Wallace Davenport

Wallace Davenport (1976)

Wallace Foster Davenport (born June 30, 1925 in New Orleans , † March 18, 2004 ibid) was an American jazz trumpeter .

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Davenport learned the trumpet from the age of seven. He first played with the Young Tuxedo Brass Band at the age of 13 . In 1941 he worked with Papa Celestin ; then he did his military service in the Navy and played four years in the Navy Band . After World War II, he returned to his hometown and now opened up to swing and bebop . In 1947 he recorded with Roy Brown . From 1953 he went on tour internationally with Lionel Hampton ; in Paris he recorded with Mezz Mezzrow . Between 1964 and 1966 he was a member of Count Basie's orchestra , with whom he also recorded. He continued to tour with Ray Charles and Lloyd Price , with whom he also recorded. In 1969 he returned to New Orleans, where he increasingly played hot jazz and founded his Wallace Davenport Gospel Singers . He released recordings with his own band on his own label, My Jazz . He also published for other labels, such as Darkness on the Delta (1972). In 1974 he toured Europe with George Wein , and in 1976 with Panama Francis and Arnett Cobb ; in the same year he played again with Hampton and was involved in the recording of Earl Hines album In New Orleans . He performed several times at the North Sea Jazz Festival , 1979 with Lionel Hampton. In the 1980s he worked with the Alliance Hall Dixieland Band and with gospel groups such as the Zion Harmonizers and Aline White . He also accompanied Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis, Jr. He played regularly in his hometown at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival .

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SURNAME	Davenport, Wallace
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Davenport, Wallace Foster (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American jazz trumpeter
DATE OF BIRTH	June 30, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH	New Orleans
DATE OF DEATH	March 18, 2004
Place of death	New Orleans