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Additional authors

1. Ridley, Larry
2. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
3. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Louis Armstrong Jazz Oral History Project.

Summary

1. The oral history with Charles Davis begins with his birth in Goodman, Mississippi. At the age of three, his family relocated to Chicago. He recounts his early musical influences in Chicago and summers back in Mississippi. His first musical influence was Charlie Parker. His formal musical education began at DuSable High School on the South Side of Chicago. Began his professional career in clubs on the South Side. Recounts his association with Billie Holiday while playing with Ben Webster. In 1957 began playing and traveling with Dinah Washington. Met comedian Red Foxx during this time. Discusses the relationship between the Blue and Jazz. After playing in New York he relocated permanently to New York City in 1959. In New York he played with Kenny Dorham, with whom he associated musically for many years.

Subject

1. Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971 > Influence
2. Dorham, Kenny, 1924-1972 > Influence
3. Foxx, Redd, 1922-1991
4. Griffith, Johnny > Influence
5. Parker, Charlie, 1920-1955 > Influence
6. Washington, Dinah, 1924-1963 > Influence
7. Webster, Ben, 1909-1973 > Influence
8. African American musicians > Interviews
9. Blues (Music)
10. Bop (Music)
11. Improvisation (Music)
12. Jazz > History
13. Jazz musicians > United States > Interviews
14. Saxophone and double bass music
15. Saxophone music (Jazz)
16. Saxophonists > United State > Interviews

Genre/Form

1. Nonfiction films.
2. Interviews.
3. Oral histories.

Call number

1. Sc Visual DVD-1088

Note

1. Prior to the beginning of the interview, Charles Davis performs a saxophone and double bass duet with Larry Ridley.
2. The Louis Armstrong Jazz Oral History Project was funded by the Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation, Inc.

Credits (note)

1. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Louis Armstrong Jazz Oral History Project

Terms of use (note)

1. Permission required to cite, quote and reproduce; contact repository for information.

Biography (note)

1. Charles Davis (born May 20, 1933) is an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Davis plays alto, tenor and baritone saxophone.

Linking entry (note)

1. Forms part of: Louis Armstrong Jazz Oral History Project.

Author

1. Davis, Charles, 1933-2016, interviewee.

Title

1. Oral history interview with Charles Davis.

Publisher

1. New York : Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 1996.

Country of producing entity

1. United States.

Type of content

1. two-dimensional moving image

Type of medium

1. video

Type of carrier

1. videodisc

Digital file characteristics

1. video file DVD

Credits

1. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Louis Armstrong Jazz Oral History Project

Event

1. June 15, 1996, at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.

Terms of use

1. Permission required to cite, quote and reproduce; contact repository for information.

Biography

1. Charles Davis (born May 20, 1933) is an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Davis plays alto, tenor and baritone saxophone.

Linking entry

1. Forms part of: Louis Armstrong Jazz Oral History Project.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Schomburg Moving Images and Recorded Sound

Added author

1. Davis, Charles, 1933-2016, performer.
2. Ridley, Larry, interviewer.
3. Ridley, Larry, performer.
4. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
5. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Louis Armstrong Jazz Oral History Project.

Research call number

1. Sc Visual DVD-1088
2. Sc Visual VRC-298 MII videotape