Oscar Klein (trumpet), Kenny Davern (clarinet), Roy Crimmins (trombone), Isla Eckinger (ba
Oscar Klein (trumpet), Kenny Davern (clarinet), Roy Crimmins (trombone), Isla Eckinger (bass), Gregor Beck (drums)
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Kenny Davern (January 7, 1935—December 12, 2006), born John Kenneth Davern, was one of the premier jazz clarinetists of his generation.
He was born in Huntington, Long Island to a family of mixed Jewish and Irish-Catholic ancestry.[1] 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 lead 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 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. His collaboration with Bob Wilber was revived in 1991, the new group being called Summit Reunion. Leading his own quartets since the 1990s, Davern has preferred the guitar to the piano in his rhythm section, employing guitarists Bucky Pizzarelli, Howard Alden and James Chirillo.
In 1997, he was inducted into the Jazz Hall of Fame at Rutgers University, and in 2001 he received an honorary doctorate of music at Hamilton College, Clinton, New York. In addition to the jazz greats that inspired him, Kenny Davern indicates classical clarinetist David Weber, principal solo clarinetist with the New York City Ballet Orchestra, as his most important teacher.
Although playing mainly in traditional jazz and swing settings, his musical interests encompass a much broader range of styles. In 1978 he collaborated with avantgarde players Steve Lacy, Steve Swallow and Paul Motian on a free jazz-inspired album appropriately entitled Unexpected. In addition to his accomplishments in jazz, his ardour and knowledge of classical music is encyclopaedic, particularly of the work of conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler.
Especially since he has been concentrating on exclusively playing the clarinet, Kenny Davern has been calling 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, have made his sound immediately recognizable. In the late 1980s, the New York Times hailed him as "the finest jazz clarinetist playing today". Kenny died of a heart attack at his Sandia Park, New Mexico home.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_Davern
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Sammy Rimington -cl
Philippe de Smet -tb
John Marks -p
Luc van Hoeteghem -bj
Recorded
Sammy Rimington -cl
Philippe de Smet -tb
John Marks -p
Luc van Hoeteghem -bj
Recorded in Molenhoek,The Netherlands 21-4-2002
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Phil Mason (tp, voc), Micky Cooke (tb, voc), Roger Myerscough (cl, bs, voc), Trefor 'Finge
Phil Mason (tp, voc), Micky Cooke (tb, voc), Roger Myerscough (cl, bs, voc), Trefor 'Fingers' Williams (db, voc), 'Gentleman' Jim McIntosh (bj), Laurie Chescoe (dm). Filmed at the 35th anniversary of the 'Freetime Old Dixie Jassband' in Enkhuizen on 30-12-2006.
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Riverside Blues -- King Oliver 1923
It is generally accepted among jazz connoiseurs tha
Riverside Blues -- King Oliver 1923
It is generally accepted among jazz connoiseurs that Joe "King" Oliver's Creole Jazz Band was the finest Negro jazz band ever to make public appearances. With relatively few changes in personnel, it functioned brilliantly and very succesfully at the Royal Gardens in Chicago for about 6 years between 1918 and 1934. All their recordings were made in 1923.
We listen here to the "Riverside Blues" recorded on October 26, 1923 on the Okeh label and this of course is a collecors item
Next to King Oliver on cornet, we also hear Louis Armstrong cornet, Johnny Dodds clarinet, Honore Dutray trombone, Lil Hardin piano, Johnny St. Cyr banjo and Baby Dodds drums.
I have enjoyed, listened and learned very much from this recording already . I have played the tune in many different bands since my early days in jazz in the fifties until now and I hope in this way to bring it to a large number of old and hopefully new fans!
It is generally accepted among jazz connoiseurs that Joe "King" Oliver's Creole Jazz Band was the finest Negro jazz band ever to make public appearances. With relatively few changes in personnel, it functioned brilliantly and very succesfully at the Royal Gardens in Chicago for about 6 years between 1918 and 1934. All their recordings were made in 1923.
We listen here to the "Riverside Blues" recorded on October 26, 1923 on the Okeh label and this of course is a collecors item
Next to King Oliver on cornet, we also hear Louis Armstrong cornet, Johnny Dodds clarinet, Honore Dutray trombone, Lil Hardin piano, Johnny St. Cyr banjo and Baby Dodds drums.
I have enjoyed, listened and learned very much from this recording already . I have played the tune in many different bands since my early days in jazz in the fifties until now and I hope in this way to bring it to a large number of old and hopefully new fans!
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Riverside Blues - Brian Ogivie/Climax Jazz Band 1980
Brian Ogilvie (1954-2004) was pro
Riverside Blues - Brian Ogivie/Climax Jazz Band 1980
Brian Ogilvie (1954-2004) was probably the best reedplayer we had as a permanent member in the band between 1979 and 1981. I always felt that he was inspired by the early New Orleans styled clarinetists like Albert Nicholas, Barney Bigard and particularily Omer Simeon. He played a beautiful style on his soprano sax as well, but gave it up to more concentrate on clarinet and tenor saxophone. There his big love was Lester Young, but his playing often reminded me of Coleman Hawkins and Ben Webster.
Unfortunately our Climax Jazz Band never recorded professionally with Brian in the band. During a jazz festival, I believe in 1980 in Vancouver, someone recorded a few tunes for a life broadcast. I had it in my iTunes collection and after listening to it again I was once more flabbergasted by Brian's inspired approach, his incredible technique and his jazz feeling. And this for a musician who had just turned 25.
Unfortunately for us he left our band in search for broader exposure and when in the early nineties Jim Cullum phoned me to ask if I knew a good clarinet player my suggestion was obvious and Brian joined the Jim Cullum Band for a few years. After this he moved and settled in New Orleans where he played, recorded and got married.He also travelled the globe with many of the jazz greats and died on tour in Scotland. We'll miss him forever.
I'm fortunate to have met his wife Kirsten. We lost touch, so, if anyone know how to reach her, for her I have made a full size video clip of this tune.
Also see my posting of Brian with his brothers Don and Ken
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87CRwC-Zd5o
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Opening night of the newly renovated Cafe Carlyle in NYC and Woody Allen is part of the mu
Opening night of the newly renovated Cafe Carlyle in NYC and Woody Allen is part of the musical entertainment. More videos at http://www.BlogOfG.com
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Band from Cologne. Filmed at Storckshof Dortmund (Germany) on 26-09-2006.
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Band from Cologne. Filmed at Storckshof Dortmund (Germany) on 26-09-2006.
Look at www.papa-joes-jazzmen.de
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Dardanella - Jim Cullum
Dardanella played by the fabulous Jim Cullum Band from San Anto
Dardanella - Jim Cullum
Dardanella played by the fabulous Jim Cullum Band from San Antonio Texas. I consider Jim and his band the very best in its field. Today, some 21 years later, in 2007 with almost completely changed personnel (Howard Elkins, I think, is still with Jim) Jim is still on top of the scene.
Check his website ( http://www.riverwalkjazz.org/ ) and you'll find out soon
why that is.
In 1986 our Climax Jazz Band was invited to a jazz festival in Friday Harbor, the small town on one of the San Juan Islands, just off the coast of Washington State. In one of our sets we were preceded by Jim Cullum's Jazz Band from San Antonio, Texas. I had heard this band before but this was the first time I had a chance to enjoy the full impact of Jim and his superb band.
I also had just bought one of these (then) big Sony video8 cameras and was able to record most of Jim's set. I remember to be really taken by the band's skills, talent, jazz feeling, a band totally honest, nothing phony, a band that just played very hot and in the idiom.
These cassettes have been on the shelf for more than 20 years.
In an email exchange I recently had with Don Mopsick, Jim's bassist and webmaster, he mentioned that Jim would like me to put some of the band's music on Youtube and Dailymotion..
Although not perfect in video quality, as a team of camera men/sound men could have managed, I feel that the spirit that comes through in this session prevails over anything that is planned and organized beforehand.
Jim Cullum cornet, Allan Vache clarinet, Randy Reinhart trombone, John Sheridan piano, Howard Elkins banjo. Jack Wyatt bass ad Ed Torres drums.
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