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Donald's Encyclopedia of Popular MusicA B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y ZDREW, Kenny(b 28 Aug. '28 NYC; d 4 Aug. '93 Copenhagen) Pianist, a fleet soloist and also a fine accompanist, infl. by Bud Powell but always his own man. Worked with Lester Young and Dexter Gordon '50s; made his own trio albums on Blue Note, Verve, Riverside '53--7; duo tributes to songs of Harry Warren and Harold Arlen on a Judson label and Jerome Kern on Riverside, with bassist Wilbur Ware, and Jazz Impressions Of Pal Joey on Riverside adding Philly Joe Jones, all '57; quintet Undercurrent '60 on Blue Note. He escaped from drugs and racism by relocating to Europe '64, where he played on many a fine set recorded in Scandinavian clubs, for example with Dexter Gordon on Black Lion. There were no more albums as leader until '73, then more than 20 recorded mostly in Europe: nine on Steeplechase '73--8; one made in Warsaw on Poljazz and two made in LA for Xanadu 78; the rest on Japanese labels or Soul Note. Everything I Love '73 and It Might As Well Be Spring '81 (on Soul Note) were solo albums; there were four duo albums with bassist Niels-Henning ]asO[rsted Pedersen, also trios and quartets, and one with a 32-piece orchestra incl. strings: Moonlit Desert '82 on Baystate. |