Kenny Drew - Everything I Love

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 1973
File: MP3@224K/s
Time: 45:58
Size: 73,7 MB
Art: Front

(3:47)  1. Sunset
(4:33)  2. Portrait of Mariann
(3:28)  3. Blues for Nils
(5:57)  4. Yesterdays
(3:25)  5. Ev'rything I Love
(2:41)  6. Flamingo
(1:50)  7. Fingering
(4:34)  8. Winter Flower
(5:43)  9. Fall
(4:50) 10. I Can't Get Started
(5:06) 11. Don't Explain

Kenny Drew spent most of his playing career living, performing, and recording in Europe. Everything I Love represents one of his few solo piano outings, recorded over several sessions in late 1973. Drew wasn't particularly well-known as a composer, though his offerings on this CD are enjoyable. Both "Sunset" and "Portrait of Mariann" are shimmering, richly textured ballads, while the dramatic "Flamingo" is a dazzling showpiece, with a definite Spanish air. The haunting "Fall" has a melancholy air, a beautifully understated ballad. The familiar standards are just as intriguing. He slows"Yesterdays" to a crawl, adding a spacious disguised introduction. The deliberate take of the often blandly played "I Can't Get Started" also proves refreshing, bringing out a lyricism and sense of drama that many jazz pianists miss. This is easily one of the best albums of Kenny Drew's career. ~ Ken Dryden http://www.allmusic.com/album/everything-i-love-mw0000652742.

Personnel:  Kenny Drew (Piano).

Everything I Love

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