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Steve Davis: Say When
by Maurizio Zerbo
Il nume tutelare di questo CD è J.J. Johnson, di cui vengono interpretate sei note composizioni e relativi arrangiamenti. Davis si muove con tanto rispetto nei territori ampiamente esplorati dell'hard bop. Il modello di riferimento viene così riproposto con versatilità sia nei moduli espressivi che nelle sequenze degli assolo. Si impone una front-line al fulmicotone, degna delle migliori blowing sessions degli anni '60. La ritmica è superba nel sostenere gli interventi solistici ben calibrati ed intensi. Se ...
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by C. Andrew Hovan
The winds of change have actively sought to change the jazz vernacular of the 21st century. Fueled in large part by the media, it seems that the darlings of the current set have opted for a broader definition of the music. Key elements such as melody and a prominent swing feel are often looked upon as “old hat" by the so-called hipper crowd. Some of this new music is vital, but much of it is inconsequential, further splintering the jazz ...
Continue ReadingSteve Davis: For Real
by Bruce Lindsay
For lovers of straight-ahead jazz the Posi-Tone record label is a pretty safe bet, a mark of quality. Label owner and producer Marc Free seems to possess a knack for combining excellent musicians and high quality studios (aided and abetted by engineer Nick O'Toole) to create fresh and rewarding music.Trombonist Steve Davis is one of those excellent musicians and For Real is his fourth album for the label. Davis' long career has seen him produce 16 previous albums ...
Continue ReadingHuman: Being Human
by AAJ Italy Staff
Human è un quartetto allestito dal batterista/compositore scozzese Stephen Davis (membro del trio Bourne/Davis/Kane e con frequentazioni eccellenti quali Evan Parker, Joe Morris, Marc Ribot) insieme ad alcune delle personalità più interessanti della nuova scena jazz e impro britannica. Quartetto dalla struttura anomala per l'abbinamento tromba/violino e l'assenza del contrabbasso, Human si inserisce nel novero di quelle formazioni che, assimilata la lezione del free, la attualizzano con sensibilità e visione prospettica, non disdegnando contaminazioni e sollecitazioni diverse. L'assenza delle linee ...
Continue ReadingSteve Davis: Gettin' It Done
by Dan Bilawsky
Trombonist Steve Davis has never had a problem getting things done. He instantly joined the slide-wielding elite when he graduated from the Hartt School's Jackie McLean Institute in 1989 and joined up with drummer Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. That gig jump-started his career and he's never looked back. Stints with McLean and pianist Chick Corea followed, helping to raise his profile within the jazz community, and a steady stream of sideman work, leader offerings and dates with the collective super ...
Continue ReadingSteve Davis: Gettin' It Done
by Bruce Lindsay
Calling trombonist Steve Davis a veteran is probably inappropriate--after all, he was a mere 44 year-old when he recorded Gettin' It Done in October, 2011. However, he has such a wealth of experience, such a command of his instrument and such a rich back catalog of recordings that based on his body of work rather than his birthday such a soubriquet is not so out of place. Gettin' It Done is a worthy addition to the Davis discography: a swinging, ...
Continue ReadingSteve Davis: Images
by Raul d'Gama Rose
It is easy to mistake trombonist Steve Davis for an aesthete--which he is, possessing an undying sense of lyricism to show for it. But he is a deeper musician than one who merely subscribes to the aesthetical philosophy. Each of Images' ten compositions far transcends warmth and lyrical beauty, standing out as astute forms of modal music that recall the finest of their kind. Davis' ability to enrich the tonal palette of the trombone is commendable. He may not bend ...
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