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Jack Davies: Inventing Himself

Read "Jack Davies: Inventing Himself" reviewed by Duncan Heining


"Jack's formal education has given him useful tools but above all he has drive and determination and ideas, which cannot be taught." class="f-right">--Colin Towns, composer, bandleaderand producer of The Jack Davies Big Band (V&V, 2012). The jazz big band is a wondrous beast. Caught in movement and it's like a big cat, with ...

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Article: Album Review

Jack Davies Big Band: The Jack Davies Big Band

Read "The Jack Davies Big Band" reviewed by Karl Ackermann


Composer/trumpeter Jack Davies is nothing if not eclectic. His current catalog of releases includes the unusually configured chamber quartet, Flea Circus, featuring bass clarinet and accordion. Simultaneously, Davies has released a contemporary quintet collection that channels Miles Davis by way of more modern influences. While both of these recordings are stellar, Davies' crowning achievement of the ...


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