Lem Davis
Biography
Lemuel A. Davis (22 June 1914 – 16 January 1970), was an American jazz musician, an alto saxophonist associated with swing music. Born in Tampa, Florida, United States, his career began in the 1940s with pianist Nat Jaffe. Davis played with the Coleman Hawkins septet in 1943 and with Eddie Heywood's group. Throughout the 1940s, he played in a variety of jazz groups. In 1953, he appeared on Buck Clayton's "The Hucklebuck" recording. He continued to play in New York City throughout the 1950s, and recorded little thereafter.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Credited work
334 releases · 75 albums · active 1952–2024
- Performance · 425
- Other credits · 1
Studios: WOR Studios · Brunswick Recording Studios · Columbia 30th Street Studio · World Broadcasting Studio
Frequent collaborators
- Billie Holiday
- Various
- Buck Clayton
- King Pleasure
- Eddie Heywood
- Slim & Bam
- Eddie Heywood And His Orchestra
- Erroll Garner









