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Maxwell Davis And His Blenders - Get Out

Released in 1947. Vocal by Jimmie Grissom. Thomas Maxwell Davis was born in Independence, Kansas in 1916, and like so many other great performers, he joined the musical fold very early indeed. At eight, he was studying the violin intensively in his native Kansas; at sixteen he was playing piano with his High School orchestra; and at eighteen he had formed his own group, setting himself as lead tenor sax and playing school dances throughout the entire state. His reputation for skillful arrangements and zestful compositions was spreading, meaning he was in demand both as an artist and a writer. Having attained true musical stature, in 1937 Maxwell went to California to join Gene Coy’s band as tenor sax soloist and arranger. For five years he appeared in clubs all over the state stirring the flames for his everexpanding legion of enthusiastic followers. In 1944 he appeared in a Jazz at the Philharmonic concert, sharing the tenor sax spot with Illinois Jacquet, and backed by a rhythm section with Nat King Cole, Red Callender and Lee Young. While he initially participated in some jazz recordings with Charles Mingus and Helen Humes, from 1945 on his career became more involved in the West Coast R&B scene, where he became a regular session musician and arranger for the fast-growing number of independent record labels such as Excelsior, Aladdin, Black & White, Atomic, Capitol, Swingtime, Miltone, Federal, Specialty, Imperial, Hollywood, or Modern. Between 1945-1958, he appeared as a soloist on recordings by Jesse Price, Amos Milburn, Percy Mayfield, Ernie Andrews, Jo Evans, Big Joe Turner, Jimmy Witherspoon, Mabel Scott, Jimmy Liggins, Crown Prince Waterford, Pete Johnson, Kitty White, Damita Jo, Marshal Royal, T-Bone Walker, Red Callender, Gene Parrish, Louis Jordan, Willard McDaniel, Etta James, Donna Hightower, as well as in several sessions with his own groups. As an arranger he also contributed to the libraries of among others the jazz bands of Fletcher Henderson, Jimmy Lunceford, Jay McShann and those of Artie Shaw, Ike Carpenter, Ray Anthony, and Louis Jordan.