Results for "Jesse Davis"

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Take Five With Morris Nelms

by AAJ Staff
April 23, 2009

Meet Morris Nelms: Morris Nelms, pianist and vocalist, grew up in Frederick, OK, discovered jazz at Cameron University in Lawton, OK, and was instantly hooked. He completed a Bachelor's degree at the University of Oklahoma in 1978 and a Master's degree in Composition at Texas State University in San Marcos, TX in 2000. ...

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The Very Thought of You

Featuring the music of Jesse Davis
Duration: 7:29
February 19, 2008

Alto saxophonist Jesse Davis is featured on the Ray Noble tune "The Very Thought of You". This was recorded during the 2001 Bern Jazz Festival in Switzerland. He is accompanied by Steve Ash piano, James Chirillo guitar, Keter Betts bass and Alvin Queen drums

Album

The Setup

By Jesse Davis

Label: Alltribe
Released: 2003
Track listing: 1. Vee Cee (Davis) - 9:25 2. The End of a Love Affair (Redding) - 7:01 3. Little Melonae (McLean) - 7:29 4. The Very Thought of You (Noble) - 5:08 5. Driftin' (Hancock) - 6:05 6. The Setup (Davis) - 6:22 7. Lament (Johnson) - 8:41 8. Circus (Alter/Russell) - 7:34

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Jesse Davis: The Setup

by Russ Musto
December 3, 2003

This is the real thing: an authentic, unpretentious set of bebop, ballads and blues played with the profound feeling and burning intensity that many artists strive for but few achieve. Saxophonist Jesse Davis was a featured player in Robert Altman's Kansas City and on this date he seems to be on a mission to revitalize jazz ...

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Jesse Davis: The Setup

by C. Michael Bailey
January 24, 2003

Jesse Davis is a meat and potatoes alto saxophonist. He sounds like the living extension of that part of Julian Adderley and Sonny Stitt which was unaffected by Charlie Parker. He has a beautifully virile, muscular tone brimming with confidence. On The Setup, Davis chooses a guitar trio for his rhythm section, lead by plectrist Peter ...

Album

Second Nature

By Jesse Davis

Label: Concord Music Group
Released: 2000
Track listing: On the Sunny Side of the Street; I

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Jesse Davis: Second Nature

by Jim Santella
May 1, 2000

In Robert Altman’s 1996 film Kansas City, Jesse Davis is a member of the band at a fictional Hey Hey Club where Lester Young and Coleman Hawkins battle it out for satisfaction. In the subsequent video and tour, he’s paired with fellow alto saxophonist David “Fathead" Newman, playing mostly post-bop passages and adding excitement to the ...

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First Insight

By Jesse Davis

Label: Concord Music Group
Released: 1998
Track listing:

First Insight; Nola; A Little R & R; B.Y.O.G.; Midnight Blue; J's Idea; A Funny Thing; Jetlagged; Donkey Stomp (61:34).

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Jesse Davis: First Insight

by Jack Bowers
May 1, 1998

Jesse Davis, one of the country's finest post-Cannonball boppers, plays with splendid precision on First Insight, all of whose nine compositions he wrote - but I can remember his having played with more intensity on other occasions (High Standards, for example, or From Within). While there is warmth peeking through here from time to time, the ...

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Jesse Davis: First Insight

by Jim Santella
May 1, 1998

Although his style runs along hard bop lines, alto saxophonist Jesse Davis' sixth album as a leader is a straight-ahead modern mainstream album that emphasizes his lyricism and familiar ease with a melody. In Robert Altman's film Kansas City, Davis performed in his own intense style, displaying the edginess in his saxophone tone and the speed ...