Kenny Drew, Jr.

Kenny Drew Jr. (June 14, 1958 – August 3, 2014) was an American jazz pianist. His music is known for its hard-swinging bluesy sound and large, two-handed rooty chords contrasting with fast runs. The son of jazz pianist Kenny Drew, he did not credit his father as an influence.

Biography His initial study was in classical music with his aunt and grandmother.

As sideman 1987 Charnett Moffett - The Net Man (Blue Note) 1987 Charnett Moffett - Beauty Within (Blue Note) 1987 Charnett Moffett - Beauty Within (Blue Note) 1993 Hal Melia - Waduyathink (Positive Music) 1993 Mingus Big Band - Mingus Big Band 93: Nostalgia in Times Square (Dreyfus) 1993 Carl Allen & Manhattan Projects - Echoes of our Heroes (Evidence Music) 1994 Steve Slagle - Reincarnation (Steeplechase) 1995 Stanley Turrentine - T Time (MusicMasters) 1995 Michael Philip Mossman - Spring Dance (Claves Jazz (Switzerland)) 1995 John Tank - So In Love (TCB) 1995 Daniel Schnyder - Nucleus (Enja) 1995 Jack Walrath - Journey, Man! (Evidence Music) 1995 Ron McClure - Inner Account (Steeplechase) 1995 Mingus Big Band - Gunslinging Bird (Dreyfus) 1996 Nat Adderley, Jeff Berlin, and Kenny Drew Jr.: Monk in the Sun 1996 Mingus Big Band - Live in Time (Dreyfus) 1996 Jack Wilkins-Kenny Drew Jr. Quartet - Keep in Touch (Claves Jazz) 1996 Ronnie Cuber - In a New York Minute (Steeplechase) 1997 George A. Johnson - Turqoise Connection (A Records / Challenge Records) 1998 David "Bubba" Brooks - Smooth Sailing (TCB) 1998 Warren Vaché - Plays Harry Warren: An Affair to Remember (Zéphyr Records (Brussels)) 1998 Michael Philip Mossman - Spring Dance (TCB) 2000 Daniel Schnyder - Words Within Music (Enja) 2000 Paul F. Kendall/Bob Leto - Excursions (Brownstone Recordings) 2000 Johnny Griffin - Nucleus (Storyville) 2000 Daniel Schnyder - An Evening at Sea (Chiaroscuro) 2001 Paul F. Kendall/Bob Leto - Red Top (Brownstone Recordings) 2001 Paquito D'Rivera - Excursions (Enja) 2002 Cody Moffett - My Favorite Things (TCB) 2002 Daniel Schnyder - Songbook (CCn'C) 2002 Butch Miles - Straight On Till Morning (Nagel Heyer) 2003 Daniel Schnyder/Kenny Drew Jr. Quartet - Da Skale (TCB) 2004 Richard Drexler - Señor Juan Brahms (Nicolosi Productions) 2003 Martirio - Primavera en Nueva York (Sony BMG) 2009 Jeff Rupert – From Memphis to Mobile (Random Act) 2010 Daniel Schnyder - Worlds Beyond Faust (Col Legno) 2010 Thomas Dobler/Kenny Drew Jr "The Oasis and thé Mirage" . Piano/Vibes . 2013 Naples Jazz Orchestra-On a Misty Night (Bob Stone) 2017 Kevin Çelebi - Purge Corruption (Nikki & Heidi Records) (posthumous release)