Name: Dave "Fingers" McKenna
Brand: Chiaroscuro Records
SKU: 418729
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Dave "Fingers" McKenna

Rating

Album: Dave "Fingers" McKenna
#	Song Title		Time
1)	My Melancholy Baby	More Info...	0:05
2)	Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home	More Info...	0:04
3)	Lonesome Me	More Info...	0:04
4)	Chloe	More Info...	0:06
5)	Stumbling	More Info...	0:06
6)	Somebody Stole My Gal	More Info...	0:05
7)	As Time Goes By	More Info...	0:03
8)	Someday Sweetheart	More Info...	0:03
9)	All Alone	More Info...	0:03
10)	The Curse of an Aching Heart	More Info...	0:03
11)	Melancholy	More Info...	0:03
12)	San Antonio Rose	More Info...	0:04
13)	The Curse of an Aching Heart #2	More Info...	0:04
14)	Somebody Else Is Taking My Place	More Info...	0:03
15)	Willie the Weeper	More Info...	0:04
16)	Blues, Mainly Tin Roof	More Info...	0:06

Album: Dave "Fingers" McKenna
#	Song Title		Time
1)	My Melancholy Baby	More Info...	0:05
2)	Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home	More Info...	0:04
3)	Lonesome Me	More Info...	0:04
4)	Chloe	More Info...	0:06
5)	Stumbling	More Info...	0:06
6)	Somebody Stole My Gal	More Info...	0:05
7)	As Time Goes By	More Info...	0:03
8)	Someday Sweetheart	More Info...	0:03
9)	All Alone	More Info...	0:03
10)	The Curse of an Aching Heart	More Info...	0:03
11)	Melancholy	More Info...	0:03
12)	San Antonio Rose	More Info...	0:04
13)	The Curse of an Aching Heart #2	More Info...	0:04
14)	Somebody Else Is Taking My Place	More Info...	0:03
15)	Willie the Weeper	More Info...	0:04
16)	Blues, Mainly Tin Roof	More Info...	0:06

Performer Notes

Solo performer: Dave McKenna (piano).
Recorded at Downtown Sound, New York, New York in June 1977. Includes liner notes by Hank O'Neal.
Digitally remastered by Jon Bates (MixMasters).
Personnel: Dave McKenna (piano).
Liner Note Author: Hank O'Neal.
Recording information: New York, NY (06/01/1977-06/??/1977).
Editor: Jon Bates.
Photographer: Rollo Phlecks.
Dave McKenna is at his best playing solo piano, as on this two-day session in the studio from 1977. McKenna's strength lies in his basslines and his ability to uplift tunes that often sound hackneyed in the hands of lesser musicians, such as "My Melancholy Baby" and "Somebody Stole My Gal," both of which find the pianist at his most inventive. Also present are overlooked gems like Zez Confrey's "Stumbling" and Irving Berlin's moving ballad "All Alone," played with the melodic swing that jazz fans have come to expect of McKenna. This long-unavailable LP was finally reissued on CD in 2000, with the addition of five bonus tracks, including a loping but brisk treatment of Bob Wills' Texas swing hit "San Antonio Rose" as well as obscurities like the rollicking "Somebody Else Is Taking My Place" and "Willie the Weeper." This solo piano CD should be considered essential by fans of swing. ~ Ken Dryden

Professional Reviews

JazzTimes (12/00, p.132) - "...One of the best of his many Chiaroscuro solo albums..."