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Too Busy

by Kenny Davern

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Too Busy 03:44
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Comes Love 05:04
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Shine 05:08
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Indiana 05:23
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New Orleans 06:20
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about

After hearing Pee Wee Russell the first time, Kenny Davern was convinced that he wanted to be a jazz musician, too; and at the age of 16 he joined the musician's union, first as a baritone saxophone player. In 1954 he joined Jack Teagarden's Band, and after only a few days with the band he made his first jazz recordings. Later on, he worked with bands led by Phil Napoleon and Pee Wee Erwin before joining the Dukes of Dixieland in 1962. The late 1960s found him freelancing with, among others, Red Allen, Ralph Sutton, Yank Lawson and his lifelong friend Dick Wellstood.

At this time, he had also taken up the soprano saxophone, and when a spontaneous coupling with fellow reedman Bob Wilber at Dick Gibson's Colorado Jazz Party turned out be a huge success, one of the most important jazz groups of the 1970s, Soprano Summit, was born. Co-led by Wilber and Davern, both switching between the clarinet and various saxophones, during the next five years Soprano Summit enjoyed a very successful string of record dates and concerts. When the group disbanded in 1979, Davern devoted himself to solely playing clarinet, preferring trio formats with piano and drums.

Especially after concentrating exclusively on playing the clarinet, Kenny Davern called his own an unmatched mastery of the instrument. A full, rounded tone, especially "woody" in the lower chalumeau register, combined with highly personal tone inflections and the ability to hit notes far above the conventional range of the clarinet, made his sound immediately recognizable. In the late 1980s, The New York Times hailed him as "the finest jazz clarinetist playing today".

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released May 31, 2021

Kenny Davern - clarinet, soprano sax

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Various Artists

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Kenny Davern Huntington, New York

John Kenneth Davern (January 7, 1935 – December 12, 2006), was an American jazz clarinetist.
Although he was playing mainly in traditional jazz and swing settings, his musical interests encompass a much broader range of styles.
In the late 1980s, The New York Times hailed him as "the finest jazz clarinetist playing today".
In 1997, he was inducted into the Jazz Hall of Fame at Rutgers University.
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