A collection of previously unreleased materials by the Kenny Drew Trio, originally recorded for Japanese labels Baystate and Alpha beween 1972 and 1992, now released to commemmorate the 20th anniversary of his passing. A rich trove of superb piano trio performances!
American pianist Kenny Drew (1928-1993) moved to Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1964. Although he may have somewhat faded from the radar of American jazz fans, he had a fantastic career in Denmark and was beloved by European and Japanese jazz fans. In the late 1970s and 1980s, Drew's popularity in Japan grew to incredible heights when he began recording for Japanese labels such as Baystate and Alpha under a partnership with Japanese producer Makoto Kimata.
To commemmorate the 20th anniversary of Drew's passing, a very special series was launched in Japan in 2013, with a release of previously unpublished materials recorded for the two labels between 1972 and 1992. They are alternate takes and takes that did not make onto the original albums released in this period. Danish super-bassist Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen held the bass chair throughout, and the drummer is either Ed Thigpen, a fellow American expat who had settled in Copenhagen, or Alvin Queen.
It is quite amazing to hear the consistently high quality of these
"outtakes" and to realize that there is enough material to fill 15 CDs
in this series. Actually, many these "outtakes" tend to be more exciting
than those takes that made the original albums. They may have been
"cut" because they were slightly rough around the edges, but perhaps
they were played with more freedom, abandon, and adventurous spirit.
PCCY-30204 - Kenny's Music Still Live On: The Days of Wine and Roses (1978-1992) {50:40}
PCCY-30205 - Kenny's Music Still Live On: Les Parapluies de Cherbourg (1978-1992) {49:06}
PCCY-30206 - Kenny's Music Still Live On: Misty (1978-1992) {50:02}
PCCY-30207 - Kenny's Music Still Live On: Take the 'A' Train (1978-1992) {46:20}
PCCY-30208 - Kenny's Music Still Live On: Lullaby of Birdland (1978-1992) {49:21}
PCCY-30209 - Kenny's Music Still Live On: Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (1978-1992) {50:54}
PCCY-30210 - Kenny's Music Still Live On: Live in Tokyo (1991) {59:34}
PCCY-30211 - Piano Night (1992) {57:29}
PCCY-30212 - Nature Beauty (1978-1980) {54:08}
PCCY-30213 - Live for Peace (1990) {67:05}
PCCY-30214 - A Child Is Born (1978) {44:46}
PCCY-30215 - Hush-A-Bye (1978) {41:27}
PCCY-30216 - Sophisticated Lady (1981) {41:32}
PCCY-30217 - Portrait: Oboe Concerto (1982-1991) {47:10}
PCCY-30218 - Season's Greetings (1988-1989) {37:23}
PCCY-30204 - Kenny's Music Still Live On: The Days of Wine and Roses (1978-1992) {50:40}
Kenny Drew Trio - Kenny's Music Still Live On: The Days of Wine and Roses
01. The Day of Wine and Roses (Mercer-Mancini) - 6:16
02. It Could Happen to You (Van Heusen) - 7:45
03. Someday My Prince Will Come (Churchill) - 4:40
04. Nature Boy (Ahbez-Abba-Casabe) - 4:16
05. It Might as Well Be Spring (Rodgers) - 5:55
06. Sometimes I Feel Like Motherless Child (Trad.) - 3:57
07. Fly Me to the Moon (Howard) - 3:58
08. Easy Living (Rainger-Robin) - 4:46
09. I Don't Know What Time It Was (Rodgers) - 5:05
10. There Is No Greater Love (Jones) - 4:02
Kenny Drew - piano
Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen - bass
Ed Thigpen (#1,3,4,9), Alvin Queen (#2,6-8,10) - drums
Recorded in 1978-1992.
PCCY-30205 - Kenny's Music Still Live On: Les Parapluies de Cherbourg (1978-1992) {49:06}
Kenny Drew Trio - Kenny's Music Still Live On: Les Parapluies de Cherbourg
01. Softly as in a Morning Sunrise (Romberg) - 5:44
02. Les Parapluies de Cherbourg (Legrand) - 6:11
03. Lullaby of the Leaves (Petkere-Young) - 5:12
04. Round Midnight (Monk-Hanighen-Williams) - 3:44
05. Corcovado (Jobim) - 5:00
06. Once Upon a Summertime (Legrand-Barclay) - 4:15
07. Dreamin' (Drew) - 3:52
08. You Don't Know What Love Is (Raye-DePaul) - 4:52
09. Here's That Rainy Day (Van Heusen) - 3:19
10. Images (Drew) - 6:58
Kenny Drew - piano
Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen - bass
Ed Thigpen (#1,3,4,8,9), Alvin Queen (#2,5,6,10) - drums
Recorded in 1978-1992.
PCCY-30206 - Kenny's Music Still Live On: Misty (1978-1992) {50:02}
Kenny Drew Trio - Kenny's Music Still Live On: Misty
01. Stella by Starlight (Young) - 7:14
02. Misty (Garner) - 4:39
03. Autumn in Rome (Cahn-Cicognini-Weston) - 4:22
04. But Not for Me (Gershwin) - 4:37
05. As Time Goes By (Hupfeld) - 3:42
06. Last Tango in Paris (Barbieri) - 7:05
07. Sunset (Drew) - 4:56
08. Blues in Green (Drew) - 3:17
09. The Way We Were (Bergman-Bergman-Hamlisch) - 5:39
10. I'm Old Fashioned (Kern) - 4:31
Kenny Drew - piano
Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen - bass
Ed Thigpen (#1,2,4,9), Alvin Queen (#3,5,6,8,10) - drums
Recorded in 1978-1992.
PCCY-30207 - Kenny's Music Still Live On: Take the 'A' Train (1978-1992) {46:20}
Kenny Drew Trio - Kenny's Music Still Live On: Take the "A" Train
01. Take the "A" Train (Strayhorn) - 4:06
02. What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life (Bergman-Bergman-Legrand) - 6:32
03. Golden Earrings (Young) - 6:37
04. Cleopatra's Dream (Powell) - 5:51
05. Summertime (Gershwin) - 5:08
06. Smiling for You (Drew) - 5:35
07. You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To (Porter) - 3:35
08. Tenderly (Gross) - 6:02
09. Eco Trip (Drew) - 2:52
Kenny Drew - piano
Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen - bass
Ed Thigpen (#1,5,7,8), Alvin Queen (#2,3,4,9) - drums
Recorded in 1978-1992.
PCCY-30208 - Kenny's Music Still Live On: Lullaby of Birdland (1978-1992) {49:21}
Kenny Drew Trio - Kenny's Music Still Live On: Lullaby of Birdland
01. Lullaby of Birdland (Shearing-David) - 6:21
02. It Might as Well Be Spring (Rodgers) - 10:05
03. The Summer Knows (Legrand) - 3:38
04. Django (Lewis) - 5:50
05. The Gentle Rain (Bonfa-Dubey) - 4:33
06. My Ship (Weill) - 3:28
07. On Green Dolphin Street (Kaper-Washington) - 3:20
08. God Bless the Child (Holiday-Herzog) - 7:32
09. On a Slow Boat to China (Loesser) - 4:34
Kenny Drew - piano
Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen - bass
Ed Thigpen (#1,3,6,7,9), Alvin Queen (#2,5,8) - drums
Recorded in 1978-1992.
PCCY-30209 - Kenny's Music Still Live On: Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (1978-1992) {50:54}
Kenny Drew Trio - Kenny's Music Still Live On: Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
01. Evening in the Park (Drew) - 6:39
02. Anastasia (Webster-Newman) - 6:33
03. Polka Dots and Moonbeams (Burke-Van Heusen) - 6:28
04. Isn't It Romantic (Rodgers) - 4:17
05. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (Kern) - 4:34
06. My Romance (Rodgers) - 5:07
07. Yesterdays (Kern) - 6:37
08. Chateau en Suede (Sagan-Le Senechal) - 4:20
09. It Never Entered My Mind (Rodgers) - 6:19
Kenny Drew - piano
Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen - bass
Ed Thigpen (#1,2,3,6), Alvin Queen (#4,5,8,9) - drums
Recorded in 1978-1992.
PCCY-30210 - Kenny's Music Still Live On: Live in Tokyo (1991) {59:34}
Kenny Drew Trio - Kenny's Music Still Live On: Live in Tokyo
01. There Is No Greater Love (Jones) - 8:02
02. All Blues (Davis) - 12:26
03. Don't Explain (Holiday-Herzog) - 7:02
04. Caravan (Ellington-Tizol) - 5:46
05. You Don't Know What Love Is (Raye-DePaul) - 6:55
06. St. Thomas (Rollins) - 4:54
07. Yesterdays (Kern) - 6:47
08. Bluesology (Jackson) - 7:42
Kenny Drew - piano
Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen - bass
Alvin Queen - drums
Recorded live at Keystone Korner, Tokyo in January 1991.
PCCY-30211 - Piano Night (1992) {57:29}
Kenny Drew Trio - Piano Night
01. In Your Own Sweet Way (Brubeck) - 12:01
02. It Might as Well Be Spring (Rodgers) - 9:15
03. Bluesology (Jackson) - 8:56
04. Samba Petite (Pedersen) - 6:13
05. Yesterdays (Kern) - 7:11
06. My Shining Hour (Arlen) - 9:05
07. St. Thomas (Rollins) - 4:48
Kenny Drew - piano
Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen - bass
Alvin Queen - drums
Recorded live at Kurtheater Baden, Switzerland on May 20, 1992.
PCCY-30212 - Nature Beauty (1978-1980) {54:08}
Kenny Drew Trio - Nature Beauty
01. Dear Old Stockholm (Trad.) - 5:20
02. Nature Beauty (Drew) - 3:24
03. Django (Lewis) - 6:47
04. Autumn Leaves (Kosma) - 3:43
05. Water Stream (Drew) - 7:26
06. Dream (Mercer) - 4:13
07. When You Wish Upon a Star (Harline) - 4:55
08. Dream Land (Drew) - 3:35
09. Willow Weep for Me (Ronell) - 4:43
10. Hash-A-Bye (Trad.) - 3:56
11. Finale (Drew) - 6:06
Kenny Drew - piano
Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen - bass
Ed Thigpen - drums
Recorded at Easy Sound Recording, Copenhagen in 1978-1980.
PCCY-30213 - Live for Peace (1990) {67:05}
Kenny Drew Trio - Live for Peace
01. Autumn Leaves (Kosma) - 11:29
02. Stella by Starlight (Young) - 8:47
03. All Blues (Davis) - 13:29
04. Django (Lewis) - 12:17
05. In Your Own Sweet Way (Brubeck) - 11:42
06. Blues (Drew-Mraz-Nash) - 9:21
Kenny Drew - piano
George Mraz - bass
Lewis Nash - drums
Recorded in Zagreb on October 20, 1990.
PCCY-30214 - A Child Is Born (1978) {44:46}
Kenny Drew Trio + 1 - A Child Is Born
01. Funk Dumplin's (Shihab) - 5:09
02. Serenity (Drew) - 4:20
03. Brushes and Brass (Terry) - 3:13
04. Beautiful (Mitchell) - 5:18
05. Snavset Blues (Terry) - 5:49
06. Bayside Cookout (Terry) - 6:29
07. Somebody Done Stole My Blues (Woods) - 4:12
08. A Child Is Born (Jones) - 5:16
09. Silly Samba (Terry) - 5:00
Kenny Drew - piano
Red Mitchell - bass
Ed Thigpen - drums, vocals
Clark Terry - trumpet, flugelhorn, vocals
Recorded at Easy Sound Recording, Copenhagen on August 21, 1978.
PCCY-30215 - Hush-A-Bye (1978) {41:27}
Kenny Drew Trio + 1 - Hush-A-Bye
01. Donna Lee (Parker) - 5:12
02. You Are the Sunshine of My Life (Wonder) - 3:15
03. Golgatha (Trad.) - 3:48
04. Careless Love (Handy-Koenig-Williams) - 6:17
05. Django (Lewis) - 4:59
06. A Pretty Girl (Is Like a Melody) (Berlin) - 4:53
07. Evening in the Park (Drew) - 4:38
08. Bridgetown Baby (Asmussen) - 3:30
09. Hush-A-Bye (Trad.) - 4:56
Kenny Drew - piano
Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen - bass
Ed Thigpen - drums
Svend Asmussen - violin, viola
Recorded at Easy Sound Recording, Copenhagen on February 12-17, 1978.
PCCY-30216 - Sophisticated Lady (1981) {41:32}
Kenny Drew Trio with Almost Big Band - Sophisticated Lady
01. Blues for Duane (Hubbard) - 6:44
02. Serenity (Drew) - 4:41
03. What's This Here Samba (Wilkins) - 7:57
04. Bosko's Business (Wilkins) - 12:04
05. Sophisticated Lady (Ellington) - 3:55
06. Crisis (Hubbard) - 6:11
Kenny Drew - piano
Mads Vinding - bass
Ed Thigpen - drums
with Almost Big Band
Benny Rosenfeld, Falle Bolvig, Vagn Elsberg, Tim Hagans - trumpet
Richard Boone, Erling Kroner - trombone
Ernie Wilkins, Sahib Shihab, Jesper Thilo, Bent Jaedig, Per Goldschmidt - saxophone, flute
Recorded live at "Slukefter Jazz Club", Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen on June 10-11, 1981.
PCCY-30217 - Portrait: Oboe Concerto (1982-1991) {47:10}
Kenny Drew Trio - Portrait: Oboe Concerto
01. More (Ortolani-Oliviero) - 4:39
02. When You Wish Upon a Star (Harline) - 4:43
03. Oboe Concerto in D minor (Marcello-Drew) - 1:44
04. The Way We Were (Bergman-Bergman-Hamlisch) - 5:16
05. Autumn Leaves (Kosma) - 7:08
06. Moonlight Sonata (Beethoven-Drew-Pedersen) - 4:40
07. Dream (Mercer) - 4:26
08. My Funny Valentine (Rodgers) - 4:40
09. Blues in Green (Drew) - 3:47
10. Angel Eyes (Dennis) - 6:06
Kenny Drew - piano
Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen - bass
Ed Thigpen - drums
Recorded at Easy Sound Recording, Copenhagen in 1982-1991.
PCCY-30218 - Season's Greetings (1988-1989) {37:23}
Kenny Drew Trio - Season's Greetings
01. Blue Christmas (Hayes-Johnson) - 2:00
02. Jingle Bells (Drew) - 4:50
03. White Christmas (Berlin) - 4:34
04. Quiet Cathedral (Drew) - 6:09
05. The Christmas Song (Torme-Wells) - 3:28
06. Silent Night (Trad.-Drew) - 5:02
07. Greensleeves (Trad.-Drew-Pedersen) - 4:00
08. Away in a Manger (Trad.-Drew) - 2:07
09. Quiet Chathedral (Piano Solo Version) (Drew) - 5:14
Kenny Drew - piano
Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen - bass
Ed Thigpen - drums
Recorded at Easy Sound Recording, Copenhagen in 1988-1989.
