KENNY DAVERN

Swing / Dixieland / Bop / Jazz Education / Avant-Garde Jazz • United States
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He was born in Huntington, Long Island to a family of mixed Jewish and Irish-Catholic ancestry. His mother’s family originally came from Vienna, Austria, where his great-grandfather Alfred Roth had been a colonel in the Austro-Hungarian cavalry, the highest rank accessible to a Jew in the Habsburg Imperial army.

After hearing Pee Wee Russell the first time, he 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 free-lancing with, among others, Red Allen, Ralph Sutton, Yank Lawson and his life-long friend Dick
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KENNY DAVERN Ken Davern And His Salty Dogs : In The Gloryland album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Ken Davern And His Salty Dogs : In The Gloryland
Dixieland 1958
KENNY DAVERN Little Jazz Duets album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Little Jazz Duets
Jazz Education 1968
KENNY DAVERN Kenny Davern, Flip Phillips : John & Joe album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Kenny Davern, Flip Phillips : John & Joe
Bop 1977
KENNY DAVERN Unexpected album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Unexpected
Avant-Garde Jazz 1978
KENNY DAVERN El Rado Scuffle - A Tribute To Jimmie Noone album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
El Rado Scuffle - A Tribute To Jimmie Noone
Bop 1980
KENNY DAVERN Kenny Davern, Humphrey Lyttelton : This Old Gang Of Ours album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Kenny Davern, Humphrey Lyttelton : This Old Gang Of Ours
Bop 1986
KENNY DAVERN One Hour Tonight album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
One Hour Tonight
Dixieland 1988
KENNY DAVERN I'll See You In My Dreams album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
I'll See You In My Dreams
Dixieland 1989
KENNY DAVERN My Inspiration album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
My Inspiration
Dixieland 1992
KENNY DAVERN East Side, West Side album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
East Side, West Side
Swing 1994
KENNY DAVERN Kenny Davern and the Rhythm Men album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Kenny Davern and the Rhythm Men
Swing 1996
KENNY DAVERN Breezin’ Along album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Breezin’ Along
Dixieland 1997
KENNY DAVERN Smiles album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Smiles
Dixieland 1999
KENNY DAVERN Kenny Davern And Bob Wilber ‎: You Ain't Heard Nothin' Yet - Summit Reunion Plays Some Al Jolson Songs album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Kenny Davern And Bob Wilber ‎: You Ain't Heard Nothin' Yet - Summit Reunion Plays Some Al Jolson Songs
Dixieland 2000
KENNY DAVERN The Jazz KENNection album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Jazz KENNection
Swing 2001
KENNY DAVERN No One Else But Kenny album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
No One Else But Kenny
Swing 2006
KENNY DAVERN Dialogues (with Ken Peplowski) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Dialogues (with Ken Peplowski)
Dixieland 2007

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KENNY DAVERN The Hot Three album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Hot Three
Bop 1979
KENNY DAVERN Kenny Davern With The Brian Lemon Trio ‎: The Very Thought Of You album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Kenny Davern With The Brian Lemon Trio ‎: The Very Thought Of You
Swing 1984
KENNY DAVERN Kenny Davern, Dick Wellstood, Chuck Riggs : Live Hot Jazz album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Kenny Davern, Dick Wellstood, Chuck Riggs : Live Hot Jazz
Swing 1986
KENNY DAVERN Kenny Davern Big Three : Playing For Kicks album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Kenny Davern Big Three : Playing For Kicks
Swing 1987
KENNY DAVERN Kenny Davern, John Petters With The Swing Band : Live And Swinging! album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Kenny Davern, John Petters With The Swing Band : Live And Swinging!
Swing 1988
KENNY DAVERN Soprano Summit Live At Thatchers album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Soprano Summit Live At Thatchers
Swing 1992
KENNY DAVERN Kenny Davern, Dick Wellstood ‎: Never In A Million Years... album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Kenny Davern, Dick Wellstood ‎: Never In A Million Years...
Swing 1995
KENNY DAVERN The Last Reunion (Feat. Art Hodes) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Last Reunion (Feat. Art Hodes)
Swing 1998
KENNY DAVERN Kenny Davern, Flip Phillips – Spanish Eyes : Live At The 1995 Floating Jazz Festival album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Kenny Davern, Flip Phillips – Spanish Eyes : Live At The 1995 Floating Jazz Festival
Dixieland 1998
KENNY DAVERN A Night With Eddie Condon album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
A Night With Eddie Condon
Dixieland 2001
KENNY DAVERN Live at the Floating Jazz Festival album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Live at the Floating Jazz Festival
Swing 2002
KENNY DAVERN The Kenny Davern Quartet at the Mill Hill Playhouse album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Kenny Davern Quartet at the Mill Hill Playhouse
Swing 2003
KENNY DAVERN In Concert at the Outpost Performance Space, Albuquerque 2004 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
In Concert at the Outpost Performance Space, Albuquerque 2004
Swing 2005
KENNY DAVERN Live album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Live
Swing 2020

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