Dark Beauty
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Dark Beauty is an album by American pianist Kenny Drew
recorded in 1974 and released on SteepleChase
. It was the first album Drew recorded after his only Blue Note recording, Undercurrent
, released 13 years before.
Tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 11 recorded on May 21, 1974; the rest recorded on May 22.
Kenny Drew
Kenneth Sidney "Kenny" Drew was an American jazz pianist.-Biography:Born in New York City, New York, he first recorded with Howard McGhee in 1949, and over the next two years recorded with Buddy DeFranco, Coleman Hawkins, Milt Jackson, Charlie Parker, Buddy Rich, and Dinah Washington...
recorded in 1974 and released on SteepleChase
SteepleChase Records
SteepleChase Records is a jazz record label based in Copenhagen, Denmark. SteepleChase was founded in 1972 by Nils Winther, who was a student at Copenhagen University at the time...
. It was the first album Drew recorded after his only Blue Note recording, Undercurrent
Undercurrent (Kenny Drew album)
Undercurrent is an album by American pianist Kenny Drew recorded in 1960 and released on the Blue Note label.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Michael G...
, released 13 years before.
Track listing
- "Run Away" (Carstens) - 6:18
- "Dark Beauty" (Drew) - 5:37
- "Summernight" (Dubin, Warren) - 4:10
- "All Blues" (Davis) - 6:28
- "A Felicidade" (Luiz BonfáLuiz BonfáLuiz Floriano Bonfá was a Brazilian guitarist and composer best known for the compositions he penned for the film Black Orpheus.-Biography:...
, Tom Jobim) - 6:00 - "It Could Happen to YouIt Could Happen to You (song)"It Could Happen to You" is a popular standard with music by Jimmy Van Heusen and lyrics by Johnny Burke. The song was written in 1944 and was introduced by Dorothy Lamour in the Paramount musical comedy film, And the Angels Sing....
" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny BurkeJohnny BurkeJohnny Burke was a Newfoundland songwriter and musician. He was nicknamed the 'Bard of Prescott Street'. He wrote many popular songs that artists in the 1930s and 1940s released.Popular songs by Burke include:* The Night Paddy Murphy Died...
) - 6:59 - "Love LettersLove Letters (song)"Love Letters" is a 1945 popular song with music by Victor Young and lyrics by Edward Heyman. The song appeared, without lyrics, in the movie of the same name, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Song for 1945....
" (Victor YoungVictor YoungVictor Young was an American composer, arranger, violinist and conductor. He was born in Chicago.-Biography:...
, Edward HeymanEdward HeymanEdward Heyman was an American musician and lyricist, best known for his compositions "Body and Soul", "When I Fall in Love", and "For Sentimental Reasons". He also contributed many songs for films.-Biography:...
) - 5:15 - "Silk Bossa" (Clausen) - 5:06
- "Blues Inn" (Drew) - 4:54
- "In Your Own Sweet Way" (Dave BrubeckDave BrubeckDavid Warren "Dave" Brubeck is an American jazz pianist. He has written a number of jazz standards, including "In Your Own Sweet Way" and "The Duke". Brubeck's style ranges from refined to bombastic, reflecting his mother's attempts at classical training and his improvisational skills...
) - 7:15 - "Stranger in ParadiseStranger in Paradise (song)"Stranger in Paradise" is a popular song from the 1953 musical Kismet and is credited to Robert Wright and George Forrest. Like all the music in that show, the melody was based on music composed by Alexander Borodin, in this case, the "Gliding Dance of the Maidens," from the Polovtsian...
" - 8:04
Tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 11 recorded on May 21, 1974; the rest recorded on May 22.
Personnel
- Kenny DrewKenny DrewKenneth Sidney "Kenny" Drew was an American jazz pianist.-Biography:Born in New York City, New York, he first recorded with Howard McGhee in 1949, and over the next two years recorded with Buddy DeFranco, Coleman Hawkins, Milt Jackson, Charlie Parker, Buddy Rich, and Dinah Washington...
- piano - Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen - bass
- Albert Heath - drums