Leonard Davis
The best-known musician by the name of Leonard Davis also garnered the nickname of "Ham" during his lifetime -- but not for anything he did during any of his trumpet solos, at least not based on any of the dozens of records he appears on with real hams such as Louis Armstrong and Fats Waller. Davis began performing as a lad in St. Louis and was part of the local Odd Fellows Boys' Band, by name ...more

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