[Dixielandjazz] Kenny Davern - a bit of history?

[Marek Boym]

Wow!
A great story, Tony!
Kenny Davern was among the most versatile traditional clarinet players (to
me, that's from George Lewis to Artie Shaw).  But I've never heard Davern
sounding like anybody I could identify.
I'll take this opportunity to repeat what I've said (and probably written
to the list) many times: one of the most (if not "the most") original
sounds in contemporary jazz is the leader of  the New Black Eagle Jazz
Band, who this time shall remain nameless.
Cheers (just having Jem's 8.8; Jem's is an Israeli craft brewery, and 8.8
refers tothe alcohol contents.  This Belgian style ale can concur with any
Belgian ale I know)

On 7 December 2015 at 14:41, tonypringle <tonypringle at comcast.net> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> This bit of information is not really in line with the current string
> about Kenny and WBD, but may be of interest to some.
>
> Way back in 1970s my friend Brian Williams who played clarinet up in
> Toronto came to visit with the intent of going to possibly buy another
> Albert System Clarinet. We drove to the western part of Massachusetts to
> visit Frank Laidlaw and Brian did try some Albert System Clarinets, but
> didn't find anything he liked. Frank also played clarinet and we had a
> little blow together - 2 clarinets and me on cornet. Then Frank said he had
> something he'd like us to listen to and went away and then came back with
> an LP. He put it on the turntable to play and asked us who we thought was
> in the band. To me the clarinet sounded like George Lewis and the Cornet or
> trumpet was similar to Kid Shots Madison. With a grin Frank informed us it
> was Kenny Davern on clarinet and he himself was the cornet player. It
> turned out that Frank had suffered a mouth injury and turned to playing
> clarinet. To me hearing Kenny sound like George was a shock.
>
> It was no surprise to me when some years later the Black Eagles played a
> festival in Toronto and we used Brian on clarinet. For one of our sets we
> had a special guest - Kenny Davern -  and he fitted in as if he had played
> with us for ever.
>
> Cheers, Tony Pringle
>
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