# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dave-mckenna
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:33:42.507Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dave-mckenna"
name: "Dave McKenna"
slug: "dave-mckenna"
description: "Dave McKenna was an American jazz pianist known primarily as a solo pianist and for his \"three-handed\" swing style. He was a significant figure in the evolution of jazz piano."
tagline: "American musician (1930-2008)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dave_McKenna.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1930-05-30"
deathDate: "2008-10-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.75
  momentum:             0.2952755905511811
  historical:           9.418828000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7"
    title: "ديف ماكينا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7"
    title: "ديف ماكينا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_McKenna"
    title: "Dave McKenna"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_McKenna"
    title: "Dave McKenna"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_McKenna"
    title: "Dave McKenna"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_McKenna"
    title: "Dave McKenna"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_McKenna"
    title: "Dave McKenna"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%82%A4%E3%83%96%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%83%E3%82%B1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%8A"
    title: "デイブ・マッケンナ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_McKenna"
    title: "Dave McKenna"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a048dfa0-5ce1-40ca-bcdf-56f9d56b32ae"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q386010"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump