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James Davis

James Davis began playing the trumpet at age 11. He showed great interest in music throughout his early years of development, eventually participating in the Texas All-State Jazz Ensemble his last two years of high school. James continued his musical endeavors at the University of Texas at Arlington, pursuing a Batchelor of Music Degree and experiencing a wealth of diverse performance opportunities. He continued his education at the University of North Texas receiving a Master of Music degree in trumpet performance. At UNT, James had the opportunity to tour and record with some of the nation’s finest young musicians in the Grammy nominated One O’clock Lab Band and the UNT Wind Symphony

Christopher Dammann Sextet

By Christopher Dammann

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2025
Track listing: If I Could Time Travel I Would Mend Your Broken Heart AKA Why Did The Protests Stop; Song For Mabel; No Hope At All Other Than I Don’t Want To Die Today: Part 1; No Hope At All Other Than I Don’t Want To Die Today: Part 2; No Hope At All Other Than I Don’t Want To Die Today: Part 3; When I Was Young and My Heart Had Windows.

Arc and Edge

By James Davis

Label: Calligram Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Long Road Home; Search for Itness; Rothko Sketches; Open Door, Closed Door; Unending Path; Pamplemousse; Balancing Act; Heartstring Saga; Pulsar; The Blind Watchmaker; As the Crow Flies.

Terry Callier, Tobias Meinhart, and The Thing

by Jerome Wilson
August 6, 2025

This episode features jazz hybrids by Terry Callier, Tone Forest, and The Thing as well as purer genre sounds from the likes of Melissa Aldana, Tobias Meinhart, and Mose Allison. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaic) ...

James Davis' Beveled: Arc and Edge

by Mark Corroto
June 1, 2025

Trumpeter James Davis' sextet is aptly named Beveled--a word that means transforming a sharp, square edge into something smoother, more refined. That concept of reshaping and softening defines both the ensemble's instrumentation and its sonic character. Davis sets the tone by trading his bright trumpet for the warmer, more introspective voice of the flugelhorn. He deepens ...

James Davis' Beveled: Arc and Edge

by Jack Bowers
May 31, 2025

Beveled, according to Webster's, translates roughly to “slanted" or “grooved." On Arc and Edge, flugelhornist James Davis' Chicago-based sextet clearly has its own slant on contemporary post-bop jazz wherein the groove ranges from typically improvised passages to cutting-edge motifs and classical chamber music, using a second flugelhorn, two bass clarinets and rhythm to flesh out the ...

Altus: Animus Live

By Michael Hudson-Casanova

Label: Passerine Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Recycle (live), What if Everything is Not Enough (live), Animus (live), Kind Folk (live), Train to the City (live), OK Corral (live), Etude From Another Time (live).

Kind Folk

February 8, 2024

Album: Altus: Animus Live
By Michael Hudson-Casanova
Label: Passerine Records
Released: 2024
Duration: 9:34

Mannerist

By Matt Ulery

Label: Woolgathering Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Bridges; The Brink of What; Another Room of Ornaments; Left Room; Under the Dusken Crown; The Prairie is a Rolling Ocean.

Animus

By Michael Hudson-Casanova

Label: Passerine Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Recycle, What If Everything Is Not Enough, The Now, Animus, Etude For Clementine, Continuum, Infinite Perspective, Aftermath, Etude For Clementine (Duo Version)