Leonard Davis

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Leonard "Ham" Davis (born June 4, 1905 , † 1957 in New York City ) was an American jazz trumpeter .

Live and act

Davis recorded with Charlie Creath in 1924/25 ; 1926 for Okeh Records the "Jamboree Blues" with the singer Bertha Henderson . That same year, Davis moved to New York City, where he worked with Edgar Hayes , Charlie Johnson , Eddie Condon , Elmer Snowden , Don Redman , Benny Carter, and Sidney Bechet in the 1920s and 30s . Davis, who mainly acted as an ensemble player, can be heard as a soloist with two solos with Eddie Condon's group with Jack Teagarden in “That's a Serious Thing” and “I'm Gonna Stomp Mr. Henry Lee”. From the mid-1940s he was only active as a part-time musician. Davis participated in 38 recording sessions from 1924 to 1938, in addition to the aforementioned with Charlie Skeete , The Little Chocolate Dandies , Clarence Williams , McKinney's Cotton Pickers , Fats Waller , Spike Hughes , Luis Russell and Louis Armstrong .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Dennis Owsley: City of Gabriels: The History of Jazz in St. Louis, 1895-1973 . 2006
  2. ↑ Studio tape with Rex Stewart , Leonard Davis, JC Higginbotham , Don Redman, Benny Carter, Coleman Hawkins , Fats Waller , Bobby Johnson , Cyrus St. Clair , George Stafford
  3. ↑ Tom Lord Jazz Discography (online), accessed August 24, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Davis, Leonard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Davis, Ham (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz trumpeter
DATE OF BIRTH June 4, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Louis
DATE OF DEATH 1957
Place of death New York City