[Dixielandjazz] Kenny Davern Biography

[Stephen G Barbone]

On Jul 29, 2010, at 8:26 PM, Bill Haesler wrote:

> Dear friends,
> Australian jazz enthusiasts and musicians will recall the numerous  
> visits to Australia by that superb clarinetist Kenny Davern  
> (1935-2006).
> Scarecrow Press has announced the release this week of his biography  
> "The Life and Music of Kenny Davern. Just Four Bars" by Edward N.  
> Meyer. No. 63 in the Scarecrow series, Studies in Jazz.
>  http://www.scarecrowpress.com/Catalog/SingleBook.shtml?command=Search&db=%5EDB/CATALOG.db&eqSKUdata=0810876922
> Kenny first visited Australia in 1977 as the guest of the 32nd  
> Australian Jazz Convention. A wonderful musician and an entertaining  
> man who delighted all of us at the week long jazz event in Hobart,  
> Tasmania.
> (He even sat in twice with my band, to our great delight.)
> His next trip down-under, two years later, was as a sideman with The  
> Worlds Greatest Jazz Band at the 34th Jazz Convention in Perth,  
> Western Australia in 1979.
> More visits followed, with Ralph Sutton (1981) and as featured  
> soloist with Bob Barnard's Band in 1987, 1988 and 1992.
> I think he must have liked us.
> Notwithstanding the US$75 price tag, this new book should be an  
> interesting read, as Kenny was a unique jazz personality.
> Very kind regards,
> Bill.

Dear Bill & Listmates:

Amazon shows it as available for $54 USD.

Cheers,
Steve Barbone
www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband