Your Soft Eyes

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Your Soft Eyes
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Studio album by
Kenny Drew
Released1982
RecordedNovember 25–26, 1981
StudioBarigozzi Studios, Milano, Italy
Genre Jazz
Length40:05
Label Soul Note
SN 1031
Producer Giovanni Bonandrini
Kenny Drew chronology
Havin' Myself a Time
(1981)		Your Soft Eyes
(1982)		Playtime: Children's Songs Played by Kenny Drew and Mads Vinding
(1974)
Professional ratings
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Your Soft Eyes is an album by American jazz pianist Kenny Drew, recorded in 1981 and released on the Soul Note label. [4]

Contents

Reception

The AllMusic review stated that "it is well worth tracking down". [1]

Track listing

All compositions by Kenny Drew except as indicated

  1. "Forgotten But Not Gone" - 3:52
  2. "Alone Together" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) - 9:50
  3. "Your Soft Eyes" - 5:06
  4. "Evening in the Park" - 5:18
  5. "How Are Things in Glocca Morra?" (E. Y. Harburg, Burton Lane) - 7:36
  6. "Mads' Blues" - 8:23

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 Dryden, K. AllMusic Review accessed June 11, 2012
  2. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 404. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  3. ↑ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 65. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
  4. ↑ Kenny Drew discography accessed June 11, 2012
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