Jesse Davis (saxophonist)
Jesse Davis | |
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 Davis performing at the Blue Lamp, Aberdeen, 2004 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | Jesse William Davis November 9, 1965 |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Instrument | Alto saxophone |
| Label | Concord Jazz |
Jesse Davis (born November 9, 1965)[1] is an American jazz saxophonist. He began as a student in Ellis Marsalis's New Orleans Center for Creative Arts.[2] After graduating, Davis embarked on a productive jazz career, recording eight albums on the Concord Jazz label, alongside collaborations with such artists as Jack McDuff and Illinois Jacquet. Davis has studied music at Northeastern Illinois University,[2] and in 1989 he received a "Most Outstanding Musician award" from DownBeat magazine.[1]
Discography
As leader/co-leader
- Horn of Passion (Concord, 1991) with Mulgrew Miller
- As We Speak (Concord, 1992) with Jacky Terrasson, Robert Trowers
- Young at Art (Concord, 1993) with Brad Mehldau
- High Standards (Concord, 1994) with Nicholas Payton, Dado Moroni, Peter Washington
- From Within (Concord, 1996) with Nicholas Payton, Hank Jones, Ron Carter, Lewis Nash
- First Insight (Concord, 1997) with Mulgrew Miller, Peter Bernstein, Ron Carter, Kenny Washington
- Second Nature (Concord, 2000)
- The Set-Up (All Tribe, 2002) with Peter Bernstein, Ray Drummond
- Live at Smalls Jazz Club (Cellar Live / La Reserve Records, 2023) with Spike Wilner, Peter Washington, Joe Farnsworth
- Reflections (Cellar Live / La Reserve Records, 2026) with Spike Wilner, John Webber, Lewis Nash
As sideman/member
With Roy Hargrove
- Family (Verve, 1995)
- The Love Suite: In Mahogany (Blue Engine, 2023)
With Charles Tolliver
With Cedar Walton
- As Long as There's Music (Muse, 1990 [1993])
With Gerald Wilson
- New York, New Sound (Mack Avenue, 2003)
With The Jazz Networks
- Blues 'N Balladsawait artices (Clinton Recording Studios, NYC, December 14 and 16, 1993) with Roy Hargrove and Joshua Redman[3]
- The Jazz Networks - In The Movies (Clinton Recording Studios, NYC, December 7 and 8, 1994)[3]
- The Jazz Networks - The Other Day (September 1996)[3]
Notes
- 1 2 "Jesse Davis at All About Jazz". Archived from the original on October 28, 2010. Retrieved April 3, 2010.
- 1 2 Harris, Craig. "Jesse Davis Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved April 3, 2010.
- 1 2 3 "The Jazz Networks Catalog". Jazzdisco. Retrieved November 11, 2025.
Categories:
- American jazz saxophonists
- American male saxophonists
- African-American saxophonists
- Concord Records artists
- Mainstream jazz saxophonists
- Hard bop saxophonists
- Northeastern Illinois University alumni
- 1965 births
- Living people
- 21st-century American saxophonists
- 21st-century American male musicians
- American male jazz musicians
- 21st-century African-American musicians
- 20th-century African-American musicians
- American jazz saxophonist stubs