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Kenny
Drew Jr. was born in New York City in 1958 to legendary jazz pianist
Kenny Drew. He started music
lessons at the age of four, and after studying classical piano with
his Aunt Marjorie, he branched
out into the area of jazz music.
During his extensive career, Kenny has performed with an enormous
variety of jazz artists, including Stanley Jordan, Out of the Blue (OTB),
Stanley Turrentine, Slide Hampton and the Jazz Masters, the Mingus Big
Band, Steve Grossman, Shirley Horn, Sadao Watanabe, Smokey Robinson,
Frank Morgan, Daniel Schnyder, The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra and
many others.
In 1990 Kenny won the Great American jazz Piano Competition in
Jacksonville FL. He has appeared as a leader at many major festivals,
including the Jacksonville Jazz Festival, Kyoto Jazz Festival,
Savannah on Stage Festival, Clearwater Jazz Festival, and the Newark
Jazz Festival. Within the last couple of years, Kenny has performed at
concerts & in clubs with
The Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, the Faddis/Hampton/Heath Sextet, Steve
Turre, Jack Walrath, David Sanchez, Jack Wilkins, Michael Mossman,
Ronnie Cuber, Steve Slagle, and Marlena Shaw. In 1995, Kenny recorded a
tribute to his father, Passionata, which was released after Kenny
signed to Arkadia Records. The CD features a core trio of Peter
Washington and Lewis Nash augmented by an 11 piece string section arranged by
Bob Belden.
He has also continued his career as a classical musician, performing a
Mozart concerto in April 2000 with the Milwaukee Symphony conducted by
Andreas Delfs and appearing at the International Bach Festival
2000 in Leipzig.
Kenny
Drew Jr. was born in New York City in 1958 to legendary jazz pianist
Kenny Drew. He started music