It Might as Well Be Spring (Kenny Drew album) explained

It Might as Well Be Spring
Type:	Album
Artist:	Kenny Drew
Cover:	It Might as Well Be Spring (Kenny Drew album).jpg
Released:	1982
Recorded:	November 23, 1981
Studio:	Barigozzi Studios, Milano, Italy
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	42:53
Label:	Soul Note SN 1040
Producer:	Giovanni Bonandrini
Chronology:	Kenny Drew
Prev Title:	All the Things You Are
Prev Year:	1981
Next Title:	Havin' Myself a Time
Next Year:	1981

It Might as Well Be Spring is a solo album by American jazz pianist Kenny Drew recorded in 1981 and released on the Soul Note label.^[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review awarded the album 4½ stars stating "Kenny Drew's 1981 solo piano session for Soul Note is a notch better than his 1973 Steeplechase CD, Everything I Love. In the space of less than a decade, the veteran shows tremendous growth".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Kenny Drew except as indicated

1. "Yesterdays" (Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern) - 6:43
2. "Blues for Nils" - 4:25
3. "The Quiet Cathedral" - 5:13
4. "Sunset" - 4:35
5. "It Might as Well Be Spring" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) - 7:01
6. "The Smile of Tanya" (Sahib Shihab) - 5:12
7. "Django" (John Lewis) - 6:04
8. "Dreams" - 3:40

Personnel

• Kenny Drew - piano

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/kenny-drew/catalog/#soul-note-sn-1040 Kenny Drew discography
2. Dryden, K. Allmusic Review accessed June 11, 2012