Kenny Drew

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Kenny Drew was an American jazz pianist and composer known for his work in the bebop and hard bop eras, collaborating with leading saxophonists and recording both as a sideman and bandleader.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American jazz musician
composer
human
jazz pianist
activeYearsEnd 1990s
activeYearsStart 1940s
associatedAct Art Blakey NERFINISHED
Blue Note Records NERFINISHED
Buddy DeFranco NERFINISHED
Charlie Parker NERFINISHED
Dexter Gordon NERFINISHED
John Coltrane NERFINISHED
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen NERFINISHED
Sonny Rollins NERFINISHED
birthDate 1928-08-28
birthPlace New York City
United States of America
surface form: United States
citizenship United States of America
surface form: United States
collaboratedWith leading saxophonists of the bebop and hard bop eras
countryOfResidence Denmark NERFINISHED
deathDate 1993-08-04
deathPlace Copenhagen NERFINISHED
Denmark NERFINISHED
familyName Drew NERFINISHED
genre bebop
hard bop
jazz
givenName Kenneth NERFINISHED
instrument piano
movement bebop
hard bop
name Kenny Drew NERFINISHED
notableEvent became a central figure on the Copenhagen jazz scene
relocated to Europe in the early 1960s
notableWork Dark Beauty NERFINISHED
Duo (with Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen)
Kenny Drew Trio NERFINISHED
Undercurrent NERFINISHED
occupation composer
pianist
recordLabel Blue Note Records
Riverside Records NERFINISHED
SteepleChase Records NERFINISHED
role bandleader
sideman
style bebop-influenced harmony
lyrical improvisation

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Dexter Gordon associatedAct Kenny Drew
Louis Hayes associatedAct Kenny Drew
Chet featuresMusician Kenny Drew