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Passionata
Kenny Drew, Jr.
Label: Arkadia Records
Released: 2022
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Tracks
Passionata; Hush-A-Bye; Dark Beauty; Dedication; When You Wish Upon A Star; Serenity Wave; Summertime; It Might As Well Be Spring; Evening In The Park; Passionata.
Personnel
Kenny Drew, Jr.
piano
Bob Belden
arrangerAdditional Personnel / Information
* Strings arranged by: Bob Belden
Album Description
“This is the kind of record that critics usually hate – lush piano by a virtuoso who likes ornate chords, broad melody, and strings! IGNORE THOSE CRITICS; this is a lovely, frequently moving session.” – Gary Giddins, Modern Maturity In this moving tribute to his father entitled “Passionata”, the dazzling pianist Kenny Drew Jr. plays songs his father wrote, songs his father loved and, in the title track, performs a piece that his father began to compose and which he, Kenny Drew Jr., completed after his father’s death. “Kenny Drew, Jr…. looms large as the new prophet of jazz piano… he invests every line and chord cluster with palpable passion and the kind of creative invention that ought to spook the young lions du jour.” – Philip Booth, Tampa Weekly Planet/Orlando Weekly/Sarasota Herald-Tribune A member of the Mingus Big Band and a regular player alongside Stanley Turrentine, Drew displays the same brilliance with “Passionata”, his 11th release as a leader. The album is pure Jazz classicism. Homage is its guiding principle, and reverie abounds. The pianist, a heroic modern rhapsodist, leads a deeply melodic, rhythmically sublime trio (supplemented by a string orchestra, conducted and arranged by Bob Belden) through the perfumed night air and mid-tempo grooves composed or favored by his late father Kenny Drew, the Bebop pianist who helped make that style today’s common Jazz language. “Beautiful music, beautifully recorded, and played. Like his father before him, Kenny Drew Jr. is a marvelous pianist, and this earnest tribute would have made Drew Sr. Proud and happy. If you appreciate lovely music that is warm, introspective and, yes, passionate, this one’s for you.” – Jack Bowers, www.allaboutjazz.com Along with bassist Peter Washington and drummer Lewis Nash, and featuring Bob Belden’s string arrangements on 4 songs, Kenny Drew, Jr.’s “Passionata” is a fitting tribute to a Jazz great, as well as an example of the depth and passion of Jazz music.
Review
- Passionata by Jack Bowers
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