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- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1925-06-30
- Active to
- 2004-03-18
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Wallace Foster Davenport (30 June 1925 – 18 March 2004) was a United States 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
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- human
- Given name
- Wallace
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New Orleans
- Place of death
- New Orleans
- Occupation
- conductor
- Genre
- gospel music
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Reprise Records
- Image
- Wallace Davenport.jpg
- Work location
- New Orleans
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- Wallace Davenport
- date of birth
- 1925-06-30
- date of death
- 2004-03-18
- ethnic group
- African Americans
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