DAVE MCKENNA

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One of the top swing-based pianists of the past 25 years, Dave McKenna's hard-driving basslines 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 not achieve that much recognition until he was already in his forties. He joined the Musicians' Union when he was 15 and picked up early experience playing with Boots Mussulli (1947), Charlie Ventura (1949), and Woody Herman's Orchestra (1950-1951). After two years in the military, McKenna had a second stint with Ventura (1953-1954) and then worked with a variety of top swing and Dixieland players including Gene Krupa, Stan Getz, Zoot Sims, Al Cohn, Eddie Condon, Bobby Hackett, and Bob Wilber (in the late '70s), and was a soloist at piano bars in Massachusetts. McKenna had recorded for ABC-Paramount (1956), Epic (1958), read more...
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DAVE MCKENNA Solo Piano (ABC-Paramount) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Solo Piano (ABC-Paramount)
Swing 1955
DAVE MCKENNA The Piano Scene Of Dave McKenna album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Piano Scene Of Dave McKenna
Swing 1959
DAVE MCKENNA Dual Piano Jazz album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Dual Piano Jazz
Swing 1960
DAVE MCKENNA Solo Piano album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Solo Piano
Swing 1973
DAVE MCKENNA Cookin' at Michael's Pub album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Cookin' at Michael's Pub
Swing 1973
DAVE MCKENNA The Dave McKenna Quartet Featuring Zoot Sims album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Dave McKenna Quartet Featuring Zoot Sims
Swing 1975
DAVE MCKENNA By Myself album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
By Myself
Swing 1976
DAVE MCKENNA Dave McKenna / The Wilbur Little Quartet : Oil & Vinegar album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Dave McKenna / The Wilbur Little Quartet : Oil & Vinegar
Swing 1977
DAVE MCKENNA No Holds Barred album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
No Holds Barred
Swing 1977
DAVE MCKENNA Dave 0.00 | 0 ratings
Dave "Fingers" McKenna
Swing 1977
DAVE MCKENNA McKenna album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
McKenna
Swing 1977
DAVE MCKENNA No Bass Hit album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
No Bass Hit
Swing 1979
DAVE MCKENNA Giant Strides album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Giant Strides
Swing 1979
DAVE MCKENNA Left Handed Complement album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Left Handed Complement
Swing 1980
DAVE MCKENNA Piano Mover album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Piano Mover
Swing 1981
DAVE MCKENNA A Celebration of Hoagy Carmichael album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
A Celebration of Hoagy Carmichael
Swing 1983
DAVE MCKENNA The Key Man album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Key Man
Swing 1985
DAVE MCKENNA Dancing In The Dark (And Other Music Of Arthur Schwartz) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Dancing In The Dark (And Other Music Of Arthur Schwartz)
Swing 1986
DAVE MCKENNA My Friend The Piano album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
My Friend The Piano
Swing 1987
DAVE MCKENNA No More Ouzo for Puzo album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
No More Ouzo for Puzo
Swing 1988
DAVE MCKENNA Shadows 'N Dreams album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Shadows 'N Dreams
Swing 1991
DAVE MCKENNA Dave McKenna & Gray Sargent album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Dave McKenna & Gray Sargent
Swing 1993
DAVE MCKENNA Easy Street album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Easy Street
Swing 1995
DAVE MCKENNA Sunbeam and Thundercloud album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Sunbeam and Thundercloud
Swing 1996
DAVE MCKENNA You Must Believe in Swing album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
You Must Believe in Swing
Swing 1997
DAVE MCKENNA Christmas Ivory album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Christmas Ivory
Swing 1997
DAVE MCKENNA Christmas Party: Holiday Piano Spiked with Swing album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Christmas Party: Holiday Piano Spiked with Swing
Swing 2000
DAVE MCKENNA Dave McKenna, Scott Hamilton, Jake Hanna ‎: Double Play album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Dave McKenna, Scott Hamilton, Jake Hanna ‎: Double Play
Swing 2002
DAVE MCKENNA Dave McKenna In Madison album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Dave McKenna In Madison
Swing 2018

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DAVE MCKENNA Live at the Maybeck Recital Hall Series vol.2 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Live at the Maybeck Recital Hall Series vol.2
Swing 1990
DAVE MCKENNA A Handful Of Stars album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
A Handful Of Stars
Swing 1993
DAVE MCKENNA An Intimate Evening With Dave McKenna album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
An Intimate Evening With Dave McKenna
Swing 2002
DAVE MCKENNA Private Recordings At Keyboards Lounge Fireview Park,OH May 18,1981 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Private Recordings At Keyboards Lounge Fireview Park,OH May 18,1981
Swing 2012
DAVE MCKENNA Private Recordings At Keyboards Lounge Fireview Park,OH May 19,1981 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Private Recordings At Keyboards Lounge Fireview Park,OH May 19,1981
Swing 2012

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DAVE MCKENNA The Concord Jazz Heritage Series album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Concord Jazz Heritage Series
Swing 1998
DAVE MCKENNA The Piano Scene of Dave Mckenna: Complete 1958 Recordings album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Piano Scene of Dave Mckenna: Complete 1958 Recordings
Swing 2006

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