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Kenny Drew Trio

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Kenny Drew Trio
Studio album by
Released1956
RecordedSeptember 20 & 26, 1956
New York City
StudioReeves Sound Studios
GenreJazz
Length42:51
LabelRiverside
RLP 12-224[1]
ProducerOrrin Keepnews and Bill Grauer
Kenny Drew chronology
Embers Glow
(1956)
Kenny Drew Trio
(1956)
A Harry Warren Showcase
(1957)

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.

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[5]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[6]

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

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Side one

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Side two

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Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Popoff, Martin (September 8, 2009). Goldmine Record Album Price Guide. Penguin. ISBN 9781440229169 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Mathieson, Kenny (March 1, 2012). Cookin': Hard Bop and Soul Jazz 1954-65. Canongate Books. ISBN 9780857866165 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ Kenny Drew discography accessed June 7, 2012
  4. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Kenny Drew Trio – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved May 15, 2015.
  5. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 65. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  6. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 403. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.