I JC Davis was born in north Carolina I’ve attended high school Jordon Sellers Burlington North Carolina.
I played in high school concerts and also the marching jazz band.
After high school I attended collage at A&T in Greensboro North Carolina.
Then I had a band called the Down Beat’s where we played at a number of clubs.
I had played at the A.B.A club than I left to hit the road to play professional music with my band backing James Brown and the Famous Flames then playing with Etta James also Jackie Wilson.
I recorded music for King Records, Dade Records, Chess Records then my own Record company New Day Recording. Then my record A New Day was used by Justin Timberlake in his song Damn Girl.
J.C Davis Columbus
"The Splib/ Pt. 2" (Argo 5382) 1960
"The Chicken Scratch/ Shake With Me" (Chess 1831)
"Sweet Sweet Love/ Monkey" (Chess 1858)
"Listen To The Music/ Feznecky" (Chess 1885) A-side featuring Little Charles
Saxophonist J.C. Davis is most notorious for his work as James Brown’s bandleader through the mid-’60s. After leaving the Godfather’s side, Davis moved to Columbus, Ohio, and settled down, playing only the occasionally local gig. One day in 1969, Davis and a group of local musicians cut six memorable tracks at Columbus, Ohio’s Mus-I-Col Studio. They released four of those recordings on two separate 45s for their own New Day label with very limited distribution. Many years later, the original tapes have been remixed and mastered and released in their entirety on this limited-edition release.
New Day Columbus
HR-1341 J.C. Davis "Coconut Brown/ Buttered Popcorn" 1969 M
HR-1373/ 4 J.C. Davis "A New Day (Is Here At Last)/ Circleville" 1969 M
Releases:
A New Day / It's Gonna Be A Mess (7") Mystery Of Soul Patrol Records
A New Day! (The Complete Mus-I-Col Recordings Of J. C. Davis) (LP) Cali-Tex Records 2005
Appears On:
CD Of JB (Sex Machine And Other Soul Classics) (CD) Bewildered (Mono) Polydor (US) 1985
CD Of JB II (Cold Sweat And Other Soul Classics) (CD, Comp) Good Good Lovin', I'll... Polydor 1987
Sexy Ways: The Best Of Hank Ballard & The Midnighters (CD, Comp) Finger Poppin' Time Rhino Entertainment Company 1993
Never Mind The Quality...Feel The Soul, Live In Ohio 1970 (CD, Album, RE, RM) Sequel Records 1997
Futuresex/Lovesounds (CD, Album) Damn Girl Zomba Records 2006
Futuresex/Lovesounds (CD, Album) Damn Girl Zomba Records 2006
Futuresex/Lovesounds (CD, Album) Damn Girl Zomba Records, Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Australia) 2006
FutureSex / LoveSounds Deluxe Edition (CD, Album + DVD, NTSC, Del) Damn Girl BMG (Japan), BMG (Japan) 2007
FutureSex / LoveSounds Deluxe Edition (CD, Album + DVD, PAL, Dig) Damn Girl Zomba Records, Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Australia) 2007
Tracks Appear On:
Jungle Exotica (LP) Monkey Strip (2)
