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SUMMARY:Steve Davis Quintet
LOCATION:The Django\, The Roxy Hotel\, Cellar Level\, 2 6th Ave\, New York\
 , NY 10013\, USA
DESCRIPTION:Lineup:\n\nSteve Davis - Trombone\n\nEric Alexander - Tenor Sax
 ophone\n\nMaki Nientao  - Piano\n\nAhmed McLemore - Bass\n\nMike Camacho -
  Drums\n\n\n\n Steve Davis is widely regarded as one of today's leading vo
 ices on the trombone. A graduate of The Hartt School's Jackie McLean Insti
 tute of Jazz\, Davis first gained widespread recognition in 1990 as the la
 st to join the Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. Steve’s first record dates 
 would be Blakey's last\, including One For All (A&M)\, the title track pen
 ned by Davis. Over the years\, Davis has worked with a broad range of jazz
  luminaries such as his first mentor Jackie McLean\, Chick Corea\, Benny G
 olson\, Jimmy Heath\, James Moody\, Cecil Payne\, Harold Mabern\, Larry Wi
 llis\, Freddie Hubbard & The New Jazz Composers Octet\, Slide Hampton's Wo
 rld of Trombones\, Dizzy Gillespie All-Stars and big bands led by Ron Cart
 er & Christian McBride\, Horace Silver\, Cedar Walton\, Hank Jones\, Rene 
 McLean\, Nat Reeves\, Avishai Cohen\, Roy Hargrove & Willie Jones III.\n \
 n\n\nRaised in Binghamton\, New York\, Steve has performed at major venues
  around the world including appearances at the North Sea\, Montreal\, Vien
 ne\, Montreaux\, Newport\, JVC\, Detroit\, Chicago & Playboy Jazz Festival
 s\, the Tonight Show with Stevie Wonder and at The White House Tribute to 
 Ray Charles (PBS). Davis appears on nearly 200 recordings\, including 20 a
 s a leader. His 2022 release "Bluesthetic" (Smoke Sessions) includes an al
 l-star band featuring Steve Nelson\, Peter Bernstein\, Geoff Keezer\, Chri
 stian McBride & Willie Jones III playing a program of Steve's originals. S
 teve also appears with his wife\, vocalist Abena Koomson-Davis' on her 202
 4 debut release\, "Where Is Love" (WJ3) and they are each featured on Nata
 lie Merchant's acclaimed 2023 release "Keep Your Courage" (Nonesuch).  A l
 ong time jazz educator\, Davis is currently on faculty at the Berklee Coll
 ege of Music after serving 31 years at The Hartt School\, University of Ha
 rtford\, CT.
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