Kenny Drew - Solo-Duo (2015)
Artist: Kenny Drew
Title: Solo-Duo
Year Of Release: 1996 / 2015
Label: Storyville Records / Solid
Genre: Jazz
Quality: FLAC (image +.cue, log, scans)
Total Time: 01:10:25
Total Size: 278 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:Title: Solo-Duo
Year Of Release: 1996 / 2015
Label: Storyville Records / Solid
Genre: Jazz
Quality: FLAC (image +.cue, log, scans)
Total Time: 01:10:25
Total Size: 278 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
01. Everything I Love
02. Ode to Mariann
03. Willow Weep for Me
04. Swingin' Till the Girls Come Home
05. Yesterdays
06. Blues for Nils
07. A Simple Need
08. Whisper Not
09. Blues for Nils
10. There's No Greater Love
11. Ack Varmeland du Skona
12. Bluesology
The talented, if underrated bebop pianist Kenny Drew spent his last few decades living in Scandinavia after emigrating from the U.S. in 1961. This 1996 CD has previously unreleased material recorded by the Danish Broadcast Corporation featuring Drew at three different periods in time. There are four tunes apiece of Drew in duets with bassist Niels Pedersen in 1966, playing unaccompanied solos in 1978, and duets with bassist Bo Stief in 1983. All dozen numbers (seven jazz standards, a Scandinavian folk song, an obscurity and two Drew originals, including two versions of "Blues for Nils") are quite rewarding. The music is straight-ahead, often harmonically sophisticated, swinging and occasionally unpredictable. An excellent sampling of Kenny Drew's talents. -- Scott Yanow