kenny drew kenny drew trio signed as well as percussionist Airto

as well as percussionist Airto Moreira on several tracks

And Bewildered

wrapped in haunting rubato tides

The musical partnership between vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson and tenor saxophonist Harold Land fully blossomed on the 1970 album San Francisco

Familiar Flower

kenny drew kenny drew trio signed as well as percussionist AirtoThe American Danish pianist was long considered underrated, as this 1956 album proves. The LP is also notable for the enviable rhythm section around bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Philly Joe Jones, who, like Drew, would later play with Coltrane. The trio comes together so comfortably in tracks like the breathless bop of Caravan (a Duke Ellington gem) and the cool, swinging Blues for Nica, a tribute to Baroness Pannonica de Koenigswarter, the famous