Died On This Date (October 18, 2008) Dave McKenna / Respected Jazz Pianist

By themusicsover October 18, 2009 #Dave McKenna, #Eddie Condon, #Gene Krupa, #Rosemary Clooney, #Stan Getz, #Tony Bennett

Dave McKenna
May 30, 1930 – October 18, 2008

Dave McKenna was a respected swing jazz pianist who worked with, among others, Gene Krupa, Stan Getz, Rosemary Clooney, Tony Bennett, and Eddie Condon. A lifelong fan of the Boston Red Sox, McKenna was known to listen to Sox games on a transistor radio while performing. He died of cancer at the age of 78.

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