Jazz Articles about Mel Davis

About Mel Davis

Album Review

24 anni fa, Mel Davis non avrebbe saputo se la musica gli avesse dato davvero una “mano”. Fino a quel momento l’adolescenza l’aveva passata tra un night club e un altro accompagnato dal suo Hammond B3. Eseguiva alla lettera gli insegnamenti dei suoi mentori (George Benson, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Jimmy McGriff) che gli suggerivano i giochi di prestigio più fantasiosi per incantare. Sembrava l'ascesa per il settimo cielo, invece la musa gli avrebbe cinicamente voltato le spalle: un incidente di ...

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Mel Davis: It's About Time!

Read "It's About Time!" reviewed by Michael P. Gladstone

by Michael P. Gladstone
March 8, 2007

It's About Time underscores an inspirational story. Keyboardist/organist Mel Davis was an aspiring young pianist in Paterson, New Jersey hoping to gain fame and fortune on the Hammond B-3 organ. 24 years ago, an industrial accident changed everything when a finger was ripped from his left hand. Davis endured eight years of rehabilitation and seven operations before he could approach the keyboard again. He had to relearn the basics using the opposite approach of what he'd been originally taught. Inasmuch ...