepleChase1975
Flamenco Sketches
The Modern Jazz Orchestra, Kenny Drew
World Record Club1963
Undercurrent
Kenny Drew
Blue Note1993