John Drew (musician)

John Derek Drew , occasionally Johnny Drew (born December 23, 1927 in Sheffield ) is a British jazz bassist of swing and modern jazz .

Live and act

Drew first learned the piano, at the age of 16 bass. He played in various bands for two years, including the British BBC . From 1954 he worked in the United States with Les Elgart , Gene Krupa , Stan Getz , Neal Hefti and Nat Pierce (1956), in the Miami Symphony Orchestra and in 1957 in the trio of singer Barbara Carroll . In New York in 1958 he worked as a freelance musician, among others with Peggy Lee , in 1959 with Marian McPartland and in the Sauter / Finnegan Orchestra. Drew has been involved in numerous recordings such as productions by Toshiko Akiyoshi , Dave McKenna , Benny Carter , Anita O'Day , John Glasel , Dick Garcia / Tony Scott ("A Message from Garcia") and Phil Woods ("Young Woods") ).

Carlo Bohländer , Karl Heinz Holler: Reclams Jazzführer (= Reclams Universal Library. No. 10185). 2nd, revised and expanded edition. Reclam, Stuttgart 1977, ISBN 3-15-010185-9 .
Leonard Feather , Ira Gitler : The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford University Press, New York 1999, ISBN 0-19-532000-X .

personal data
SURNAME	Drew, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Drew, John Derek (full name); Drew, Johnny (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British jazz bassist of swing and modern jazz
DATE OF BIRTH	December 23, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH	Sheffield , UK