Charles Davis (saxophonist)
Charles Henry Davis (* 20th May 1933 in Goodman , Michigan; † 15. July 2016 ) was an American saxophonist of hard bop and Creative Jazz .
Live and act
Charles Davis grew up in Chicago , where he was taught from 1948 to 1950 at the Chicago School of Music and from 1949 to 1952 at DuSable High School and then studied with John Hauser . In 1954 he worked for Jack McDuff and for the next several years in the early formations of Sun Ra . Then he went to New York and worked with major musicians from the hard bop environment, such as Sam Jones , Johnny Griffin , Freddie Hubbard . Davis also accompanied the singers Dinah Washington , Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald . From 1959 to 1962 he played in the Kenny Dorham quintet . Davis then worked mainly with the innovators of jazz at the time, such as Cecil Taylor , Steve Lacy , Julian Priester , John Coltrane and the Jazz Composer's Orchestra , but also with Illinois Jacquet , Lionel Hampton and Donald Byrd . In the 1970s he was one of the bands of Louis Hayes and Clark Terry ; In 1974 he joined five other baritone saxophonists and a rhythm section to form Baritone Saxophone Retinue . He later worked with Muhal Richard Abrams and was part of the band of Abdullah Ibrahim (1983-88), then that of Clifford Jordan . In 1998 he played the album Three Baritones . In 2009, Tom Kirkpatrick , Claus Raible , Giorgos Antoniou and Bernd Reiter were among his quintet at a guest performance at the Unterfahrt jazz club .
One of his most important recordings of the 1960s was the Elvin Jones / Jimmy Garrison album Illumination ( Impulse! Records , 1963), which contains his composition Half and Half . He can also be heard on albums by Cedar Walton , Shirley Scott and Ricky Ford .
Davis should not be confused with the flutist of the same name who lives in Europe.
Discographic notes
Records under your own name
- Super 80 (Nilva Records, 1982) with Walter Booker
- Reflections (RED Distribution, 1990) with Barry Harris , Peter Washington , Ben Riley
- Land of Dreams (Smalls, 2006), with Tardo Hammer , Lee Hudson , Jimmy Wormworth
- For the Love of Lori (2014) with Steve Davis , Rick Germanson , David Williams, Joe Magnarelli , Neil Smith
More shots as a sideman
- Kenny Dorham: The Arrival Of Kenny Dorham (Jaro International Records, 1960)
- Johnny Griffin: The Big Soul Band ( Riverside Records , 1960)
- Sam Jones: The Soul Society (Riverside Records, 1960)
- Steve Lacy: The Straight Horn of Steve Lacy ( Candid Records , 1960)
- Sun Ra: Super-Sonic Jazz (1957), Jazz in Silhouette (1959), Visits Planet Earth , 1956–58 (1966), Interstellar Low Ways , 1959–60 (1966) Sound Sun Pleasure !! , 1959 (1970) - El Saturn Records
- Cecil Taylor: Jumpin 'Punkins , New York City R & B - with u. a. Roswell Rudd , Steve Lacy, Archie Shepp, Buell Neidlinger (both on Candid Records, 1961)
- Archie Shepp : The Way Ahead ( Impulse! Records , 1968)
- Jazz Composer's Orchestra: Communications (JCOA / ECM , 1968)
- Abdullah Ibrahim: Water from an Ancient Well ( Enja / Tiptoe Records, 1985)
literature
- Michel Cuscuna: Liner Notes for Archie Shepps The Way Ahead (Cuscuna gives brief biographical information on Charles Davis here).
- Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP and Cassette . 2nd Edition. Penguin, London 1994, ISBN 0-14-017949-6 .
- Richard Cook, Brian Morton: The Penguin Guide of Jazz on CD. 6th edition. Penguin, London 2002, ISBN 0-14-051521-6 .
- Leonard Feather , Ira Gitler : The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford University Press, New York 1999, ISBN 0-19-532000-X .
- Martin Kunzler : Jazz Lexicon . Rowohlt, Reinbek 1988.
Web links
- Charles Davis at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Davis, Charles |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Davis, Charles Henry (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz saxophonist |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 20, 1933 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Goodman (Michigan) |
DATE OF DEATH | 15th July 2016 |