Jazz Articles about Roger Davidson

Roger Davidson: Pensando En Ti

by Michael P. Gladstone
June 10, 2006

Pianist and composer Roger Davidson, who was born in Paris and now lives in upstate New York, has assembled a new collection of boleros and rhumbas on Pensando En Ti. Davidson is a multitalented composer who has written symphonic, chamber and sacred choral works. His most recent albums reflect specific interests: Rodgers in Rio (a 2004 appreciation of Richard Rodgers' tunes, set to bossa nova) and Mango Tango (a tango record from 2000).

The fourteen pieces on this ...

Roger Davidson: Pensando En Ti

by Dan McClenaghan
May 24, 2006

The bare-shouldered, dark-haired beauty leaning on the balcony in a pensive posture on the cover of pianist/composer/arranger Roger Davidson's latest Latin music exploration, Pensando En Ti, appears to be “thinking of you," with romance on her mind.Of late, Davidson has explored various Latin genres: the tango, on Amor Por El Tango, and the bossa nova with his treatment of Richard Rodgers' music on Rodgers in Rio (both Soundbrush Records, '04). With Pensando En Ti, Rogers immerses himself in ...

Roger Davidson: Amor por el Tango & Rodgers in Rio

by Jochem van Dijk
December 12, 2004

The Tango Group Amor por el Tango Soundbrush 2004

Roger Davidson is a classically trained pianist and composer with a sizable list of orchestral and choral works under his belt. He seems to have an endearing love for an underappreciated workhorse like the oebo, which betrays a real orchestrator's mind.

His playing on these discs shows a solid, if not remarkable classical technique. Looking at it from a light-classical, “salon" point of view if ...