KENNY DAVERN

It's no secret that John Kenneth Davern (Kenny Davern) was not only one of my favorite musicians but also one of my best friends. I have collected most all of his recorded works along with many unreleased recordings given to me by Kenny & others plus videos of him at various jazz parties.

A new book on Kenny has just been published by Scarecrow Press written by Edward N. Meyer-Just Four Bars. I highly recommend this book to you.

Summertime was performed here at the Mid-America Jazz Festival March 22 1992. Milt Hinton is on the bass & Bobby Rosengarden is on the drums. 

I dedicate this first of many videos to Kenny's wife and our good friend Elsa. We will never hear his beautiful & rare sound "live" again but his music will live on forever as will our memory of our times together.

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