Kenny Drew
USA
Born: 28 August 1928
Died: 04 August 1993
Years Active: 50, 60, 70, 80, 90
Genres: Jazz
Styles: Bop, Hard Bop, Post-Bop, Modal Music, Mainstream Jazz, New Orleans/Classic Jazz
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A talented bop-based pianist (whose son has been one of the brightest pianists of the 1990s), Kenny Drew was somewhat underrated due to his decision to permanently move to Copenhagen in 1964. He made his recording debut in 1949 with Howard McGhee and in the 1950s was featured on sessions with a who's who of jazz, including Charlie Parker, Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Milt Jackson, Buddy DeFranco's quartet, Dinah Washington, and Buddy Rich (1958). Drew led sessions for Blue Note, Norgran, Pacific Jazz, Riverside, and the obscure Judson label d...
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