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Encyclopedia > Kenny Drew

Kenneth Sidney (Kenny) Drew (August 28, 1928 - August 4, 1993) was an American jazz pianist from New York City. 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. In 1961 he moved to Europe, and as a result sacrificed much of the interest of the American jazz audience, but he worked and recorded regularly until his death.


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


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Guardian | Kenny Drew Jr (360 words)
This is the second Kenny Drew to have made an impression on jazz - the first was his pianist father, a formidable American bebop player who emigrated to Europe in the 1960s.
Drew is currently on a British tour, and played two nights in London this week with Geoff Gascoyne on bass and Sebastiaan de Krom on drums.
A ballad dedicated to Drew's father emphasised the remarkably liquid and sensuous sound he brings to slow music, and All the Things You Are was initially hidden in harmonic shifts and darker textures than usual.
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