Jazz Articles about Jamie Davis

Jamie Davis: It's a Good Thing

by AAJ Italy Staff
October 18, 2006

Il bravissimo cantante baritono Jamie Davis ha suonato con la big band che ha raccolto l'eredità di Count Basie e del suo cantante, il famoso Joe Williams, senza prestarsi ad improbabili operazioni di clonazione. Canta se stesso con la sua grande voce, senza temere confronti da alcuno dei colleghi che agiscono nella stessa tonalità, sovrano quando interpreta degli standard famosi e lontano anni luce dai cantanti di piano bar quando per le mani gli passano brani di Stevie Wonder e ...

Jamie Davis: It's A Good Thing

by Michael P. Gladstone
June 9, 2006

Singer Jamie Davis is from the San Francisco area and spent three years, starting in 2000, as the vocalist with the Count Basie Orchestra. This debut recording owes a heavy debt to lessons learned from his experience with the Basie organization. In addition, the supporting big band on this album is comprised of Basie Band veterans and several first-call studio musicians based in Los Angeles. Pianist Shelly Berg conducts the band, with arrangements of various tunes by musicians such as ...

Jamie Davis: It

by Jim Santella
June 6, 2006

Vocalist Jamie Davis is a veteran of the Count Basie Orchestra. So are several of the sidemen who appear on this pleasant big band album. As they interpret a dozen familiar songs, you can feel the memories returning. Davis' clear, resonant baritone voice takes you out for a night on the town, and it leaves you hoping that the evening will never end.

Surprisingly, It's a Good Thing is only Davis' second recording as a leader. It comes ...