Dave McKenna playing C Jam Blues

The great jazz master playing 'C Jam Blues' and 'Sunset and the Mockingbird.'

[@dannyheller4612]

Amazing! The man had the best left hand in jazz!

[@lisamcmahon1462]

C Jam Blues doesn't sound like this when I play it😊 This is the BOMB!

[@terryhammond1253]

🎹 I met Dave in London in the seventies where we were both performing. A sweetheart of a guy and the greatest left hand in jazz piano.

[@lisamcmahon1462]

This sounds like 2 trains out having a good time of it.

[@chrisarnison1103]

How is it possible that I've never heard of this REALLY talented pianist??? And I have been listening to jazz for about 65 years!!

[@ritamcmahan3409]

He is nestled within a Boston Jazz niche

[@thenetworkmystery]

He's been such an inspiration for me in the past year or so! I've really learned to imitate his style quite well I think, and I"m able to use it multiple times a week on gigs. I don't know how I had never heard of him before, now he's one of my favorite pianists!

[@renoraider9817]

That's the sad part. There are probably countless amazing musicians that most people will never hear.

[@IgorDmitrievpiano]

And I too. Increditable!

[@tellitlikeitis-rg4ny]

Check him out with scott hamilton

[@petershaw80]

Brilliant. What a talent this very modest man had.

[@Radiatoron88]

Dave McKenna's playing here of C Jam Blues has got to be the coolest bit of jazz piano playing I've ever heard! Cool to the max!!

[@thenetworkmystery]

I know, right! He's so great, I can never get enough of him, it never gets boring

[@Radiatoron88]

He was one-man band at the piano, totally self-sufficient! He must have had such fun at the piano! Sure wish I could ever do this!!@@thenetworkmystery

[@perfectbiscuit3210]

Corte, your efforts to share such a huge volume of McKenna's playing is much appreciated. It has made a huge difference to me and my musical development.

[@ritamcmahan3409]

5:10 So absolutely, Dave McKenna- beautiful!!! ❤️❤️‍🩹❤️ - The Subtle Genius

[@johnwhitehead3360]

GREAT PIANO MAN

[@robertmassaro8300]

Saw this cat live many many times and there is Nothing more to say!

[@chasecoleman232]

Robert Massaro Me too

[@chasecoleman232]

Me too

[@robkoop7052]

The second song Dave McKenna plays is Duke Ellington's Sunset and The Mockingbird

[@ghairraigh]

The title is Sunset and the Mocking Bird.

[@ericfricke4512]

he knows how to swing!

[@ABDOSPIANO]

Only one word for this stuff…superb….

[@pbratnober]

He was ambidextrous. He could make the piano sing. You can hear the lyrics as Dave plays, even if you don’t know the lyrics. One of the greats!

[@ArgoBeats]

King of Swing.

[@howardstrauss5337]

Great c jam. Masterful.

[@parmisrose]

that left hand!!

[@tanhongzhi2637]

soooo steady and bluesy

[@Radiatoron88]

And seemingly with its own "on-board computer"!

[@barracuda7018]

You should see the left hand virtiosity of great boogie woogie masters of 1940 's Albert Ammons and Meade Lux Lewis...Mind boggling...

[@alessandraking4717]

A great Pianist

[@vova47]

Great playing by master of solo piano. Loved his modulations on diminished chord. I do that sometime. Thanks so much!

[@xaviervatin7902]

AMAZING!

[@alancobain2151]

david McKenna was one of the few pianist that Oscar Peterson liked and appreciated, Oscar made a good choice.

[@ritamcmahan3409]

Oscar Peterson was (rightfully) floored / completely blown away by Dave McKenna's natural talent.

[@kateskeys]

Tell me, who can top this guy? I just love him, his music will live forever.

[@Razorsharpedge]

Erroll Garner

[@mariostoumbas6531]

@@Razorsharpedge of course! Errol Garner was one of his mentors probably!

[@jaquesmonnier7665]

Jolies harmonies comme les vieux les aiment!

[@ABDOSPIANO]

Insane!!’😂

[@changjunli7057]

three handed, amazing

[@davidcastella4991]

Thank you.. SIR,.....

[@billhamelin]

Thanks, Dave!

[@plumbawl5977]

Talked with Steve Rudolph after his set and he sent me here! What amazing chops!

[@Divine6]

what a wonderful sunset....

[@briankatejohnstone1884]

Pure creativity; I'd ha' loved to have head Dave McK' and Oscar P' jam together! The swing and "Built-in Drummer" is right up font!

[@princetongolfrx]

The two best!

[@davidcastella4991]

Minut 5.oo.......great CHANGE.... 🌀

[@淳功夫]

Viva!Newyork Steinway!

[@joeynasar1240]

incredible....as always.

[@dwaynemusik]

Amazing

[@234sail]

A treasure!

[@MrBoryder]

This is the paragon of taste and instinct.

[@Inquisitor6321]

Bellissimo!!

[@dklang]

He does more with his left hand than most people do with their right

[@JanLuley]

oh maaan! I love him. Thanks for sharing. Havent listened to Dave for a too long time!

[@山口大輔-r6p]

That's cool !!

[@jpsc1009]

Thats so neat

[@Radiatoron88]

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!

[@GrumpyStormtrooper]

How do I get a left hand like that? Should I practice it so much it becomes automatic and I don't have to think about it when improvising?

[@frednow]

Yes, that’s exactly what you do. 😬

[@mikedavino2400]

Happy Thanksgiving 2018

[@fastballonly]

Here is a man with three hands.

[@pianoman0609]

Great!

[@dklang]

3 handed style lol. I can see why it's called that in his amazing keyboard mastery. One of the true masters

[@valvetrom]

sweet

[@BuckshotLaFunke1]

Well, there's more than a hint of bebop there.

[@mauriziozambelli7328]

Wow

[@davidcastella4991]

👌👏👏👏🐬

[@zedo1973]

c'e' ne e' abbastanza per restare incantati per tutta la vita 🙂

[@nccomfort1]

How typical of McKenna's dry musical wit to do a cycle of modulations on "C-jam blues". Brilliant.

[@alvistd2168]

Don't ever call a musician "underated on youtube you will catch hell. Perhaps less well known"-I m sure I 'll get some wonderful feedback on that as well.

[@antoniog2854]

WTH is there to dislike? Are ppl deaf?