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Dave McKenna

Born: May 30, 1930 in Woonsocket, RI

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Genre: Jazz

Styles: Swing, Stride, Mainstream Jazz, Standards

Biography: One of the top swing-based pianists of the past 25 years, Dave McKenna's hard-driving bass lines give momentum to uptempo pieces and his vast knowledge of superior songs from the 1930s has resulted in many rewarding albums of traditional but fresh music. Although talented from the start, McKenna did ...Read full biography

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Blues Up

Released: 2007

Label: Fresh Sounds

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In case you haven't heard, Dave McKenna is one of the most remarkable jazz pianists in the history of the music, further evidenced by this wonderful solo recording, taken from the original 1955 ABC-Paramount ...Read full review

Dancing In The Dark

Released: 1985

Label: Concord Records

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The great swing pianist Dave McKenna performs 11 selections written by Arthur Schwartz, one of the lesser-known (but very talented) songwriters of the golden age of American popular music. Among the pieces ...Read full review

More Dave McKenna albums: Main Albums (35), Compilations (7)

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