Kenny Drew
Piano Solo on
Easy to Love

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Kenny Drew follows Paul Chambers with a single chorus on piano, completing the solo section. Taken at an up-tempo swing tempo of 183 BPM over the 32-bar AA' in C, the improvisation flows with assured, relaxed momentum. Kenny Drew follows with a single piano chorus of understated elegance, his playing complementing the song's sophisticated harmonic language with taste and invention. Recorded for the album Chambers' Music in 1956, the performance captures Kenny Drew at 27 to 28 years old. Easy to Love is a popular standard composed by Cole Porter, originally written for the 1936 MGM musical film Born to Dance, where it was performed by James Stewart and Eleanor Powell.

Kenny Drew was 27 to 28 years old at the time.