One of the top swing-based pianists of the past 25 years, Dave McKenna's hard-driving bass lines 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. McKenna teams up, here, with bassist Bob Maize, drummer Jake Hanna and what is called "the Dick Johnson reed section" for a set of standards both fresh and obscure. Johnson, switching between clarinet, alto and flute, works well with McKenna on this small-group swing set; highlights include "Cottontail," "Star Eyes" and Clare Fischer's "Morning."
01 - Nobody Else But Me
02 - Cottontail
03 - Your Eyes Dance With Love
04 - Star Eyes
05 - Morning
06 - The Spider Sat Down Beside Her
07 - In Love In Vain
08 - I Concentrate On You
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