Wallace Davenport
One of the few traditional jazz musicians who later branched out into swing and bop, trumpeter Wallace Davenport also backed gospel and R&B vocalists during an extensive career. He played with the Young Tuxedo Brass Band in 1938 and with Papa Celestin in 1941 before leaving New Orleans to serve in the Navy. Davenport returned there after the War, and made the transition to swing and bop, playing with various local bands. During the '50s he toured America and Europe working with Lionel Hampton, and recorded in Paris in the mid-'50s with Mezz Mezzrow. Davenport played with Count Basie from 1964 to 1966, and also toured with vocalists Ray Charles and Lloyd Price. He went back to doing traditional jazz in New Orleans in 1969, and issued recordings of his groups playing this style from 1971-1976 on his own label, My Jazz. Davenport recorded in Europe with George Wein in 1974, and with Panama Francis and Arnett Cobb in 1976. From 1976 to 1979 he continued leading his own bands in New Orleans, and also reunited with Hampton briefly in 1976. The trumpeter worked in the '80s with both traditional units and gospel groups like the Zion Harmonizers and Aline White. Wallace Davenport died in New Orleans on March 18, 2004, at age 78.
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Discografia
7 album • Ordinato per Bestseller
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Nice All Stars
Cozy Cole, Wallace Davenport, Vic Dickenson, Buddy Tate
Jazz - Pubblicato da Disques Black & Blue il 30 set 2016
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Songs in the Indoor Manner by La Vergne Smith. Complete Recordings 1954-1956. "Angel in the Absinthe House," "The New Orleans Nightingale" And "La Vergne Smith"
Jazz - Pubblicato da Fresh Sound Records il 2 set 2013
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Dancing on a Rainbow
Bob Wilber, The Crescent City Cats
Jazz - Pubblicato da Circle il 5 nov 2016
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And his New Orleans Jazz Band (Nice, France 1980) (The Definitive Black & Blue Sessions)
Jazz - Pubblicato da Disques Black & Blue il 1 nov 1988
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Jam Session Goes Latino
Al Grey, Wallace Davenport, Isauro Hernández
World music - Pubblicato da Antilla Records il 5 mag 1990
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Jam Session, "Goes Latin"
Al Grey, Wallace Davenport, Isauro Hernández
Latina - Pubblicato da iLatina Music il 25 mar 2014
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo