Wallace Davenport

American musician (1925–2004)

Born: 30 June 1925
New Orleans
Died: 18 March 2004
New Orleans
Country: United States
Record labels: Reprise Records
Discography: 1 album

Biography

Wallace Davenport was a jazz musician who played trumpet and voice. Wallace Davenport was born on 30 June 1925 in New Orleans and died on 18 March 2004 in New Orleans. The music is usually filed under jazz and gospel music. Record labels: Reprise Records.

Wallace Foster Davenport (30 June 1925 – 18 March 2004) was an American jazz trumpeter. Davenport has been one of the few traditional jazz musicians of the 1930s who later branched out into swing and bop styles, as well as backing gospel and R&B vocalists during an extensive career in eight different decades. Davenport was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. He started on trumpet at age 13 with The Young Tuxedo Brass Band. He played with Papa Celestin in 1941 before leaving New Orleans to serve in the U. S. Navy. Davenport returned there after World War II, making an easy transition to swing and bop with various bands. He recorded with Roy Brown in 1947. During the 1950s he toured the US and Europe playing with Lionel Hampton, and recorded in Paris in the mid-'50 with Mezz Mezzrow. Davenport played and recorded with the Count Basie jazz orchestra (1964–1966), and also toured with singers Ray Charles and Lloyd Price.

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Discography

Studio and live albums

Tribute to Count Basie 1974

Also plays on

Albums where Wallace Davenport is credited as a sideman

1961	The Genius Sings the Blues — Ray Charles	trumpet
1963	Ingredients in a Recipe for Soul — Ray Charles	trumpet
1964	It Might as Well Be Swing — Frank Sinatra, Count Basie And His Orchestra	trumpet
1965	A Man and His Music — Frank Sinatra	trumpet