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Also known as John Kenneth Davern

American clarinetist (1935–2006)

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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 saxoph

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Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Huntington
Occupation
saxophonist
Genre
jazz
Instrument
clarinet
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Kenny Davern
date of death
2006-12-12
date of birth
1935-01-07
cause of death
myocardial infarction
manner of death
natural causes
birth name
John Kenneth Davern
name in native language
Kenny Davern
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