Kenny Drew
- MatchKenny Drew
- 100%Sonny Clark
- 92%Horace Parlan
- 87%Jackie McLean
- 86%Johnny Griffin
- 77%Kenny Dorham
- 70%Tina Brooks
- 69%Hampton Hawes
- 68%Bobby Timmons
- 68%Cole Porter
- 68%Duke Ellington
Biography
28 August 1928, New York City, New York, USA, d. 4 August 1993, Copenhagen, Denmark. A child prodigy, Drew studied piano and music, making his first records in 1949 with Howard McGhee. In the 50s, he was much in demand for recording and club sessions by mainstream and modern musicians such as Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young and Charlie Parker. He worked regularly with Buddy De Franco and appeared on John Coltranes seminal Blue Train. Towards the end of the 50s he worked with Buddy Rich, but... Read more