It Might as Well Be Spring (Kenny Drew album)

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.

It Might as Well Be Spring
Studio album by Kenny Drew
Released	1982
Recorded	November 23, 1981
Studio	Barigozzi Studios, Milano, Italy
Genre	Jazz
Length	42:53
Label	Soul Note SN 1040
Producer	Giovanni Bonandrini
Kenny Drew chronology
All the Things You Are (1981) It Might as Well Be Spring (1982) Havin' Myself a Time (1981)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic

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".

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