Here is a collaboration with the wonderfully talented and undeniably funky Spanish percussionist Coco G. Diez; on this track she plays both vibes and marimba. 
Most of you probably know that Under Milk Wood is a play written for radio by the Welsh writer Dylan Thomas, later turned into a film featuring Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor and many other amazing actors. It left a deep impression on me when I was involved in a stage production as a teenager. This musical impression of the play comes from a wonderful 1965 album by British jazz pianist Stan Tracey, featuring the lyrical tenor sax of the young Bobby Wellins. The simple structure belies the same kind of colourful and chromatic harmony that Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn used time and again in their ballads for the likes of Johnny Hodges and Ben Webster.
I transcribed the tune from the recording a couple of years ago and showed it to a few pianists at gigs but one look at the chords and no-one wanted to take it on, so I never got the chance to play it. When I suggested it to Coco however, the response was, “sure, send it to me and I'll work it out”. ….and shortly after I got this beautiful rich vibes and marimba track, perfect in every way, tempo, feel, texture ….the saxophone part came very easily with such an accompaniment to work with....thank you Coco!...please check her music at the link below

http://soundcloud.com/cocogdiez

I took the picture in the Welsh fishing harbour of Tenby

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Under Milk Wood, Dave McKeown with Coco G. Diez

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.

Equipement used:
Vsthosts
VST free & demos
Dell Optiplex core i7  3.4 GHz 8Go ram
Roland ep7e (1992)- Midy5 Cavagnolo (1983)
played live (whithout pre-recording, arranging, editing)