Kenny Davern toured in Sweden 1979-82 with a group put together by Tomas Örnberg
recording for Kenneth and Opus 3 Records
The record won the (Swedish Grammophone Prize 1982) The band was called Tomas Örnberg's Blue Five


  • TÖ Blue Five toured to London and Cork (Ireland) in 1981
  • recorded for Stomp Off Records in 1982
  • went to the Breda Int. Jazz Festival(NL) in 1983
A new band called
Swedish Jazz Kings home page
was formed in 1985 to play the music of Clarence Williams

listen to Candy Lips from the bands first record on the Stomp Off label

guest soloists pianists
The band's manager
Iréne Biermans
organized tours to
  • Europe 1981-
  • America 1987 1988 2002
  • Australia 1992-2002
  • Japan 1992-2000
  • In Oct-Nov 2002 the tour started in Toronto and
  • we then did a show for radio OKOM in New Jersey.
  • After 3 weeks in Australia
  • we did another 6 concerts in New Zealand.
  • in February 2007 the band toured in Scotland
  • 2008 we've performed on Edinburgh Jazz Festival and 2009 in Oslo Jazz festival
  • In October 2010 the band with legendary trombonist Roy Williams toured Australia performing 14 concerts in two weeks starting in Bangkok and ending at the jazz festival in Wangaratta.