Charles Davis (saxophonist) Hamilton College Interview Block 127 (Q2217)

Oh, yeah, well I had many influences, still have influences as far as that's concerned. One of the main influences, as it was then and it is now, is Charlie Parker. Lester Young, Ben Webster, Coleman Hawkins, on down to Sonny Rollins, John Coltrane, Clifford Jordan, John Gilmore, Gene Ammons, Johnny Griffin. See the list is long so there's always influences. I grew up listening to Von Freeman