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Charles Davis

Charles Davis is credited on 530 releases across 136 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1957–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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530

Credits

136

Albums

8

Decades active

70

In collections

Biography

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American jazz saxophonist and composer
He played previously tenor and alto saxophone, then baritone.
Raised in Chicago and active since the 50s, he performed extensively with Sun Ra and Archie Shepp and worked with many jazz legends including Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Dinah Washington and Lionel Hampton, among others.
Born May 20, 1933 in Goodman, Mississippi, died July 15, 2016 in New York City, New York

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Credited work

530 releases · 136 albums · active 1957–2025

  • Performance · 677
  • Other credits · 34
  • Production · 1

Studios: Nola Recording Studios · Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · El Saturn Studio · RCA Studios, New York

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