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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Peter Keepnews / The Bulletin
October 21, 2008
Dave McKenna, a jazz pianist who began his career as a big-band sideman but became best known for his distinctive solo playing, with a powerful left hand that made a bass player seem unnecessary, died Saturday. He was 78.
The cause was lung cancer, said his companion, Liz Muir of Brookline,....