Kenny Drew Discography - session index

1950 (The age of 22)

• Howard McGhee All Stars  WOR Studios, NYC, Jan. 23, 1950
• Sonny Stitt 4  NYC, Feb. 17, 1950
• Charlie Parker 5  WJZ RB, Birdland, NYC, Dec. 8, 1950
• Leo Parker Mad Lads  NYC, Dec. 28, 1950

1951

• Oscar Pettiford 6  NYC, Apr. 28, 1951
• Miles Davis 6  Birdland, NYC, June 2, 1951
• Paul Quinichette 6  Reeves Sound, NYC, Oct. 5, 1951
• Sonny Rollins 4  Apex Studios, NYC, Dec. 17, 1951

1952

• Buddy DeFranco 5  NYC, Feb. 27, 1952
• Buddy DeFranco 5  NYC, Mar. 3, 1952
• Buddy DeFranco 4  Hollywood, CA, June 30, 1952
• Buddy DeFranco 4  Hollywood, CA, July 23, 1952
• Buddy DeFranco 4 w/ Strings  NYC, Oct. 2, 1952
• Paul Quinichette 5  NYC, Dec., 1952

1953 (The age of 25)

• Buddy DeFranco 4  NYC, Jan., 1953
• Buddy DeFranco 4  NYC, Apr. 15, 1953
• Kenny Drew 3  RVG Studio, Hackensack, NJ, Apr. 16, 1953
• Buddy DeFranco 4  NYC, Apr. 20, 1953
• Buddy DeFranco 4  Blue Note Club, Chicago, IL, May 1, 1953
• Buddy DeFranco 5  LA, June, 1953
• Kenny Drew 3  NYC, 1953

1954

• Zoot Sims 5  Hollywood, CA, July 16, 1954
• Clifford Brown - Max Roach 7  Capitol Studios, LA, Aug. 11, 1954
• Kenny Drew 3  LA, Sep. 2, 1954

1955

• Dexter Gordon 4  Hollywood, CA, Sep. 18, 1955
• Jack Sheldon 5  Forum Theatre, LA, Nov. 18, 1955
• Kenny Drew 4  Capitol Studios, LA, Dec., 1955

1956

• Leonard Feather's West Coast Jazzmen  LA, Jan. 26, 1956
• Sonny Criss 5  same location, date
• Sonny Criss 5  LA, Feb. 24, 1956
• Jane Fielding w/ Kenny Drew 5  Capitol Studios, LA, Feb., 1956
• Paul Chambers 4  Western Recorders, LA, Mar. 1 or 2, 1956
• Sonny Criss 5  LA, Mar. 23, 1956
• Jane Fielding w/ Kenny Drew 5  Capitol Studios, LA, Mar., 1956
• Art Blakey & JM  NYC, June 25, 1956
• Rita Reys w/ Art Blakey & JM  same location, date
• Ernie Henry 5  NYC, Aug. 23, 1956
• Ernie Henry 5  NYC, Aug. 30, 1956
• Kenny Drew 3  NYC, Sep. 20 & 26, 1956
• Art Farmer 5  RVG Studio, Hackensack, NJ, Nov. 23, 1956
• Sonny Rollins 4  RVG Studio, Hackensack, NJ, Dec. 7, 1956

1957

• Kenny Drew - Wilbur Ware 2  NYC, Feb., 1957
• Kenny Drew 5  NYC, Mar. 28, 1957
• Kenny Drew 4  NYC, Apr. 3, 1957
• John Coltrane 6  RVG Studio, Hackensack, NJ, Sep. 15, 1957
• Kenny Drew 3  NYC, Oct. 15, 1957
• Jean "Toots" Thielemans 5  NYC, Dec. 30, 1957
• Kenny Drew - Wilbur Ware 2  NYC, 1957
• Kenny Drew - Wilbur Ware 2  same location, date

1958 (The age of 30)

• Jean "Toots" Thielemans 4  NYC, Jan. 7, 1958
• Johnny Griffin 6  NYC, Feb. 25, 1958
• Johnny Griffin 4  NYC, Feb. 26 & 27, 1958
• Chet Baker 4  NYC, Aug., 1958
• Chet Baker 4  same location, date
• Chet Baker 4  same location, date
• Buddy Rich 5  Birdland, NYC, Nov. 7, 1958
• Buddy Rich 5  Birdland, NYC, Nov. 8, 1958
• Harry Edison 4  NYC, Nov. 14, 1958

1960

• Jackie McLean - Tina Brooks 6  RVG Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Sep. 1, 1960
• Tina Brooks 5  RVG Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Oct. 20, 1960
• Kenny Dorham 5  NYC, Dec. 9, 1960
• Kenny Drew 5  RVG Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Dec. 11, 1960

1961

• Jackie McLean 5  RVG Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Jan. 8, 1961
• Kenny Dorham 5  RVG Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Jan. 15, 1961
• Tina Brooks 5  RVG Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Mar. 2, 1961
• Kenny Dorham 6  RVG Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Mar. 19, 1961
• Johnny Coles 4  NYC, Apr. 10 & 13, 1961
• Ted Curson 5  Bell Sound Studios, NYC, Apr. 11, 1961
• Dexter Gordon 4  RVG Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, May 9, 1961
• Grant Green 4  RVG Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, June 4, 1961
• Hagood Hardy 5  NYC, Aug. 14, 1961

1963 (The age of 35)

• Rene Thomas 6  Paris, France, Mar. 8, 1963
• Johnny Griffin 4  Jazz Jamboree, Warsaw, Poland, Oct. 26, 1963
• Johnny Griffin 4  Jazz Jamboree, Warsaw, Poland, Oct. 27, 1963

1964

• Daniel Humair 4  Paris, France, May 28, 1964
• Dexter Gordon 5  Barclay Studios, Paris, France, June 2, 1964

1965

• Ben Webster 4  Copenhagen, Denmark, Jan. 30, 1965
• Ben Webster 4  Copenhagen, Denmark, Jan. 31, 1965
• Ben Webster 4  Copenhagen, Denmark, Mar. 4, 1965
• Stuff Smith 4  Cafe Mountmartre, Jazzhus, Copenhagen, Denmark, Mar. 18, 1965
• Stuff Smith 4  Jazzhus Montmartre, Copenhagen, Denmark, Mar. 23, 1965
• Alex Riel 3  Copenhagen, Denmark, spr. 1965
• Ben Webster 4  Copenhagen, Denmark, Sep. 5, 1965
• Booker Ervin 4  Copenhagen, Denmark, Oct. 29, 1965
• Sonny Rollins 5  broadcast, Berlin, West Germany, Oct. 30, 1965
• Dexter Gordon 5  Berlin, West Germany, Oct. 31, 1965

1966

• The Violin Summit  live in Basel-City, Switzerland, Sep. 30, 1966
• Karin Krog  Oslo, Norway, Nov. 11, 1966
• Karin Krog  Oslo, Norway, Nov. 12, 1966
• Karin Krog  Copenhagen, Denmark, 1966
• Kenny Drew - Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen 2  same location, date

1967

• Johnny Griffin 4  Copenhagen, Denmark, Mar. 30 & 31, 1967
• Dexter Gordon 4  Cafe Mountmartre, Jazzhus, Copenhagen, Denmark, June 29, 1967
• Ben Webster 4  Pori, Finland, July 14, 1967, Mar. 6, 1968
• Dexter Gordon 4  Cafe Mountmartre, Jazzhus, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 20, 1967
• Dexter Gordon 4  Cafe Mountmartre, Jazzhus, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 21, 1967

1968 (The age of 40)

• Coleman Hawkins 4  Copenhagen, Denmark, Feb. 13, 1968
• Ben Webster Orch.  Copenhagen, Denmark, Apr. 18, 1968
• Ben Webster Orch.  Copenhagen, Denmark, middle 1968
• Ben Webster 4  same location, date
• Dexter Gordon 5  Bologna, Italy, Aug. 31, 1968
• Sonny Rollins 4  Kongresshaus, Zurich, Switzerland, Sep. 6, 1968
• Sonny Rollins 4  Cafe Montmartre, Copenhagen, Denmark, Sep., 1968
• Dexter Gordon 4  Continental, 1968

1969

• Dexter Gordon - Slide Hampton 6  Copenhagen, Denmark, Mar. 10, 1969
• Ben Webster 5  Copenhagen, Denmark, Oct. 29, 1969
• Dexter Gordon 4  Continental, 1969

1970

• Karin Krog w/ Dexter Gordon 4  Oslo, Norway, May 10, 1970

1971

• Sahib Shihab 4  Copenhagen, Denmark, Mar., 1971
• Ray Nance 4  Villingen, West Germany, Nov., 1971
• Dexter Gordon 5  Continental, 1971

1972

• Ben Webster 5  Ahus, Sweden, July 13, 1972
• Jackie McLean 4  Cafe Mountmartre, Jazzhus, Copenhagen, Denmark, Aug. 5, 1972
• Ben Webster - Dexter Gordon 5  Baden, Switzerland, Nov. 11, 1972

1973 (The age of 45)

• Kenny Drew 3  Copenhagen, Denmark, Apr. 2, 1973
• Dizzy Gillespie 6  Paris, France, Apr. 13, 1973
• Johnny Griffin 4  Copenhagen, Denmark, July 4, 1973
• Johnny Griffin 4  Copenhagen, Denmark, July 5, 1973
• Jackie McLean 4  2F, Jazzhus, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 18, 1973
• Jackie McLean 4  2F, Jazzhus, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 19, 1973
• Jackie McLean - Dexter Gordon 5  Cafe Mountmartre, Jazzhus, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 20, 1973
• Jackie McLean - Dexter Gordon 5  Cafe Mountmartre, Jazzhus, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 21, 1973
• Kenny Drew 1  Copenhagen, Denmark, Oct. 1, 1973
• Kenny Drew 1  Copenhagen, Denmark, Nov. 8, 1973
• Kenny Drew 1  Copenhagen, Denmark, Nov. 13, 1973
• Kenny Drew 1  Copenhagen, Denmark, Nov. 14, 1973
• Kenny Drew 1  Copenhagen, Denmark, Dec. 31, 1973

1974

• Ken McIntyre 4  Copenhagen, Denmark, Jan. 13, 1974
• Kenny Drew - Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen 2  Copenhagen, Denmark, Feb. 11 & 12, 1974
• Gene Ammons 7  NYC, Mar. 18, 1974
• Gene Ammons 7  NYC, Mar. 19, 1974
• Gene Ammons 6  NYC, Mar. 20, 1974
• Kenny Drew 3  Copenhagen, Denmark, May 21, 1974
• Kenny Drew 3  Copenhagen, Denmark, May 21 & 22, 1974
• Kenny Drew 3  Copenhagen, Denmark, May 22, 1974
• Kenny Drew - Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen 2  Het Hoogt, Utrecht, Holland, June 8, 1974
• Dexter Gordon 4  Copenhagen, Denmark, Sep. 8, 1974

1975

• Chet Baker 4  Fest. Di Pescara, Pescara, Italy, July 14, 1975
• Chet Baker 5  Nice, France, July 24, 1975
• Dexter Gordon 4  Zurich, Switzerland, Aug. 23, 1975
• Dexter Gordon 5  Zurich, Switzerland, Aug. 24, 1975
• Kenny Drew 3  Copenhagen, Denmark, Sep. 8, 1975
• Ken McIntyre 4  Copenhagen, Denmark, Nov. 19, 1975

1976

• Harry Edison - Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis 6  Copenhagen, Denmark, July 6, 1976

1977

• Kenny Drew 3  SWF Session, Kaiserlautern, West Germany, Feb. 3, 1977
• Kenny Drew 5  NYC, Feb. 6, 1977
• Kenny Drew 3  Copenhagen, Denmark, Aug. 23, 1977

1978 (The age of 50)

• Kenny Drew 3 w/ Svend Asmussen  Copenhagen, Denmark, Feb. 12 & 17, 1978
• Kenny Drew 3  Warsaw, Poland, June 9, 1978
• Kenny Drew 3 w/ Zoot Sims  live in Copenhagen, Denmark, Aug. 4, 1978
• Kenny Drew 3 w/ Clark Terry  Copenhagen, Denmark, Aug. 21, 1978
• Kenny Drew 3 w/ Zoot Sims  Jazzhouse Slukefter, Copenhagen, Denmark, Aug. 24, 1978
• Kenny Drew 3  LA, Oct. 15, 1978
• Kenny Drew 3  LA, Oct. 16, 1978
• Kenny Drew 1  Copenhagen, Denmark, Dec. 15, 1978

1980

• Benny Carter 4  Copenhagen, Denmark, Aug. 17, 1980
• Ernie Wilkins & The Almost Big Band  Copenhagen, Denmark, Oct. 30, Nov. 2, 1980
• Kenny Drew 3  Copenhagen, Denmark, Nov. 29, 1980
• Teddy Edwards 4  Copenhagen, Denmark, Dec. 5, 1980
• Jesper Thilo 4  Copenhagen, Denmark, Dec. 6, 1980
• Jesper Thilo 5  Copenhagen, Denmark, Dec. 17, 1980

1981

• Kenny Drew 3 w/ Ernie Wilkins & The Almost Big Band  Copenhagen, Denmark, June 10 & 11, 1981
• Kenny Drew 4  Yubin Chokin Hall, Tokyo, Japan, July 23, 1981
• Kenny Drew 1  Milan, Italy, Nov. 23, 1981
• Kim Parker  Milan, Italy, Nov. 24 & 25, 1981
• Kenny Drew 3  Milan, Italy, Nov. 25 & 26, 1981
• Art Farmer 5  Milan, Italy, Nov. 29 & 30, 1981

1982

• Kenny Drew - Mads Vinding 2  Copenhagen, Denmark, Mar. 1, 2 & 3, 1982
• Kenny Drew 3  Copenhagen, Denmark, Mar. 6 & 7, 1982
• Kenny Drew 3 w/ Ernie Wilkins & The Almost Big Band  Copenhagen, Denmark, Sep. 1, 2 & 5, 1982

1983 (The age of 55)

• Kenny Drew 3  Tokyo, Japan, Jan. 19 & 20, 1983
• Kenny Drew 4  Milan, Italy, Feb. 21, 1983
• Claudio Fasoli 4  Milan, Italy, Feb. 22 & 24, 1983
• Tiziana Ghiglioni  Milan, Italy, Feb. 23, 1983
• Kenny Drew 3  Copenhagen, Denmark, June 12, 1983
• Ernie Wilkins Almost Big Band  Montreux Jazz Fest., Casino De Montreux, Switzerland, July 22, 1983
• Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis 4  Copenhagen, Denmark, Aug. 23, 1983
• Kenny Drew - Bo Stief 2  Grock, Copenhagen, Denmark, Sep. 29, 1983

1984

• Kenny Drew 3  Copenhagen, Denmark, May 30 & 31, 1984

1985

• Lilian Terry  Milan, Italy, May 13-15, 1985
• Paris Reunion Band  Stockholm, Sweden, July 3, 1985
• Kenny Drew 3  Copenhagen, Denmark, Aug. 24 & 25, 1985
• Kenny Drew 3  Copenhagen, Denmark, Aug. 27, 30 & 31, 1985
• Bosko Petrovic 4  Zagreb, Yugoslavia, Oct. 20, 1985

1986

• Kenny Drew 3  Copenhagen, Denmark, June 10 & 11, 1986
• Paris Reunion Band  Paris, France, Oct. 23 & 24, 1986
• Ernie Wilkins Almost Big Band  Copenhagen, Denmark, Nov. 17 & 18, 1986

1987

• Kenny Drew 3  Copenhagen, Denmark, June 16-18, 1987
• Nathan Davis 6  London, England, Aug. 17 & 18, 1987
• Dusko Goykovich 4  London, England, Aug. 18, 1987
• Paris Reunion Band  Paris, France, Nov. 27 & 28, 1987

1988 (The age of 60)

• Kenny Drew 3  Copenhagen, Denmark, Aug. 1-3, 1988
• Doc Cheatham 4  Paris, France, Aug. 30 & 31, 1988
• Harry Edison 4  Paris, France, Oct. 30 & 31, 1988

1989

• Kenny Drew 3  Copenhagen, Denmark, May 14 & 15, 1989
• Kenny Drew 3  same location, date
• Karin Krog  Copenhagen, Denmark, June, 1989

1990

• Kenny Drew & Hank Jones Great Jazz 3  A&R Studios, NYC, Mar. 6 & 7, 1990
• Kenny Drew 3  Copenhagen, Denmark, May 7-9, 1990
• Kenny Drew 3  Baden, Switzerland, May 20, 1990
• Clementine  Paris, France, Aug. 15-17, 1990
• Kenny Drew 3  Zagreb, Yugoslavia, Oct. 20, 1990

1991

• Kenny Drew 3  Keystone Korner, Tokyo, Japan, Jan. 30 & 31, 1991
• Kenny Drew 3  Keystone Corner, Tokyo, Japan, Jan. 30-Feb. 2, 1991
• Kenny Drew 3  B.P. Club, Yugoslavia, Mar. 29, 1991
• Kenny Drew 3  Easy Sound Studio, Copenhagen, Denmark, June 12, 13 & 14, 1991

1992

• Kenny Drew 3  Taunton, England, Mar. 22, 1992
• Kenny Drew 3  Copenhagen, Denmark, June 22, 23 & 24, 1992
• Kenny Drew 3  Blue Note, Osaka, Japan, Oct. 14 & 15, 1992

Others

• Six Classic Tenors  Birdland, NYC, unknown date
• Kenny Drew - Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen  Continental, unknown date
• Coleman Hawkins  unknown location, date
• Lester Young  unknown location, date
• The Modern Jazz Orch.  unknown location, date
• Kenny Drew, a.o.  1978-1980, released Sep. 25, 1996