Charlie Davis

There can be many differences between two jazz horn players with almost identical names. Charlie Davis plays trumpet; Charles Davis blows a range of reed instruments, but is best known on baritone saxophone. This is only the beginning of the details that make their careers so contrasting. If a record collector created a jazz section featuring only records that feature one of this Davis pair, it would still be a high-quality and surprisingly diverse assemblage, also spilling over into the pop side of the counter thanks to the studio session activities of the trumpeter. That wou...