Blues for Nica

Kenny Drew · 1956 · Blues de Drew en hommage à la baronne Pannonica de Koenigswarter

Context

Original by Kenny Drew dedicated to the patron Pannonica de Koenigswarter, on the album Kenny Drew Trio (Riverside RLP 12-224), recorded in September 1956. Trio with Paul Chambers and Philly Joe Jones, who the following year form the rhythm section of Coltrane's Blue Train.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Hard bop. Among the origins and influences of Hard bop: Blues, spirituals, work songs, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's).

By the same artist

• Weird-O (1956)
• Ruby, My Dear (Kenny Drew) (1956)
• Undercurrent (1960)
• Funk-Cosity (1960)
• Lion's Den (1960)
• The Pot's On (1960)

Sources

• EN: Kenny Drew Trio

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