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Dave McKenna (May 30, 1930 – October 18, 2008) was an American jazz pianist known primarily as a solo pianist and for his "three-handed" swing style. He was a significant figure in the evolution of jazz piano.
The largest site of its kind devoted to the piano music of the late great Dave McKenna. The site features free full-length private recordings and videos.
Oct 20, 2008 · Dave McKenna, a jazz pianist who began his career as a big-band sideman but became best known for his distinctive solo playing, with a powerful left hand that made a bass player seem unnecessary,...
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. Born in Woonsocket, R.I., McKenna moved to the Cape in 1966 to raise his sons Stephen and Douglas.
Dec 8, 2017 · McKenna emerged from a strong regional New England jazz culture that produced such generational contemporaries as—among others—Phil Woods, Sal Salvador, and Joe Morello, Horace Silver, Gigi Gryce and Paul Motian.
Oct 2, 2009 · Dave McKenna, who started at age 15 in the late 1940s and early '50s with Charlie Ventura and Woody Herman, once said of himself, "I play saloon piano. "I'm a player of tunes first and add my...
Dave McKenna was born in Woonsocket, Rhode Island on May 30th, 1930 and passed away on October 18th, 2008 at the age of 78. He was considered one of the world’s greatest pianists, yet many people, even today, have never heard of McKenna.
