Jesse Davis

Jesse Davis ( born November 9, 1965) is an American jazz alto saxophonist - ..

Life and work

Jesse Davis grew up in New Orleans and began his musical career as a student in Ellis Marsalis ' New Orleans Center for Creative Arts. He then studied from 1982 at Northeastern Illinois University; next he was playing with Von Freeman and Redd Holt. After continuing his studies at William Patterson College ( inter alia with Rufus Reid ) and the graduation he worked as a professional musician and played in the bands of Illinois Jacquet, Ray Brown, Roy Hargrove ( Family, 1995), Milt Jackson ( Burning in the Woodhouse, 1994), Nicholas Payton, Akira Tana, Cedar Walton (Firm Roots ). Davis took since the early 1990s under his own name, a number of albums for the Concord Jazz label on with musicians such as Jacky Terrasson Mulgrew Miller, Rufus Reid, Lewis Nash, Ron Carter, Jimmy Cobb and Hank Jones. The early 2000s, Davis also played in the bands of Terell Stafford and Jim Rotondi ( The Pleasure Dome). He also worked with Jack McDuff, Illinois Jacquet, and John Marshall. According to Richard Cook and Brian Morton Davis ' hard bop style is heavily influenced by Cannonball Adderley and Phil Woods.

Prizes and awards

1989 Davis was awarded the " Most Outstanding Musician Award" by the magazine Down Beat.

Disco Graphical Notes

• Horn of Pasion ( Concord, 1991) with Mulgrew Miller
• As We Speak ( Concord, 1992) with Jacky Terrasson, Robert Trowers
• High Standards ( Concord, 1994) with Nicholas Payton, Dado Moroni, Peter Washington
• From Within ( Concord, 1996) with N. Payton, Hank Jones, Ron Carter, Lewis Nash
• The Set-Up (All Tribe, 2002) with Peter Bernstein, Ray Drummond