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John Daversa
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John Daversa “gets sounds to come out of his little red trumpet like you never heard. The [John Daversa Progressive Big] Band itself ditto,” according to The Los Angeles Times. Daversa’s compositions and improvisations reflect a musical philosophy that aims to stretch boundaries, while maintaining a reverence for the jazz tradition.
Daversa is a versatile and respected performer, composer, arranger, producer, bandleader, and educator. He took an immediate interest in music at an early age, first through piano and voice, and later with trumpet and EVI (Electronic Valve Instrument).
Some Days Are Better: The Lost Scores
By John Daversa
Label: Greenleaf Music
Released: 2025
Track listing: Smatta; Some Days Are Better Suite; Dallab; Sweet Yakity Waltz; D.G.S.; Song for Someone; C.P.E.P.; Who’s Standing in My Corner; Introduction to No Particular Song; Some Doors Are Better Open; Everybody Knows It.
John Daversa: Junk Wagon
by Scott Lichtman
"Junk Wagon" is a singularly dynamic big band arrangement. It is a pretty wild ride, in fact. Composer/trumpeter John Diversa has completed three academic degrees in music, won numerous jazz awards, and performed with artists including Yellowjackets and Renee Olstead. His big band work truly stretches the players' chops and the listeners' ears. “Junk Wagon" opens ...
Kenny Wheeler Legacy, Gautier Garrigue, Elise Vassallucci, Erik Jekabson & More
by Ludovico Granvassu
Here is a playlist mostly devoted to releases that explicitly or implicitly remind of us of the importance of Kenny Wheeler for today's jazz.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Erik Jekabson “Jane Wants to Tell You Something (Part 1/Part 2)" Breakthrough (Wide Hive) 0:16 ...
Kenny Wheeler Legacy: Some Days Are Better: The Lost Scores
by Francesco Varriale
A distanza di pochi mesi dal decennale della scomparsa di Kenny Wheeler (avvenuta il 18 settembre 2014) e in prossimità di quello che sarebbe stato il suo novantacinquesimo compleanno, la Greenleaf Music pubblica un omaggio al musicista canadese, le cui composizioni vengono proposte secondo arrangiamenti dell'autore che mai erano stati eseguiti in questa forma.
John Daversa, Eric Dolphy, and Jamie Baum
by Jerome Wilson
This program from June 2021 features music from John Daversa, Fred Hersch, Eric Dolphy, Jakob Bro)), and {{Jamie Baum. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaic) 0:00 Thelonious Monk “Monk's Mood" from Thelonious Himself (Riverside) 1:02 The ...
Improvisatory Observatory: Live and Raw at the BAKED POTATO, EXHIBIT 2
By John Daversa
Label: Blue Canoe Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: I Won’t Say It (talking); Barracuda Fantasy; Freedom and Wide Open Spaces (talking); Don’t Fence Me In; Phil
O’Connor’s Habanero Peppers (talking); Dedication to Jonathan (talking); Good Morning (for Jonathan); The Frog,
the Sun, and the Rock (talking); Frog On a Hot Rock; Big Gratitude for The Baked Potato (talking)
Improvisatory Observatory: Live and Raw at the Baked Potato, Exhibit 1
By John Daversa
Label: Blue Canoe Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Opening Intentions and Gratitude (talking); Improvisatory Observatory; Snooky Young Dedication
(talking); Old Timer (for Snooky); All About Kermit (talking); Benevolent Swamp Thing (B.S.T.)
Improvisatory Observatory
By John Daversa
Label: Blue Canoe Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Opening Intentions and Gratitude (talking); Improvisatory Observatory; Snooky Young Dedication (talking);
Old Timer (for Snooky); All About Kermit (talking); Benevolent Swamp Thing (B.S.T.)
Improvisatory Observatory
Album: Improvisatory Observatory: Live and Raw at the Baked Potato, Exhibit 1
By John Daversa
Label: Blue Canoe Records
Released: 2024
Duration: 15:51
