Maxwell Davis

Maxwell Davis ( born January 14, 1916 in Independence, Kansas, † September 18, 1970 in Los Angeles, California ) was an American rhythm and blues and jazz saxophonist, arranger and producer.

1937 Maxwell Davis moved to Los Angeles and played saxophone in the Fletcher Henderson Orchestra. After working in the Swing environment for several years, he played in the 1940s, more in the West Coast rhythm and blues scene. Davis was a regular session musician and arranger for independent record labels like Aladdin Records, where he contributed to the prestigious session with Helen Humes and Lester Young, working with Little Miss Cornshucks. He also took up with Louis Jordan, Lester Young and the Jay McShann band in which the blues singer Jimmy Witherspoon participated. After 1952, he also played with Percy Mayfield, Peppermint Harris, " Gatemouth " Brown, Betty Hall Jones, T -Bone Walker, Jesse Price, Amos Milburn, and others.

" Maxwell Davis is considered to be the unsung hero of early rhythm and blues, " remarked the songwriter and producer Mike Stoller. He produced most of plate Sessions of Aladdin Records, Modern Records, and by many independent rhythm-and - blues labels in the late 1940s and early 1950s. His last activity as a producer were 1969 recordings with the soul singer ZZ Hill.

Auswahldiskographie

  • Calvin Boze with Maxwell Davis & His Orchestra: The Complete Recordings 1945-52 ( Blue Moon )
  • Charles Mingus: West Coast 1945-1949 ( Uptown )
  • T -Bone Walker: Sings the Blues, SAinging The Blues ( Imperial ( / Pathe, 1950-52 )
  • Lester Young: The Complete Aladdin Recordings of Lester Young ( Blue Note, 1942-47 )
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