Kenny Drew - "Undercurrent"

[clifford_thornton]

I love the Evans rec, cover and all, as I've said elsewhere.

The Drew has not got many spins from me, though I probably should give it some refreshing...

[Tom 1960]

I just puchased Undercurrents yesterday and agree with all that's been said. A very fine session. Also, more opportunities to listen to Freddie Hubbard and Hank Mobley is never a bad thing.

[BruceH]

  Tom 1960 said:

I just puchased Undercurrents yesterday and agree with all that's been said. A very fine session. Also, more opportunities to listen to Freddie Hubbard and Hank Mobley is never a bad thing.

Indeed!

[JohnBlutarski]

  Noj said:

Sounds like a good one, nice lineup.

It shares its title with another I want to pick up, with one of the coolest album covers ever:

yeah, that's cool cover!!!

and the music on it?

JB

[JohnBlutarski]

FWIW, the original artwork was b/w printed on a cream colored, textured stock. No type on the front. The type you see above was from the back of the "gatefold" cover. The current reissue is a better repro of the original intentions. The original was lovely but probably anti-sales.

[Durium]

KENNY DREW

Kenny Drew is one of those musicians to be found on dozens of albums, rather anonymous hidden in the rhythm section, but always loom large in the background. Thanks to the great 1960 Blue Note album Undercurrent you can enjoy him as a composer and leader.

Kenny Drew

Contributions | Keep swinging

Durium

[Bluesnik]

Undercurrent is a great session. I have the late 80s first CD release and the JRVG, the latter being far superior to the flat US release. So I guess the new RVG must also be a big sonic improvement over the old CD.

I really like Kenny Drew and another great session is Kenny Drew Trio on Riverside, a great piano trio, which to my ears sounds astonishingly good for a late 80s/early 90s OJC. There must be a VICJ of that one but I'm still happy with my OJC. Recommended.

And I disagree with the dismissal of the Hall/Evans Undercurrent. I find it a great session with nice guitar/piano interplay. Together with the Riversides it's one of my fave Bill Evans. And last remastered to great 24bit sound.

Nice cover by the way, and I never understand why some reissues get new or modified covers in lieu of their original artwork. If there was no title mentioned on the original cover, why not don an obi with the required info instead of altering the artwork? Sound and cover are the two main reasons for a reissue. At least the way I see it.

[zen archer]

  JohnBlutarski said:

FWIW, the original artwork was b/w printed on a cream colored, textured stock. No type on the front. The type you see above was from the back of the "gatefold" cover. The current reissue is a better repro of the original intentions. The original was lovely but probably anti-sales.

Here is the '02 cd reissue, as Chuck is describing (with the somewhat wavy text inside the spine, or whatever you call that spot):

[BruceH]

  Bluesnik said:

And I disagree with the dismissal of the Hall/Evans Undercurrent. I find it a great session with nice guitar/piano interplay. Together with the Riversides it's one of my fave Bill Evans. And last remastered to great 24bit sound.

Nice to hear some more "thumbs-ups" for the Hall/Evans.

[bolivarblues]