New Faces – New Sounds Explained

New Faces – New Sounds
Type:	studio
Artist:	Kenny Drew Trio
Cover:	New_Faces,_New_Sounds.jpg
Released:	1953
Recorded:	April 16, 1953
Studio:	Van Gelder Studio Hackensack, New Jersey
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	27:21
Label:	Blue Note BLP 5023
Producer:	Alfred Lion
Next Title:	Kenny Drew and His Progressive Piano
Next Year:	1954
Chronology:	Kenny Drew

New Faces – New Sounds is the debut ten-inch LP by American jazz pianist Kenny Drew, recorded on April 16, 1953 and released on Blue Note later that year.

Track listing

Side 1

1. "Yesterdays" (Kern, Harbach) – 5:19
2. "Stella by Starlight" (Victor Young) – 2:27
3. "Gloria (Leon René) – 3:31
4. "Be My Love" (Sammy Cahn, Nicholas Brodzsky) – 2:41

Side 2

1. "Lover, Come Back to Me" (Romberg, Hammerstein II) – 3:31
2. "Everything Happens to Me" (Adair, Dennis) – 4:41
3. "It Might as Well Be Spring" (Rodgers, Hammerstein II) – 2:47
4. "Drew's Blues" (Drew) – 2:24

Personnel

Kenny Drew Trio

• Kenny Drew – piano
• Art Blakey – drums
• Curly Russell – bass

Technical personnel

• Alfred Lion – producer (uncredited)
• Rudy Van Gelder – recording engineer (uncredited)
• Leonard Feather – liner notes