Kenny Drew, a talented bop-based pianist, made his recording debut with Howard McGhee in 1949 and in the 1950s featured with a host of jazz performers including Charlie Parker, Lester Young, Dinah Washington and Buddy Rich. Here his trio is captured performing live at the Brewhouse in 1992.
A talented bop-based pianist who was somewhat underrated outside of Europe due to his decision to permanently move to Copenhagen in 1964. He made his recording debut in 1949 with Howard McGhee and in the 1950s was featured on sessions with a who's who of jazz, including Charlie Parker, Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Milt Jackson, Buddy DeFranco's quartet, Dinah Washington, and Buddy Rich (1958). Drew also led sessions for Blue Note, Norgran, Pacific Jazz, Riverside, and the obscure Judson label before he formed a duo with Niels-Henning Orsted Pederson and with a trio and much demanded session man, worked regularly at the Montmartre.