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Jazz Collection - Vol. 1
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Biography: Kenny Drew
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Kenneth Sidney Drew was an American jazz pianist from New York City. He first recorded with Howard McGhee in 1949 & over the next two years recorded with Buddy DeFranco, Coleman Hawkins, Milt Jackson, Charlie Parker, Buddy Rich & Dinah Washington. He then led many recording sessions throughout the 1950s. In 1961 he moved to Europe & as a result sacrificed much of the interest of the American jazz audience, but he worked & recorded regularly until his death. His son Kenny Drew, Jr. is also a jazz pianist.
Editors Choice: Kenny Drew, Live, View DVDology
Biography: Red Rodney
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Robert Roland Chudnick, who performed as Red Rodney, was an American jazz trumpeter. He became a professional musician at 15, working in the mid- 1940s for Jerry Wald, Jimmy Dorsey, Georgie Auld, Elliott Lawrence, Benny Goodman & Les Brown. He was inspired by hearing Dizzy Gillespie & Charlie Parker to change his style to bebop, moving on to play with Claude Thornhill, Gene Krupa & Woody Herman. In 1949 he accepted an invitation from Charlie Parker to join his quintet. As the only white member of the group he was billed as Albino Red when playing in the southern United States. In 1950 he joined the Charlie Ventura band. He also recorded extensively. In 1958 he left jazz because of diminishing opportunities, reverse racist sentiment against a white bebop trumpeter & problems with the police about his drug addiction. He continued to work in other musical fields. Although he continued to be paid well he supported his drug habit through theft & fraud, eventually spending 27 months in prison. In the early 1970s he was bankrupted by medical costs following a stroke & returned to jazz.
Editors Choice: Birdland, View DVDology
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