Pal Joey (Kenny Drew album)

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Pal Joey
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 1958 [1]
RecordedOctober 15, 1957
New York City
Genre Jazz
Length38:04
Label Riverside
RLP 12-249
Producer Orrin Keepnews
Kenny Drew chronology
This Is New
(1957)
Pal Joey
(1958)
Undercurrent
(1960)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]

Pal Joey is an album by American pianist Kenny Drew recorded in 1957 and released on Riverside Records in 1958. The trio plays here pieces from the musical of the same name and other works composed by Rodgers and Hart. The album was first reissued on CD only in 1996 in the US, and in 2006 in Japan. Both editions are currently out of print.

Contents

Track listing

All pieces by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart.

  1. "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" - 4:12
  2. "Do It the Hard Way" - 5:52
  3. "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" - 4:01
  4. "Happy Hunting Horn" - 4:18
  5. "I Could Write a Book" - 4:43
  6. "What Is a Man?" - 5:08
  7. "My Funny Valentine" - 4:09
  8. "The Lady Is a Tramp" - 5:41

Personnel

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References

  1. Billboard Oct 27, 1958
  2. Pal Joey at AllMusic
  3. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 65. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
  4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 404. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.