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Danny Davis Country Artist Dies
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All About Jazz
Country music artist Danny Davis dies at 83 Grammy winner pioneered use of horns in genre Grammy award winner Danny Davis, who pioneered the use of horns in country music, has died aged 83, his publicist Betty Hofer said Friday. Davis died of a heart attack at Nashville's St. Thomas Hospital, she said. The Nashville Brass instrumental group Davis founded in 1968 produced a brassy version of Hank Williams' “Kaw-liga" which won him a Grammy. His only Top ...
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Danny Davis Founder of the Nashville Brass Dies
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All About Jazz
Founder of the Nashville Brass Danny Davis, 83, a bandleader and record producer who founded the Nashville Brass, died Thursday at a Nashville hospital after suffering a heart attack.
A resident of Nashville, Davis began his music career as a trumpeter, playing in the brass sections of bands led by Les Brown, Gene Krupa and others in the 1940s. Davis became a record producer for MGM in New York City, where he produced a number of hit singles ...
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