Talk:Kenny Davern
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Kenny Davern did not rate wooden clarinets above any other type of material. A friend of mine, Phil Brown,of Letchworth, Hertfordshire, England, encountered Kenny Davern at a jazz festival and Kenny sat in with the band that Phil was playing with. The ensuing discussion enlightened Phil to the fact that Kenny preferred non-wooden clarinets. I met him one evening at The Stables, Wavendon ( home of John Dankworth and Cleo Laine). Kenny Davern, that evening was playing a Selmer Student model clarinet made from ebonite. Kenny reckoned that no one could tell the difference whatever material the clarinet was made from. So there is nothing 'wrong' with plastic as long as the instrument is well made. John Pinkerton
