I love this old Hoagy Carmichael song, I always feel an emotional buzz from its simple and direct lyrics wherever and whenever I play it. Right now, it has a special meaning and so it's time for a new version, time to dust off the bass clarinet and make a quartet arrangement. 

Dave McKeown online

The Nearness Of You, Dave McKeown (for Hannah)

I am a working full-time musician, teaching, performing, composing, recording and arranging, and my gigs in the last few years have included jazz combo, big band jazz, folk, Irish traditional, rock, soul, latin, klezmer, funk, orchestral, chamber, minimal techno, musical theatre and more, so, safe to say, I’ll have a go at anything. 

I'm a firm believer in demolishing boundaries between genres, cultures, languages and ultimately people, and Soundcloud is a terrific place where all this can happen.

Faço música por excesso de ser. Faço música por falta de ser. Esvazio e me completo.