Kenny Drew Discography - session index

1950 (age 22)

• Howard McGhee All Stars   WOR Studios, NYC, Jan. 23, 1950
• Sonny Stitt 4   NYC, Feb. 17, 1950
• Lester Young Band   Savoy Ballroom, NYC, c. Feb. 22, 1950
• Lester Young 5   Argyle Lounge, Chicago, Apr. 2, 1950
• Leo Parker Mad Lads   Philadelphia, PA, Dec. 28, 1950
• Charlie Parker 5   Birdland, NYC, Dec., 1950

1951

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

1952

• Buddy DeFranco 5 / Buddy DeFranco 4   NYC, Feb. 27, 1952
• Buddy DeFranco 5 / Buddy DeFranco 4   NYC, Mar. 3, 1952
• Buddy DeFranco 4   LA, June 30, 1952
• Buddy DeFranco 4   LA, July 23, 1952
• Buddy DeFranco 4 with Richard Maltby's Orch.   NYC, Oct. 2, 1952
• The Birdland 5 / Paul Quinichette 5   NYC, Dec. 8, 1952

1953

• Buddy DeFranco 4 with Richard Maltby's Orch.   NYC, Jan., 1953
• The Buddy DeFranco 4   NYC, Apr. 15, 1953
• Kenny Drew 3   VGS, Hackensack, NJ, Apr. 16, 1953
• The Buddy DeFranco 4   NYC, Apr. 20, 1953
• The Buddy De Franco 4   The Blue Note, Chicago, Apr. 24, 1953
• The Buddy De Franco 4   The Blue Note, Chicago, May 1, 1953
• Buddy DeFranco 4 with Herman McCoy's Swing Choir   LA, June 5, 1953
• Kenny Drew 3   1953

1954

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

1955

• Dexter Gordon 4   LA, Sep. 18, 1955
• Jack Sheldon 5   Forum Theatre, LA, Nov. 18, 1955
• Kenny Drew 4   Capitol Melrose 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 with Kenny Drew 5   Capitol Studios, LA, Feb., 1956
• Paul Chambers 4   United Western Recorders, LA, Mar. 1 or 2, 1956
• Sonny Criss 5   LA, Mar. 23, 1956
• Jane Fielding with Kenny Drew 5   Capitol Studios, LA, Mar., 1956
• Zoot Sims 6   LA, prob. spr. 1956
• Rita Reys with Art Blakey and JM   NYC, June 25, 1956
• Art Blakey and JM   same location, date
• Ernie Henry 5   Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, Aug. 23 & 30, 1956
• Kenny Drew 3   Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, Sep. 20 & 26, 1956
• Art Farmer 5 with Hank Mobley & Kenny Drew   VGS, Hackensack, NJ, Nov. 23, 1956
• Sonny Rollins 4   VGS, Hackensack, NJ, Dec. 7, 1956

1957

• Kenny Drew - Wilbur Ware 2   Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, Feb., 1957
• Kenny Drew 5   Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, Mar. 28, 1957
• Kenny Drew 4   Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, Apr. 3, 1957
• John Coltrane 6   VGS, Hackensack, NJ, Sep. 15, 1957
• The Kenny Drew 3   Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, Oct. 15, 1957
• Jean Thielemans 5/4   Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, Dec. 30, 1957, & Jan. 7, 1958
• Kenny Drew - Wilbur Ware 2   Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, 1957

1958 (age 30)

• Johnny Griffin 6   Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, Feb. 25, 1958
• Johnny Griffin 4   Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, Feb., 1958
• Chet Baker 4   Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, Aug., 1958
• Buddy Rich 5   Birdland, NYC, Nov. 7, 1958
• Buddy Rich 5   Birdland, NYC, Nov. 8, 1958
• Harry "Sweets" Edison 4   NYC, Nov. 14, 1958

1960

• The Modern Jazz Orch. feat. Kenny Drew   Criteria Recording Studios, Miami, FL, May, 1960
• Jackie McLean - Tina Brooks 6   VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Sep. 1, 1960
• Tina Brooks 5   VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Oct. 20, 1960
• Kenny Dorham 5   NYC, Dec. 9, 1960
• Kenny Drew 5   VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Dec. 11, 1960

1961

• Jackie McLean 5   VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Jan. 8, 1961
• Kenny Dorham 5   VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Jan. 15, 1961
• Tina Brooks 5   VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Mar. 2, 1961
• Kenny Dorham 6   VGS, 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   VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, May 9, 1961
• Grant Green 4   VGS, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, June 4, 1961
• Hagood Hardy 5   Bell Sound Studios, NYC, Aug. 14, 1961

1963

• Rene Thomas 6   Paris, France, Mar. 8, 1963
• Johnny Griffin 4   Jazz Jamboree 63, Warsaw Philharmonic Hall, Warsaw, Poland, Oct. 26, 1963
• Johnny Griffin 4   Jazz Jamboree 63, Warsaw Philharmonic Hall, Warsaw, Poland, Oct. 27, 1963

1964

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

1965

• Ben Webster 4   live in Denmark, Jan. 21, 1965
• Ben Webster 4   Copenhagen, Denmark, Jan. 30, 1965
• Ben Webster 4   Copenhagen, Denmark, Jan. 31, 1965
• Stuff Smith 4   Jazzhus Montmartre, Copenhagen, Denmark, Mar. 18, 1965
• The Stuff Smith 4   Jazzhus Montmartre, Copenhagen, Denmark, Mar. 23, 1965
• Alex Riel 3   Copenhagen, Denmark, spr. 1965
• Dexter Gordon 4   Jazzhus Montmartre, Copenhagen, Denmark, June 24, 1965
• Dexter Gordon 4   Jazzhus Montmartre, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 8, 1965
• Dexter Gordon 4   Jazzhus Montmartre, Copenhagen, Denmark, Aug. 5, 1965
• Dexter Gordon 4 with Donald Byrd   Jazzhus Montmartre, Copenhagen, Denmark, Aug. 19, 1965
• Ben Webster 4   Copenhagen, Denmark, Sep. 5, 1965
• Booker Ervin 4   Berlin Jazz Fest., Berlin, W. Germany, Oct. 29, 1965
• Sonny Rollins 5   broadcast, Berlin Jazz Fest., Berlin, W. Germany, Oct. 30, 1965
• Dexter Gordon 5   Berlin, W. Germany, Oct. 31, 1965

1966

• Dexter Gordon 4 with Pony Poindexter   Jazzhus Montmartre, Copenhagen, Denmark, Jan. 6, 1966
• Brew Moore 4   Jazzhus Montmartre, Copenhagen, Denmark, Feb. 17, 1966
• Bjarne Rostvold 5/4/3   Copenhagen, Denmark, June, 1966
• The Violin Summit   Jazz Im Fauteuil, Basel, 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   Jazzhus Montmartre, Copenhagen, Denmark, June 29, 1967
• Ben Webster 4   Pori, Finland, July 14, 1967, & Mar. 6, 1968
• Dexter Gordon 4   Jazzhus Montmartre, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 20, 1967
• Dexter Gordon 4   Jazzhus Montmartre, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 21, 1967
• Dexter Gordon 4   Jazzhus Montmartre, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 21 or 20, 1967
• Dexter Gordon with The Kenny Drew 3   live in Denmark, Aug. 5, 1967

1968 (age 40)

• Coleman Hawkins 4   Copenhagen, Denmark, Feb. 13, 1968
• Hank Mobley with The Kenny Drew 3   Jazzhus Montmartre, Copenhagen, Denmark, Mar. 10, 1968
• Ben Webster Orch.   Copenhagen, Denmark, Apr. 18, 1968
• Ben Webster Orch.   Copenhagen, Denmark, mid 1968
• Ben Webster 4   same location, date
• Dexter Gordon 5   Bologna, Italy, Aug. 31, 1968
• Sonny Rollins 4   Jazzhus Montmartre, Copenhagen, Denmark, Sep. 6, 1968
• Sonny Rollins with The Kenny Drew 3   Jazzhus Montmartre, Copenhagen, Denmark, Sep. 8, 1968

1969

• The Dexter Gordon - Slide Hampton 6   Metronome Studio, Copenhagen, Denmark, Mar. 10, 1969
• Montmartre Jam Session   Jazzhus Montmartre, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 28, 1969
• Dexter Gordon with The Kenny Drew 3   Jazzhus Montmartre, Copenhagen, Denmark, Sep. 8, 1969
• The Ben Webster 5   Copenhagen, Denmark, Oct. 29, 1969

1970

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

1971

• Sahib Shihab 4   Copenhagen, Denmark, Mar., 1971
• Ray Nance 4   MPS-Tonstudio, Villingen/Black Forest, W. Germany, Nov., 1971
• Dexter Gordon with The Kenny Drew 3   live in Holland, 1971

1972

• Ben Webster 5   Ahus, Sweden, July 13, 1972
• The Great Pescara Jam Sessions   Pescara Jazz, Pescara, Italy, July 29 or 30, 1972
• Jackie McLean 4   Jazzhus Montmartre, Copenhagen, Denmark, Aug. 5, 1972
• Ben Webster - Dexter Gordon 5   Aula Kantonsschule, Baden, Switzerland, Nov. 11, 1972

1973

• Kenny Drew - Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen 2 +   Wifoss Studios, Copenhagen, Denmark, Apr. 2, 1973
• Dizzy Gillespie 6   Paris, France, Apr. 13, 1973
• Johnny Griffin 4   Jazzhus Montmartre, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 4, 1973
• Johnny Griffin 4   Jazzhus Montmartre, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 5, 1973
• Jackie McLean 4   2F, Jazzhus Montmartre, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 18, 1973
• Dexter Gordon 4   De Boerenhofstee, Laren, Holland, July 18, 1973
• Jackie McLean 4   2F, Jazzhus Montmartre, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 19, 1973
• Jackie McLean - Dexter Gordon 5   Jazzhus Montmartre, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 20, 1973
• Jackie McLean - Dexter Gordon 5   Jazzhus Montmartre, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 21, 1973
• Kenny Drew 1   Copenhagen, Denmark, Oct. 1, 1973
• Kenny Drew 1   Copenhagen, Denmark, Nov. 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   Rosenberg Studio, Copenhagen, Denmark, Jan. 13, 1974
• Kenny Drew - Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen 2   Rosenberg Studio, Copenhagen, Denmark, Feb. 11, 1974
• Kenny Drew - Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen 2   Rosenberg Studio, Copenhagen, Denmark, Feb. 12, 1974
• Gene Ammons feat. Nat Adderley, Gary Bartz, & Kenny Drew   CI Recording, NYC, Mar. 18, 19 & 20, 1974
• Kenny Drew 3   Rosenberg Studio, Copenhagen, Denmark, May 21, 1974
• Kenny Drew 3   Rosenberg Studio, Copenhagen, Denmark, May 22, 1974
• Dexter Gordon 4   Rosenberg Studio, Copenhagen, Denmark, May 24, 1974
• Kenny Drew - Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen 2   Het Hoogt, Utrecht, Holland, June 8, 1974
• Dexter Gordon 4   Rosenberg Studio, Copenhagen, Denmark, Sep. 8, 1974

1975

• Chet Baker 4   Pescara Jazz, Pescara, Italy, July 14, 1975
• Chet Baker 4   Stadio Cominale, Pescara, Italy, July 14, 1975
• Chet Baker 5   live in Nice, France, July 24, 1975
• Dexter Gordon 4   Jazz Fest., Zurich, Switzerland, Aug. 23, 1975
• Dexter Gordon 4 +   Jazz Fest., Zurich, Switzerland, Aug. 24, 1975
• Kenny Drew 3   Rosenberg Studio, Copenhagen, Denmark, Sep. 8, 1975
• Dexter Gordon 4   Yubin Chokin Hall, Tokyo, Japan, Oct. 1, 1975
• Ken McIntyre 4   Nov. 19, 1975

1976

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

1977

• Kenny Drew 3   SWF Session, Kaiserlautern, W. Germany, Feb. 3, 1977
• Kenny Drew 5   Feb. 6, 1977
• Kenny Drew 3   Aug. 23, 1977

1978 (age 50)

• Kenny Drew 3 with Svend Asmussen   Copenhagen, Denmark, Feb. 12 & 17, 1978
• Kenny Drew 3   Warsaw, Poland, June 9, 1978
• Zoot Sims and Kenny Drew 3   live in Denmark, Aug. 4, 1978
• Kenny Drew 3 with Clark Terry   Copenhagen, Denmark, Aug. 21, 1978
• Kenny Drew 3 with Zoot Sims   Jazzhus Slukefter, Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen, Denmark, Aug. 24, 1978
• Kenny Drew 3   Spectrum Studios, Venice, CA, Oct. 15, 1978
• Kenny Drew 5   Spectrum Studios, Venice, CA, Oct. 16, 1978
• Kenny Drew 1   Copenhagen, Denmark, Dec. 15, 1978

1980

• Warne Marsh and Kenny Drew 3   RB, Danish Radio, Studio 11, Copenhagen, Denmark, Apr. 21, 1980
• Benny Carter 4   Copenhagen, Denmark, Aug. 17, 1980
• Ernie Wilkins and The Almost Big Band   Copenhagen, Denmark, Oct. 30, & Nov. 2, 1980
• Kenny Drew 3   Copenhagen, Denmark, Nov. 29, 1980
• Teddy Edwards 4   Dec. 5, 1980
• Jesper Thilo 4   Copenhagen, Denmark, Dec. 6, 1980
• Jesper Thilo 5   Copenhagen, Denmark, Dec. 17, 1980

1981

• Kenny Drew 3 with Ernie Wilkins and 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   Barigozzi Studio, 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 with Ernie Wilkins and The Almost Big Band   Copenhagen, Denmark, Sep. 1, 2 & 5, 1982

1983

• 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   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   Sonet Studios, Stockholm, Sweden, July 3, 1985
• The Paris Reunion Band   live in The Hague, Holland, July 14, 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   Sonet Studios, Stockholm, Sweden, Oct. 23 & 24, 1986
• Ernie Wilkins Almost Big Band   Sweet Silence Studios, 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 Gojkovic 4   London, England, Aug. 18, 1987
• Paris Reunion Band   Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, London, England, Nov. 27 & 28, 1987

1988 (age 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   Easy Sound Recording, Copenhagen, Denmark, May 14 & 15, 1989
• Karin Krog   Copenhagen, Denmark, June, 1989

1990

• Kenny Drew and 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 Korner, Tokyo, Japan, Jan. 30-Feb. 2, 1991
• Kenny Drew 3   B.P. Club, Yugoslavia, Mar. 29, 1991
• Kenny Drew 3   Easy Sound Recording, 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, Osaka, Japan, Oct. 14 & 15, 1992

Others

• Six Classic Tenors   Birdland, NYC, unknown date
• Coleman Hawkins   unknown location, date
• Kenny Drew, a.o.   1978-1980, & released Sep. 25, 1996

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