If You Could See Me Now (Kenny Drew album)

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If You Could See Me Now
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Studio album by
Released1975
RecordedMay 21–22, 1974
StudioRosenberg Studie, Copenhagen, Denmark
Genre Jazz
Length50:53
Label SteepleChase
SCS-1034
Producer Nils Winther
Kenny Drew chronology
Dark Beauty
(1974)
If You Could See Me Now
(1975)
Duo Live in Concert
(1974)
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If You Could See Me Now is an album by pianist Kenny Drew recorded in 1974 and released on the SteepleChase label. [2]

Contents

Reception

The AllMusic review awarded the album 4 stars. [1]

Track listing

  1. "In Your Own Sweet Way" (Dave Brubeck) – 7:32
  2. "If You Could See Me Now" (Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman) – 4:01
  3. "All Souls Here" (Kenny Drew) – 5:21
  4. "I'm Old Fashioned" (Jerome Kern, Johnny Mercer) – 5:55
  5. "Free Flight" (Kenny Drew) – 6:14 Bonus track on CD
  6. "Run Away" (Per Carsten) – 5:56 Bonus track on CD
  7. "Summer Night" (Al Dubin, Harry Warren) – 3:58 Bonus track on CD
  8. "A Stranger in Paradise" (Alexander Borodin, George Forrest, Robert Wright) – 7:53
  9. "Prelude to a Kiss" (Duke Ellington, Irving Gordon, Irving Mills) – 5:05
  10. "This Is the Moment" (Frederick Hollander) – 8:01
  11. "Oleo" (Sonny Rollins) – 3:28

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 AllMusic Review accessed June 8, 2012
  2. Kenny Drew discography accessed June 8, 2012