A Harry Warren Showcase Explained

A Harry Warren Showcase
Type:	Album
Artist:	Kenny Drew
Cover:	A Harry Warren Showcase.jpg
Released:	1957
Recorded:	February 1957 New York City
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	35:55
Label:	Judson L 3004
Producer:	Orrin Keepnews and Bill Grauer, Jr.
Chronology:	Kenny Drew
Prev Title:	Kenny Drew Trio
Prev Year:	1957
Next Title:	A Harold Arlen Showcase
Next Year:	1957

A Harry Warren Showcase is an album by pianist Kenny Drew recorded in 1957 and released on the Riverside Records subsidiary Judson label.^[1] The album was rereleased on CD by Milestone Records as a compilation with its companion album A Harold Arlen Showcase as Kenny Drew Plays the Music of Harry Warren and Harold Arlen in 1995.

Reception

The Allmusic review called the compilation "melodic, tasteful and lightly swinging... a nice set if not all that essential".^[2]

Track listing

"You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby" (Johnny Mercer, Harry Warren) – 2:02
"Lullaby of Broadway" (Al Dubin, Warren) – 1:55
"Remember Me" (Dubin, Warren) – 3:55
"Jeepers Creepers" (Mercer, Warren) – 3:06
"I Only Have Eyes for You" (Dubin, Warren) – 4:02
"You're My Everything" (Mort Dixon, Joe Young, Warren) – 2:42
"You'll Never Know" (Mack Gordon, Warren) – 2:52
"The Boulevard of Broken Dreams" (Dubin, Warren) – 4:04
"You're Getting to Be a Habit with Me" (Dubin, Warren) – 2:04
"Serenade in Blue" (Gordon, Warren) – 3:05
"About a Quarter to Nine" (Dubin, Warren) – 2:33
"September in the Rain" (Dubin, Warren) – 2:35

Personnel

Kenny Drew – piano
Wilbur Ware – bass

Notes and References

http://www.jazzdisco.org/kenny-drew/catalog/#judson-l-3004 Kenny Drew discography
Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed June 7, 2012