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Dave McKenna: An Intimate Evening with Dave McKenna
Dave McKenna (p)
Fidgety Feet / Thought Medley: I Had The Craziest Dream / Thinking of You / The Very Thought of You / Change Medley: There´ll Be Some Changes Made / Change Partners / You´ve Changed / Tea For Two / Street Medley: Easy Street / Broadway / Forty-Second Street / Beale Street Blues / On Green Dolphin Street / Basin Street Blues / Don´t Forget 127th Street / On the Street Where You Live / It´s The Last Dance
Dave McKenna zeigt hier wieder seine oft unterbewertete Technik, ebenso wie seine Liebe zu Melodien, von denen er sich selten allzu weit entfernt. Das Konzertpublikum bestand überwiegend aus Musikern, was bei seinen Auftritten normal ist. Sie kommen immer, um seine wundervolle Art der Phrasierung zu hören; wie er den Song oft neu schreibt, ohne dabei die Melodie zu verlieren; seine vielen Medleys; seine stets unberechenbare, fabelhafte linke Hand, die von einzelnen Tönen über volle Akkorde und Stride und allem ,was dazwischen liegt, reicht. Einige der Songs, die er spielt, hat er zuvor schon aufgenommen, aber das macht nichts, weil jedes Mal, wenn Dave einen Song spielt, dieser er völlig anders klingt. Ein Harmoniewechsel, eine Änderung in Tempo und Phrasierung, all das trägt dazu bei, dass es spannend ist, Dave spielen zu hören.
Aus den Album Notes des Produzenten, Gunnar Jacobsen, der sich kürzlich als Präsident der International Association of Jazz Record Collectors zurückzog.
Arbors Records /rec 1999 /Mainstream /CDs: 1
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"An Intimate Evening with Dave McKenna / From the opening Original Dixieland Jazz Band romp "Fidgety Feet" to the dreamlike "It´s The Last Dance", Mr. McKenna´s orchestral piano is so fulfilling and sometimes overwhelming that, after the concert, a woman told the soloist he had moved her to tears. "I played that bad", he said, smiling. Having listened to the recording often, I find that Mr. McKenna lifts me above the turmoil of global news to a touch of hope for the human condition." Nat Hentoff, The Wall Street Journal, May 10, 2002.
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"Dave McKenna again shows his understated technique, as well as his love of melody from which he seldom strays too far. The audience at the concert was filled with musicians, something which usually happens at his appearances. They always come to hear his wonderful way of phrasing; how he often re-writes the song without losing the melody; his many medleys (he perhaps knows more medleys than any other living pianist today); his marvelous left hand, always unpredictable, ranging from single notes, through full chords and stride and everything in between. Some of the songs he plays here he has recorded before but it really doesn´t matter because every time Dave plays a song it is totally different. A change in keys, tempo and phrasing, all of which makes it very exciting to hear Dave play." From the album notes by Producer, Gunnar Jacobsen, who recently retired as President of the International Association of Jazz Record Collectors.
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