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Some of his recordings of the 1940s also could be classified as rhythm and blues. \nHis 1946 band, Eddie Davis and His Beboppers, featured Fats Navarro, Al Haig, Huey Long,Gene Ramey and Denzil Best. \nIn the 1950s he was playing with Sonny Stitt, while from 1960 to 1962 he and fellow tenor saxophonist Johnny Griffin led a quintet. 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