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Nobody Else But Me & I'm Old Fashioned

Featuring the music of Dave McKenna
Duration: 5:50

Dave McKenna in a solo piano performance.
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Article: Extended Analysis

Mort Weiss: All Too Soon - A Jazz Duet For Clarinet and Seven String Guitar

Read "Mort Weiss: All Too Soon - A Jazz Duet For Clarinet and Seven String Guitar" reviewed by Samuel Chell


Mort Weiss All Too Soon: A Jazz Duet for Clarinet and Seven String Guitar SMS Jazz 2008 Not the least of this album's attractions is the title. To those few listeners familiar with the tune, “All Too Soon" might summon up one of Duke Ellington's more obscure compositions, were it ...

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News: Obituary

Dave McKenna: Master Jazz Pianist Dies

Dave McKenna: Master Jazz Pianist Dies

Dave McKenna was widely regarded as one of the all-time legends of the jazz piano, but often shunned the spotlight to live and work on the Cape. McKenna, who was 78 when he died yesterday in Pennsylvania from lung cancer, is widely regarded among jazz musicians as one of the best jazz pianists ever to play. ...

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News: Obituary

Dave McKenna: May 30, 1930 - October 18, 2008

Dave McKenna: May 30, 1930 - October 18, 2008

From Dave McKenna's website: It is with great sadness that we let all of Dave's many fans know that he passed away on the morning of October 18. Dave's health had been deteriorating for some time and his death was peaceful, which brings great comfort to all of us who knew and loved him. In time ...

Album

Blues Up

Label: Unknown label
Released: 2007

Album

Love Songs Live!

Label: Nagel Heyer Records
Released: 2001
Track listing: But Beautiful; Every Time We Say Goodbye; Once I Loved; Sweet Lorraine; Skyscraper; The Touch of Your Lips; This Time the Dream's on Me; Sophisticated Lady; O Grande Amor; Stardust,

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Article: Album Review

Dave McKenna: Dave "Fingers" McKenna

Read "Dave "Fingers" McKenna" reviewed by Dave Nathan


Dave McKenna fills more than five pages in Tom Lord's Jazz Discography and those are just his albums as a leader excluding the scores of albums he has been on as a sideman. Although dubbed by many as one of jazz piano's legends, McKenna dismisses it all by saying that he is just a saloon player. ...

Album

Dave McKenna and Buddy DeFranco: You Must Believe in Swing

Label: Concord Music Group
Released: 1998
Track listing: You Must Believe in Swing; Invitation; The Song Is You; If You Could See Me Now; Darn That Dream; Autumn Nocturne; Poor Butterfly; You Must Believe in Spring; Anthropology; Detour Ahead.

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Article: Album Review

Dave McKenna and Buddy DeFranco: Dave McKenna and Buddy DeFranco: You Must Believe in Swing

Read "Dave McKenna and Buddy DeFranco: You Must Believe in Swing" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


Sing, Sing, Sing. Dave McKenna and Buddy DeFranco have been active musicians over approximately that same period. Both are recognized as expert in their respective musical areas. Dave McKenna is an acknowledged master of the swing piano school, specializing in songs of the 1930s. Buddy DeFranco is reputed to be the evolutionary link between Benny Goodman ...

Album

Christmas Ivory

Label: Concord Music Group
Released: 1997


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