Kenny Drew Jr.
Despite sharing his father's name, Kenny Drew, Jr. was raised by his aunt and grandparents and did not consider Kenny Drew, Sr. to be an influence. He was taught classical music by his mother and grandmother and gigged in clubs as a teenager. He made his recording debut with Charnett Moffett; worked with Stanley Jordan and OTB; and recorded with Eddie Gomez, Sadao Watanabe, and the Mingus Big Band. In 1990, Drew won the Great American Jazz Piano competition at the Jacksonville Jazz Festival. He first led sessions for the Japanese label Jazz City and then had record dates for Antilles, Concord (a solo Maybeck Recital Hall concert), and Claves. Kenny Drew, Jr. died at his home in St. Petersburg, Florida in August 2014; he was 56 years old.
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Discography
12 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Live At the Montreux Jazz Festival '99
Contemporary Jazz - Released by TCB - The Montreux Jazz Label™ on 22 Aug 2006
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The Maybeck Recital Series, Vol. 39
Jazz - Released by Concord Jazz on 7 Aug 1994
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From Memphis to Mobile
Jazz - Released by Random Act Records on 22 Sep 2009
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Follow The Spirit
Jazz - Released by Silva Screen Records Ltd on 23 Jun 2000
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Passionata (with string orchestra)
Jazz - Released by Arkadia Jazz on 26 Nov 2021
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Da Skale
Daniel Schnyder, Kenny Drew Jr., Raetus Flisch, Toni Renold, Gilad
Jazz - Released by TCB - The Montreux Jazz Label™ on 7 Aug 2007
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Passionata (feat. Bob Belden, Peter Washington & Lewis Nash) (with string orchestra)
Jazz - Released by Arkadia Records on 29 Oct 2021
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Summertime (feat. Peter Washington & Lewis Nash)
Jazz - Released by Arkadia Records on 12 Nov 2021
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