Nathan Davis (saxophonist)

Nathan Davis Tate (* February 15, 1937 in Kansas City ) is an American musician (clarinet, tenor saxophone, flute) of modern jazz.

Carmell Jones was already in childhood to musical partners of Davis. After training at the Conservatory and the University of Kansas, he was commissioned in 1960 with the U.S. Army to Berlin. He remained until 1969 in Europe, where he among other things, a long time in the clubs of Paris with Kenny Clarke, Eric Dolphy (Last Recordings), Francy Boland, Art Blakey, Larry Young, Eddy Louis's and Elvin Jones occurred, but also played with Dusko Goykovich, Joe Haider and Carmell Jones. He continued his studies with André Hodeir. Since 1969, he taught at the University of Pittsburgh. Prof. Dr. Davis, founder and director of the Ethnomusicology and jazz program at the University of Pittsburgh, received his doctorate from Wesleyan University, Connecticut in 1974. He composed more than 300 jazz pieces, including the suite To Dr. Martin Luther King, which was established in 1979 at the Kennedy Center, Washington, DC, premiered. In Europe, he toured in 1985 with the Paris Reunion Band (LP "French Cooking" ) and the band of Nat Adderley. Later he was on the road with the All Star Saxophone Summit Roots, the first also Arthur Blythe, Chico Freeman and Sam Rivers, and later Benny Golson and Odean Pope belonged. 2013 Davis received the BNY Mellon Jazz 2013 Living Legacy Award from the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation. In the 60s, a number of LP's in Germany, including Happy Girl and Hip Walk ( SABA ), published under his name. In recent years, he produced his own company (Tomorrow International Inc. ) CD's worldwide, including The Other Side Of Morning, I'm A Fool To Want You and Parisian Hoedown. In 2004 was the world premiere of his jazz opera Just Above My Head, based on the novel by James Baldwin instead. 2013 his classic piece for cello and piano Matryoschka Blues at Carnegie Hall in New York was premiered.

Swell

• Gisela Albus, Paris Pittsburgh. A Story in Jazz: The Life of Nathan Davis. 1991
• Martin Kunzler, Jazz Encyclopedia Vol 1 ISBN 3-499-16512-0