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Kenny Drew and His Progressive Piano

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Released
  
1954

Artist
  
Kenny Drew

Producer
  
Norman Granz

Genre
  
Jazz

Length
  
40:09

Release date
  
1954

Label
  
Norgran Records

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Recorded
  
1953 and September 2, 1954New York City and Los Angeles

Kenny Drew and His Progressive Piano(1953-54)
  
Talkin' & Walkin'(1955)

Jazz albums
  
I Love Jerome Kern, Duo Live in Concert, New Faces - New Sou, This Is New, Kenny Drew Trio

Kenny Drew and His Progressive Piano (also released as The Modernity of Kenny Drew) is a 12" LP record album by American jazz pianist Kenny Drew containing sessions recorded in 1953 and 1954 (some of which were originally released as a 10" LP The Ideation of Kenny Drew) and released on the Norgran label.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review states, "[T]his disc is well worth acquiring for bop fans."

Track listing

All compositions by Kenny Drew except as indicated

  1. "Bluesville" - 5:24
  2. "Angie" - 5:36
  3. "I Can Make You Love Me" (Peter DeRose, Bob Russell) - 3:56
  4. "My Beautiful Lady" - 5:36
  5. "Many Miles Away" - 2:43
  6. "52nd Street Theme" (Thelonious Monk) - 3:23
  7. "I'll Remember April" (Gene DePaul Patricia Johnston, Don Raye) - 6:37
  8. "Four and Five" (Byron Gay, Marco H. Hellman) - 3:15
  9. "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) - 4:18
  10. "Lo Flame" - 3:36
  11. "Chartreuse" - 4:31
  12. "Kenny's Blues" - 5:57
  • Recorded in New York City in 1953 (tracks 1-5 & 7) and Los Angeles on September 2, 1954 (tracks 6 & 8-12)

    • Personnel

  • Kenny Drew - piano
  • Gene Wright (tracks 1, 2 & 4-12) - double bass
  • Lawrence Marable (tracks 6 & 8-12), Charles "Specs" Wright (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5 & 7) - drums

    • Songs

    1Bluesville5:24
    2Angie5:36
    3I Can Make You Love Me3:56

    References

    Kenny Drew and His Progressive Piano Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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