A Harold Arlen Showcase
1957 studio album by Kenny Drew
A Harold Arlen Showcase | ||||
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Studio album by Kenny Drew | ||||
Released | 1957 | |||
Recorded | February 1957 New York City | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 33:08 | |||
Label | Judson L 3005 | |||
Producer | Orrin Keepnews and Bill Grauer, Jr. | |||
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Allmusic | [1] |
A Harold Arlen Showcase is an album by pianist Kenny Drew recorded in 1957 and released on the Riverside Records subsidiary Judson label.[2] The album was rereleased on CD by Milestone Records as a compilation with its companion album A Harry Warren Showcase as Kenny Drew Plays the Music of Harry Warren and Harold Arlen in 1995.
Reception
The Allmusic review called the compilation "melodic, tasteful and lightly swinging... a nice set if not all that essential".[1]
Track listing
- "Come Rain or Come Shine" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) - 2:43
- "That Old Black Magic" (Arlen, Mercer) - 3:24
- "Over the Rainbow" (Arlen, E. Y. Harburg) - 3:12
- "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" (Arlen, Ted Koehler) - 2:20
- "As Long as I Live" (Arlen, Koehler) - 2:48
- "It's Only a Paper Moon" (Arlen, Harburg, Billy Rose) - 2:15
- "Stormy Weather" (Arlen, Koehler) - 3:00
- "I've Got the World on a String" (Arlen, Koehler) - 2:19
- "Let's Fall in Love" (Arlen, Koehler) - 2:36
- "Ill Wind" (Arlen, Koehler) - 3:02
- "Blues in the Night" (Arlen, Mercer) - 2:42
- "Get Happy" (Arlen, Koehler) - 2:47
Personnel
References
- ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed June 7, 2012
- ^ Kenny Drew discography accessed June 7, 2012
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, except for compilations.
- New Faces – New Sounds (1953)
- Kenny Drew and His Progressive Piano (1953 & 1954)
- Talkin' & Walkin' (1955)
- Kenny Drew Trio (1956)
- A Harry Warren Showcase (1957)
- A Harold Arlen Showcase (1957)
- I Love Jerome Kern (1957)
- This Is New (1957)
- Pal Joey (1957)
- Undercurrent (1960)
- Duo (with Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, 1973)
- Everything I Love (1973)
- Duo 2 (with Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, 1974)
- Dark Beauty (1974)
- If You Could See Me Now (1974)
- Morning (1975)
- Lite Flite (1977)
- Ruby, My Dear (1977)
- Home Is Where the Soul Is (1978)
- For Sure! (1978)
- It Might as Well Be Spring (1981)
- Your Soft Eyes (1981)
- And Far Away (1983)
- Duo Live in Concert (with Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, 1974)
- In Concert (1977)
- Solo-Duo (1996)